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EF0 tornado in Jefferson County, Texas

Tornado October 27, 2021 · Jefferson County, Texas

EF0

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$150K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A brief tornado started just west of Nick Ave in Port Acres where there was damage to out buildings and caused some roof damage to homes. The tornado moved northeast crossing Silver Ave then curved north northeast crossing 63 street before dissipating near 64th Street. Numerous limbs were blown down. Max estimated winds were 80 MPH.

The wider storm

A vigorous storm system moved through Southeast Texas spawning tornadoes and severe weather.

Began near Ft Acres (29.9036, -94.0196).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF2 Orange County EF2 Orange County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 989264. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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