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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
309 PM CDT Fri May 24 2024

...NWS Damage Survey for 05/22/24 Tornado Event Southern Sterling County...

.Overview...A supercell thunderstorm moving east-southeast through southern
portions of Sterling County Wednesday afternoon produced a tornado that
touched down about 18 miles south-southwest of Sterling City, Texas.

.Sterling County Tornado...

Rating:                 EF3
Estimated Peak Wind:    140 mph
Path Length /statute/:  4.79 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   400 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             05/24/2024
Start Time:             03:29 PM CDT
Start Location:         18 SSW Sterling City / Sterling County / TX
Start Lat/Lon:          31.5844 / -101.1025

End Date:               05/24/2024
End Time:               03:50 PM CDT
End Location:           17 WNW Arden / Tom Green County / TX
End Lat/Lon:            31.543 / -101.0393

Survey Summary:
A tornado touched down west of State Highway 163 at a ranch house
on Private Road 127. The tornado damaged the roof of the ranch
house as well as flipped over an RV trailer next to the house.
Between the ranch house and Highway 163, the tornado strengthened
destroying at least two utility poles, severely damaging trees as
well as turning over an oil pump jack. As the tornado approached
and crossed Highway 163, the tornado continued to intensify
damaging several utility poles along the highway and then moving
across a deer lease off Private Road 128, east of Highway 163. The
tornado completely stripped the rocks, the grass, the top soil, and
the caliche roads on the property. Only the stubs of the trunks of
the trees remained on the property.

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EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories:

EF0.....65 to 85 mph
EF1.....86 to 110 mph
EF2.....111 to 135 mph
EF3.....136 to 165 mph
EF4.....166 to 200 mph
EF5.....>200 mph

NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the event and publication in
NWS Storm Data.

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