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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
719 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/24/2025 TORNADO EVENT
ROBERTS COUNTY TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 11.27 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/24/2025
START TIME: 09:05 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 10 N CODMAN / ROBERTS COUNTY / TX
START LAT/LON: 35.7908 / -100.7943
END DATE: 04/24/2025
END TIME: 09:41 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 ENE MIAMI / ROBERTS COUNTY / TX
END LAT/LON: 35.6986 / -100.6288
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN CENTRAL ROBERTS COUNTY, ROUGHLY
SEVEN MILES TO THE SOUTHEAST OF HIGHWAY 70, TO THE SOUTH OF FARM
TO MARKET ROAD 283. THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN LOCATION AND TIME WERE
ESTIMATED BASED ON A COMBINATION OF RADAR IMAGERY AND STORM
SPOTTER REPORTS. THIS TORNADO GREW IN SIZE VERY QUICKLY, WITH
SEVERAL REPORTS OF IT TAKING ON A CONE AND STOVEPIPE SHAPE TO IT.
AS THE TORNADO TRACKED TO THE SOUTHEAST, IT TRAVERSED VERY RUGGED
TERRAIN WHICH DID NOT PROVIDE MUCH IN THE WAY OF DAMAGE
INDICATORS OR SURVEY ACCESS. THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF VISUAL
AND KNOWN DAMAGE WAS ALONG FM 283 NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH FM
2699. HERE, THERE WAS MINOR BRANCH AND TREE DAMAGE, BUT THE MORE
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS A CENTER PIVOT WAS COMPLETELY OVERTURNED.
IT ALSO APPEARED THAT SOME PART OF IT WAS TWISTED. GIVEN THE
ANGLE OF THE PIVOT TO THE DIRECTION OF MOTION AS WELL AS THE
PRESENCE OF WINTER WHEAT IN THE FIELD, IT IS PROBABLE THAT IT
TOOK A HIGHER WIND SPEED TO FLIP THIS PIVOT AND THIS IS ONE PLACE
WHERE THE HIGHEST RATING OCCURRED, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 105-110MPH.
THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED TO THE SOUTHEAST, CROSSING FM 283 A
FEW TIMES. ALONG FM 283, NEAR QUARTER HORSE ROAD, THE TORNADO
DOWNED A POWER POLE AND TWISTED BARBED WIRE FENCING. ADDITIONAL
LARGE BRANCHES WERE BLOWN IN THIS AREA. AS THE TORNADO ONCE AGAIN
CROSSED FM 283 SOUTH OF QUARTER HORSE ROAD, IT DOWNED NINE
ADDITIONAL POWER POLES. ALL ALONG ITS TRACK, SURVEYORS NOTED
SEVERAL TRAFFIC WARNING SIGNS BENT OVER AT THE BASE AND EVEN SOME
WERE BROKEN AND TWISTED AT THE BASE, AND FROM THE GROUND. THE
TORNADO TRAVELED JUST TO THE NORTH OF MIAMI, WITH NO KNOWN DAMAGE
TO THE TOWN. STORM SPOTTERS INDICATED IT CROSSED HIGHWAY
60 BEFORE DISSIPATING. LITTLE DAMAGE WAS NOTED BUT THE ENDING
POINT WAS DEPICTED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY PER VISUAL
CONFIRMATION.
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.
JC/DH
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