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Tornado (EF3)Sterling, Texas

May 22, 2024 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
Tornado scale
EF3
Area
Sterling

Event narrative (NOAA)

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. The estimated peak wind of|the tornado was 140

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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

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