Tornadoes · United States · Texas · 2023

Unrated tornado, New Hope, Texas, June 11, 2023

This Unrated tornado ran 0.4 miles across Jones County on June 11, 2023, touching down at 12:35 AM CDT and reaching 50 yards wide. It killed nobody.

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Enhanced Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

  1. EF065 to 85 mph

    Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.

  2. EF186 to 110 mph

    Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.

  3. EF2111 to 135 mph

    Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.

  4. EF3136 to 165 mph

    Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.

  5. EF4166 to 200 mph

    Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.

  6. EF5over 200 mph

    Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.

  7. Unratedthis tornado

    The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

The record

Rating
Unrated
Date
June 11, 2023
Touchdown
12:35 AM CDT (05:35 UTC)
Lifted
12:39 AM CDT (05:39 UTC)
On the ground
4 minutes
Path length
0.4 miles (0.7 km)
Path width
50 yards (46 m)
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
County
Jones County
Touchdown point
32.870, -99.860
Lift-off point
32.871, -99.853
Record number
2306112335-01

What the Weather Service recorded

West central Texas was located to the south of a stationary frontal boundary and east of a surface dryline through this time frame. As a result, abundant low level moisture was across the area, along with strong to extreme instability and adequate deep layer shear for severe thunderstorms including supercell storms to develop. Most of the severe storms occurred east of an Abilene to Eden to Menard line during the afternoon and evening hours. The severe storms produce large to very large hail along with isolated damaging winds.

Law Enforcement called stating that a Deputy south of Stamford reported a possible tornado which was rain wrapped and heading toward Avoca.

From NOAA NCEI's Storm Events Database, the narrative the local forecast office wrote for Storm Data.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the tornado touched down, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the tornado touched down at Jun 12, 12:21 AM CDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 12:21 AM CDT, 14 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
1221 AM CDT Mon Jun 12 2023

...New AVIATION...

.SHORT TERM...
(This evening through Monday)
Issued at 205 PM CDT Sun Jun 11 2023

A band of scattered thunderstorms is indicated by the multiple
short range models (CAMs included) this afternoon and evening.
This activity is most likely to occur across areas near Abilene
and move east along the I-20 corridor. Recent satellite imagery
indicates a small amount of cumulus developing, which may
indicate this solution is likely to be the expected outcome. A
Marginal Risk for severe weather has been included across this
area for the remainder of today by the Storm Prediction Center.
Large hail (1"+ in diameter) and damaging winds (60 MPH range) are
the main hazards.

Otherwise, the bigger risk across the area with regards to severe
weather is on Monday afternoon and evening. It is worth
mentioning that the best odds of seeing this activity for tomorrow
remains across areas east of a Throckmorton to Junction line.
Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are a possibility (20-30%
chance). Any thunderstorm activity will be capable of producing
large hail (2"+ in diameter) and damaging winds (60 MPH range). An
isolated tornado cannot be ruled out. Otherwise, high
temperatures will continue to be on the rise with highs well into
the triple digits.

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Monday night through next Saturday)
Issued at 258 PM CDT Sun Jun 11 2023

Storms across the Big Country and Heartland that develop Monday
afternoon may linger into evening hours, but otherwise looks like
a predominantly dry forecast for the upcoming week and weekend
for now. Same basic idea continues...with a trough to the east and
a trough to the west and leaving a weak ridge in place across the
Southern Plains for most of the week. May have a bit of a
weakness in the ridge and more zonal flow for mid week and
forecasted temperatures are down a few degrees verse what we were
looking at yesterday. But ridge builds back into place for the
weekend and temperatures again start to climb well above 105 in
some areas. As mentioned yesterday, will be interesting to watch
whether temperatures can be maximized with the abundant unusually
green conditions across much of the area, as well as the
evapotranspiration going on. Temperatures around San Angelo this
afternoon are lagging behind some what is expected, although
dewpoints are higher and the Apparent temperatures are well above
100. As some drying occurs this week, may well see this few
degrees temperature difference come to an end and allow readings
to soar.

&&

.AVIATION...
(06Z TAFS)
Issued at 1220 AM CDT Mon Jun 12 2023

Thunderstorms to the north of KABI at 5Z will move east, staying
north of the terminal, but may send an outflow boundary down,
giving some gusty north winds for an hour or so through 7Z.
Isolated thunderstorm possible Monday afternoon at KABI but given
the isolated nature of the storms, did not include VCTS at this
time. Southeast winds gusting up to 18 KTS likely across the
terminal by noon. KABI may see a shift to east to northeast winds
mid to late afternoon.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Abilene     69  94  67  94 /  20   0   0   0
San Angelo  73 103  67 101 /  10   0   0   0
Junction    74 105  71 105 /  10   0   0   0
Brownwood   71 100  69  97 /  20   0  10   0
Sweetwater  69  96  66  96 /  10   0   0   0
Ozona       74 102  68 103 /  10   0   0   0
Brady       72  99  70  98 /  10   0   0  10

&&

.SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
&&

SHORT TERM...41
LONG TERM....07
AVIATION...04
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 3:35 PM CDT, 9 hours before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
335 PM CDT Sun Jun 11 2023

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-122045-
Fisher-Nolan-Sterling-Coke-Runnels-Irion-Tom Green-Concho-
Crockett-Schleicher-Sutton-Haskell-Throckmorton-Jones-Shackelford-
Taylor-Callahan-Coleman-Brown-McCulloch-San Saba-Menard-Kimble-
Mason-
335 PM CDT Sun Jun 11 2023

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of west central
Texas.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Thunderstorms are possible across areas near Abilene and also for
areas east of Abilene on I-20. The main hazards are large hail and
damaging winds.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are possible again on
Monday. Large hail and damaging winds are the main concerns.

Temperatures above 105 degrees are possible through the end of
the week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 9:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
919 PM CDT Sun Jun 11 2023

TXZ140-120300-
Brown TX-
919 PM CDT Sun Jun 11 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Brown County
through 1000 PM CDT...

At 919 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Brownwood, moving southeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Brownwood, Early, Zephyr and Camp Bowie.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
west central Texas.

&&

LAT...LON 3170 9868 3169 9875 3167 9877 3161 9878
      3154 9890 3173 9909 3181 9903 3174 9869
      3170 9867
TIME...MOT...LOC 0219Z 302DEG 29KT 3172 9898

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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The air that afternoon

The radiosonde launches on either side of the tornado, from the nearest station that was launching then, drawn and analyzed the way Storm Lab does: the same diagram, the same parcel and shear definitions SPC's mesoanalysis uses.

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), 00:00Z

5.6 hours before the tornado, 240 km from the path. June 12, 2023.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2023-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel lifted from the surface. Mixed-layer CAPE 2459 joules per kilogram, CIN -12, lifted condensation level 1981 meters above ground. Wind barbs in knots down the right edge.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed. The warm shading is its CAPE, the cool shading the inhibition it has to break through.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2023-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers as a curve, rings every 10 meters per second labeled in knots. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 square meters per square second, 0 to 6 km bulk shear 40 knots.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km. RM and LM are the right and left moving storms Bunkers' method gives; the shaded area is the 0 to 1 km storm-relative helicity.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2459 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Surface CAPE
3498 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1981 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.7
0-3 km lapse rate
9.2 K/km

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The surface observations

Dyess Afb/Abilene (DYS), 50 km from the path, in the two hours either side.

Time (UTC)Temp (°F)Dew point (°F)WindGust (kt)Pressure (mb)Weather
00:00 UTC

From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of airport observations.

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 05:32 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment, over the track

Reflectivity and velocity, decoded from the Level II archive in the browser. Volumes take a few seconds to open the first time.

This ground now

The live radar over the trackEvery 2023 tornado in TexasEvery tornado in Texas since 1950Warnings in force in Texas nowThe forecast where you are

The other tornadoes of June 11, 2023

7 more were confirmed in the United States that day.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 114:30 PM CDTEF1Fentress, TN11.3300$500,000
June 114:59 PM CDTEF1Cumberland, TN2.250$250,000
June 116:04 PM EDTEF1Scott, TN3.4200
June 115:58 PM CDTEF1Fentress, TN2.330$150,000
June 117:23 PM EDTEF0Miami, OH0.6150$30,000
June 117:35 PM EDTEF0Champaign, OH0.8125$20,000
June 119:34 PM CDTEF1Chickasaw, MS0.9100$50,000

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.