EF0 tornado, Fulton to Rockport, Texas, June 19, 2024

1. EF065 to 85 mphthis tornado

   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. Unrated

   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.

Rating

EF0

Date

June 19, 2024

Touchdown

6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)

Lifted

6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)

On the ground

2 minutes

Path length

0.3 miles (0.5 km)

Path width

50 yards (46 m)

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$5,000

Crop damage

$5,000

County

Aransas County

Touchdown point

28.040, -97.084

Lift-off point

28.040, -97.088

Record number

2406191749-01

4 damage points were recorded along this path by NWS CRP, in the Damage Assessment Toolkit the survey teams carry. The strongest indicator was rated EF0. The highest wind the damage implies is 85 mph.

• Several trees snapped at the base, though the trees were beginning to rot. Small shed destroyed as well.
• Straps to a shed at all four corners were broken and the carport was thrown over the house with debris strewn about 200 yards downwind.
• Carport was totaled and a couple large branches were snapped.
• One Palm Tree snapped, though it was beginning to rot. Several other branches were snapped off the tops of trees and a few houses had minor shingle damage.

Survey points are preliminary and are the raw material the published rating was built from. Source: NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit.

Tropical Storm Alberto was a very broad and unorganized storm that developed across the Southwestern Gulf of Mexico. Alberto eventually made landfall between the hours of 4-7 AM on June 20, 2024 near Tampico, Mexico. The system brought a variety of hazards to the region, including storm surge, heavy rains, strong winds, and a couple isolated tornadoes. Significant coastal flooding, around 3 to 3.5 feet of inundation, was observed along the Middle Texas coast as well as within the bays and waterways from Baffin Bay to Matagorda Bay. Several bands of heavy rain spread inland through the event. Rainfall totals range from 3 to 8 inches across the Coastal Bend with generally 2 to 5 inches across the Coastal Plains and Brush Country. Isolated amounts exceeding 10 were observed near Rockport. Gusty winds accompanied the rainbands with frequent gusts to tropical storm force found over the Gulf waters and along the coast. Lastly, a survey team found evidence of two EF0 tornadoes in Rockport.

Two brief EF-0 tornadoes were produced from the same parent|circulation as a waterspout came ashore near Rockport, TX. The initial|damage as it came on shore was confined to some minor tree damage and a|few shingles missing from a couple homes. The tornado then lifted and |eventually reformed near FM1781 where it destroyed a couple carports and|two sheds. It also snapped some smaller trees and broke numerous large|branches before dissipating.

Two brief EF-0 tornadoes were produced from the same parent|circulation as a waterspout came ashore near Rockport, TX. The initial|damage as it came on shore was confined to some minor tree damage and a|few shingles missing from a couple homes. The tornado then lifted and |eventually reformed near FM1781 where it destroyed a couple carports and|two sheds. It also snapped some smaller trees and broke numerous large|branches before dissipating.

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

10 minutes of warning. NWS CRP issued a tornado warning for this county at 23:39 UTC, 10 minutes before the tornado touched down, in force until 00:00 UTC.

Every warning and watch covering the touchdown point that day, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service products. Lead time is measured from the issue of the warning in force to the touchdown time in the database, both of which were recorded to the minute by different people.

The Storm Prediction Center had this point in a Slight Risk, with a 0.05 chance of a tornado within 25 miles. The outlook in force was issued at 19:49 UTC.

SPC's Day 1 convective outlook as it stood when the tornado began, read at the touchdown point. The same archive is on the radar archive.

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.

Rockport/Aransas Co (RKP), 6 km from the path, in the two hours either side.

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

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 23:46 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.

Local storm reports within 60 km of the path, in the three hours either side.

From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service local storm reports.

The live radar over the trackEvery 2024 tornado in TexasEvery tornado in Texas since 1950Warnings in force in Texas nowThe forecast where you are

2 more were confirmed in the United States that day.

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.

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