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| Type: | Tornado outbreak |
| Active: | January 14, 2018 |
| Duration of tornado outbreak1: | 4 hours, 9 minutes |
| Maximum rated tornado2: | EF4 tornado |
| Highest winds | 190 mph (305 km/h) (Parkersburg, Iowa EF4) |
| Tornadoes confirmed: | 30 |
| Damage: | $190 million (2018 USD) |
| Injuries: | 312 |
| Fatalities: | 3 |
| Areas affected: | Midwestern United States |
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1Time from first tornado to last tornado | |
The January 14, 2018 Midwest tornado was a deadly outbreak that formed from a supercell that formed over the Rockies spawned 29 tornadoes in Texas and one in Iowa. The only twister to touch down was in Parkersburg, where an EF5 hit nearly 10 years earlier, this tornado was rated EF4.
Synopsis[]
Tornado convective outlook for January 14, 2018.
| Date | Total | EF0 | EF1 | EF2 | EF3 | EF4 | EF5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 14 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 30 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Tornadoes by State[]
| State | Tornadoes by State |
|---|---|
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| Confirmed Total |
Confirmed EF0 |
Confirmed EF1 |
Confirmed EF2 |
Confirmed EF3 |
Confirmed EF4 |
Confirmed EF5 |
| 30 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| EF# | Location | County | Times (UTC) | Width | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | |||||
| EF4 | Parkersburg | Butler | 1517-1632 | 2,460 meters | 3 deaths - See Article on This Tornado - The strongest, costliest, and only deadly tornado was the first tornado of the outbreak. 3 people died along with 167 injuries and $125 million in damages. Dozens of homes were completely leveled along with ground scouring. |
| Texas | |||||
| EF0 | Jarrell | Williamson | 1632-1634 | 10 metres | A couple trees were pushed over as well as a house's roof being minorly damaged south of Jarrell. |
| EF0 | Jarrell | Williamson | 1637-1638 | 5 meters | A brief touchdown in an open field west of Jarrell. |
| EF0 | Jarrell | Williamson | 1641-1642 | 150 meters | No damage was reported south of Jarrell. |
| EF0 | Jarrell | Williamson | 1642-1644 | 35 meters | A trampoline was tipped over as well as a tree north of Jarrell. |
| EF0 | Jarrell | Williamson | 1645-1648 | 65 meters | Found in a damage survey, and initially reported as a downburst. No known impacts west of Jarrell. |
| EF0 | Glazier | Hemphill | 1652-1653 | 360 meters | Tipped over a few trees west of Glazier. |
| EF1 | Glazier | Hemphill | 1700-1707 | 20 meters | A mobile home was severely damaged south of Glazier. |
| EF1 | Glazier | Hemphill | 1705-1711 | 40 meters | A roof was completely taken away north of Glazier. |
| EF1 | Glazier | Hemphill | 1707-1709 | 200 meters | A house received major damage to it's roof in central Glazier. |
| EF1 | Glazier | Hemphill | 1712-1716 | 220 meters | A mobile home was severely damaged south of Glazier. |
| EF1 | Glazier | Hemphill | 1724-1726 | 160 meters | A heavy car was moved 60 yards west of Glazier. |
| EF0 | Denton | Denton | 1731-1733 | 120 meters | A house had minor damage in south Denton. |
| EF0 | Denton | Denton | 1735-1738 | 50 meters | A tree was plowed over in rural Denton. |
| EF0 | Denton | Denton | 1737-1740 | 30 meters | A farmer recorded a small, pencil like tornado that was over open terrain north of Denton. |
| EF0 | Denton | Denton | 1743-1745 | 60 meters | A house had minor damage east of Denton. |
| EF0 | Denton | Denton | 1747-1749 | 130 metres | A brief touchdown caused no damage west of Denton. |
| EF2 | Denton | Denton | 1804-1817 | 510 meters | Dozens of homes sustained EF0 to high-end EF2 damage. Hundreds of trees were destroyed as well in rural Denton. |
| EF2 | Denton | Denton | 1812-1828 | 915 meters | A mobile home was destroyed south of Denton. |
| EF0 | Garland | Dallas | 1815-1817 | 75 meters | A few shallow trees were plowed over in south Garland. |
| EF0 | Garland | Dallas | 1818-1821 | 40 meters | A brief touchdown caused no damage north of Garland. |
| EF0 | Eustace | Henderson | 1821-1823 | 60 meters | A thin, pencil-like tornado that remained over open terrain caused no damage south of Eustace. |
| EF1 | Eustace | Henderson | 1826-1828 | 2,000
meters |
A mobile home was badly damaged in eastern Eustace. |
| EF1 | Eustace | Henderson | 1834-1838 | 1,440 meters | A roof was completely ripped off in southern Eustace. |
| EF2 | Eustace | Henderson | 1843-1847 | 900 meters | A 21.34 mil-long tracked, high-end EF2 that caused 120 injuries in central Eustace. |
| EF2 | Sherman | Grayson | 1851-1857 | 800 meters | A short lived EF2 overturned a mobile home on it's 1.1 mile long path in western Sherman. |
| EF3 | Sherman | Grayson | 1923-1945 | 650 meters | Only a few interior walls remained along a 16 mile-path to up to 24 homes in southern Sherman. |
| EF3 | Waco | McLennan | 1936-2001 | 1,120 meters | Over a dozen houses had their roofs stripped, a car was overturned as well in northern Waco. |
| EF3 | Waco | McLennan | 2004-2027 | 3,500 meters | A high-end EF3 stripped hundreds of homes off their foundations. Most houses were not well-built. Most damage occurred in east Waco. |
| EF3 | Canton | Van Zandt | 2021-2049 | 2,800 meters | A thick EF3 caused severe damage to multiple homes west of Canton. |
Notable Tornadoes[]
Parkersburg, Iowa[]
Main Article: 2018 Parkersburg, Iowa Tornado
| EF4 tornado | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Duration | 3:17 PM CDT – 4:32 PM CDT | ||
| Intensity | 305 km/h (190 mph) (1-min) | ||
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