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EF0 tornado in Comal County, Texas

Tornado April 20, 2023 · Comal County, Texas

EF0

Rating

3.0 mi

Path length

250 yd

Path width

$250K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 250 yards (0.14 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A National Weather Service storm survey determined that a tornado occurred near the communities of Canyon Lake and Startzville during the late evening hours of April 20. The tornado touched down at 10:40 PM CDT near the Lakeside Golf Club just north of FM 2673. The tornado tracked southeast approximately three miles, damaging and uprooting trees at EF0 intensity along its path. Minor roof damage was noted at

residences along Campbell Dr. and Dorothy Dr. just south of the Lakeside Golf Club. The tornado traveled southeast crossing FM 2673 near the intersection with FM 2722 before lifting at 10:44 PM CDT near the intersection of FM 2772 and JDJ Dr. Peak wind speeds were estimated to be 85 MPH, and the maximum path width was 250 yards.

The wider storm

An upper level trough moved across the southwest US and brought a cold front through Central Texas. Thunderstorms developed in the warm, moist airmass south of the front in response to a mid-level shortwave trough. Some of these storms produced severe weather including one tornado.

Began near Canyon Res (29.8528, -98.2662).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1094749. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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