EF0 tornado in Guadalupe County, Texas

A National Weather Service damage survey along with resident video and pictures concluded that a small EF0 tornado occurred in Cibolo on the morning of October 26. Video shows a broad and disorganized rotation, but was strong enough to cause some minor damage to a few fences and trees in the Falcon Ridge area. Some noticeable minor damage was observed on Blue Sage Ln., and a tree was knocked down on Cinnabar Trail. The weak tornado moved northeast but did not appear to be on the ground for its entire track. There was some shingle damage to several homes in the Saratoga neighborhood. Video confirmed that the tornado likely crossed Dean Rd. (CR 377) and dissipated shortly thereafter. Times were estimated from radar and time stamps from resident videos. The tornado path was 2 miles long but there were many sections of the path where there was no visible damage. Maximum winds were estimated at 65 mph.

Thunderstorms developed along an outflow boundary in a very moist airmass. Storms were fed by strong low level winds. In addition to aiding buoyancy, these winds also contributed to significant low level wind shear. Some storms produced weak tornadoes and locally heavy rain that led to flash flooding.