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EF0 tornado in Comal County, Texas

Tornado October 26, 2023 · Comal County, Texas

EF0

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

30 yd

Path width

$2K

Crop damage

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 30 yards (0.02 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 damage survey concluded that a small EF0 tornado formed and dissipated quickly the morning of October 26, near the intersection of FM 306 and Purgatory Rd. in Comal County. A few residences along FM 306 near that intersection sustained minor damage mainly to fences and trees. No other damage was observed in the area. Maximum winds were estimated at 70 mph with a path length just over one quarter mile.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Sattler (29.8448, -98.1193).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

4 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 Bexar County EF0 Caldwell County EF0 Guadalupe County EF0 Wilson County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1144585. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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