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EF0 tornado in Jack County, Texas

Tornado April 19, 2025 · Jack County, Texas

EF0
Rating
1.8 mi
Path length
300 yd
Path width
$75K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 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 tornado formed approximately 3.5 miles southeast of Jacksboro, near the intersection of Fields Lane and U.S. 281. The tornado formed in open pasture south of Hwy 281, then moved northeast and impacted 2 manufactured homes along Fields Lane, producing light roofing and siding damage. The tornado crossed Hwy 281, producing damage to a commercial building system and another manufactured home on the east side of 281. The tornado tracked northeast over mostly open pastureland, crossing U.S. Hwy 380 southeast of Jacksboro before dissipating. The most significant damage occurred to the commercial building along Hwy 281, consistent with high end EF-0 intensity winds of 80 mph.

The wider storm

Multiple upper level shortwaves moved overtop the Plains contributing to the development of severe storms near and along a cold front and dryline on and off between the 18th and 20th. Large hail, damaging winds, flash flooding, and tornadoes were all observed, particularly on the 19th. A total of 12 tornadoes occurred along and east of Highway 281 causing considerable damage: 1 EF-2, 5 EF-1s, and 6 EF-0s.

Began near Hensley (33.1800, -98.1234).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1256649. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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