EF0 tornado in Collin County, Texas

Tornado April 30, 2025 · Collin County, Texas

EF0

Rating

0.1 mi

Whole path

25 yd

Path width

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Denton County → Collin County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 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

Picture and video evidence confirmed a brief tornado west of Celina. Minor tree damage was found along County Road 9. Maximum estimated winds were 70 mph. The tornado started in Denton County but crossed into Collin County briefly before dissipating.

The wider storm

A slow moving front and an upper trough generated scattered thunderstorms on April 29, and widespread showers and thunderstorms on April 30, across much of North and Central Texas. Some of these storms became severe with large hail and damaging winds, but the most impactful weather was flash flooding due to the slow movement of the front and the resulting 'training' of thunderstorms along and near the front.

Began near Celina (33.3268, -96.8362).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF0 Lamar County EFU Hill County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1256784. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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