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EF1 tornado in Burnet County, Texas

Tornado May 1, 2025 · Burnet County, Texas

EF1
Rating
3.1 mi
Path length
880 yd
Path width
1
Injury
$100K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 880 yards (0.50 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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 survey team, with additional help from spotter video footage, concluded a tornado occurred in far northeast Burnet County. The

tornado formed just west of CR 223, about 1/10 of a mile from the Burnet/Lampasas County line. The tornado continued south along CR 223 and the Lampasas River for a short distance, then turned to the southwest crossing Panther Creek Rd. Shortly after

it turned southeast following along and just east of CR 223. The tornado is estimated to have dissipated just east of Taylor Ln. Along the tornado path significant damage was observed, including trunks of trees snapped and damage to homes and outbuildings. Based on damage the peak wind of the tornado was estimated to be 110 mph (EF-1) around Panther Creek Rd. to the 4000-5000 block of CR 223. A home along Panther Creek Rd. had the garage destroyed and a significant portion of the roof removed. A multipurpose garage/outbuilding on top of a hill had the west side of it's cinder block walls collapse inward along with a metal framed roof collapsed down. At least six structures along the path of the tornado were significantly damaged. In each of these cases high winds impacted these building at their weakest points, contributing to the degree of damage. There is evidence the tornado, at times, had an erratic forward motion based on radar data and ground survey. One minor injury was reported to the driver of a delivery truck that was flipped on its side.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms developed along an outflow boundary over the northern Texas Hill Country in a warm, moist airmass. Strong instability, vertical wind shear, and steep mid-level lapse rates led to supercells that produced three tornadoes and large hail.

Began near Oakalla (31.0322, -97.9984).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1256790. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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