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EF1 tornado in Wharton County, Texas

Tornado June 12, 2025 · Wharton County, Texas

EF1

Rating

1.6 mi

Path length

130 yd

Path width

$200K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 130 yards (0.07 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

An EF-1 tornado with 100 mph winds touched down just behind some apartments northeast of Wharton and travelled east across CR 166, CR 133, and CR 129. The most extensive damage was along Everett and Holiness Lanes, just south of CR 166. Numerous homes sustained major roof damage and a number of trees had large branches snapped. As the tornado traveled east it continued producing mostly tree damage and some minor roof damage.

The wider storm

Storms occurring overnight, producing damaging winds, flooding and brief tornadoes.

Began near Dinsmore (29.3300, -96.0520).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF0 Wharton County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1266290. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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