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EF2 tornado in Shackelford County, Texas

Tornado May 18, 2025 · Shackelford County, Texas

EF2

Rating

0.8 mi

Path length

150 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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 severe thunderstorm moved across eastern portions of Shackelford

County late Sunday afternoon which produced a brief tornado about

6 miles northeast of Albany, Texas, near County Road 109. The

Shackelford County Sheriff sent photos of damage to several

utility poles as well as damage to trees. Time of the tornado

touching down is based on radar. The estimated maximum peak wind

speed was 115 mph.

The wider storm

The combination of a strong upper level area of low pressure and a surface dryline resulted in a few rounds of severe thunderstorms across portions of west central Texas. In addition, strong to extreme instability and strong vertical wind shear assisted with severe thunderstorm development. The severe storms produced large hail and a tornado in Shackelford County on May 18th.

Began near Albany (32.7925, -99.2269).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EFU Callahan County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1267447. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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