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EF0 tornado in Hays County, Texas

Tornado June 12, 2025 · Hays County, Texas

EF0

Rating

1.9 mi

Whole path

50 yd

Path width

$10K

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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

An NWS survey team determined that a tornado formed just east of Purgatory Rd., south of FM 32. The most significant damage was seen along Cielo Ranch Rd., with tree damage and minor damage to structures. The damage was rated EF0 with maximum winds of 80 mph.

The wider storm

A mid-level shortwave trough moved over Texas and combined with an abnormally moist airmass to generate thunderstorms. These storms were very efficient rain producers dropping locally heavy rain that led to flash flooding. There were also a few severe thunderstorms.

Began near Wimberley (29.9294, -98.1253).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1271998. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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