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EF0 tornado in Grimes County, Texas

Tornado October 25, 2025 · Grimes County, Texas

EF0

Rating

9.9 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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

EF-0 tornado touched down south of Anderson producing tree and structural damage starting from CR406 traveling along Holland Creek toward FM 2819, CR 222, FM 2562, FM 1486, and CR232B. One home had all windows broken and a French door sucked out of the back of the home. Another home suffered extensive roof damage. Metal roofing was found twisted around a tree nearby. It was here at the beginning of the storm path where peak winds were estimated at 79 mph.

The wider storm

Two lines of storms move through Southeast Texas. One during the early morning hours of the 25th, then another late in the night into the early morning of the 26th.

Began near Anderson (30.4600, -95.9800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1293813. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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