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EF1 tornado in Comal County, Texas

Tornado October 24, 2025 · Comal County, Texas

EF1
Rating
20.0 mi
Whole path
300 yd
Path width

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 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 tornado touched down in Kendall County approximately four miles southwest of Kendalia traveled 9.8 miles to the east crossed into Blanco County approximately a quarter of a mile west-northwest of the intersection of Hwy 281 and FM 306 continued east a quarter of a mile to the Comal County line a tenth of mile northwest of the Hwy 281/FM 306 intersection and continued another 10.2 miles east before dissipating after crossing FM 306 near Hancock Rd. Shortly after entering Comal County, it crossed the intersection of Hwy 281 and FM 306 and knocked down five electrical poles and one light pole near a gas station at the intersection. This damage was rated EF-1 (wind speed up to 110 mph). The tornado continued east-southeastward into portions of the Indian Hill subdivision causing sporadic tree, fence, and shingle damage and then east, paralleling FM 306. The tornado crossed Tanglewood Trail, impacting several blocks with concentrated tree damage and shingle damage. Damage through this area was estimated at EF-1 (90 mph). The tornado continued east, through northern areas of Mystic Shores, weakening and producing sporadic tree damage. Farther east, the tornado crossed FM 306 near Hancock Rd. and dissipated shortly thereafter. In Kendall County it produced EF-0 damage. The path width was 300 yards.

The wider storm

An upper-level shortwave trough and Pacific cold front moved into an unusually moist airmass over South-Central Texas. These features combined to generate thunderstorms some of which produced a tornado, damaging wind gusts, and large hail.

Began near Spring Branch (29.9390, -98.4120).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1297322. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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