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EF0 tornado in Johnson County, Texas

Tornado April 28, 2026 · Johnson County, Texas

EF0
Rating
1.1 mi
Path length
300 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

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 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

A brief tornado was captured on video on the east side of Cresson. A drone flyover of the area allowed us to determine a path based on damage to crops and vegetation in areas the survey team could not access. Maximum estimated winds were 80 mph.

The wider storm

A shortwave trough, slow moving cold front, and continued presence of a dryline resulted in additional severe thunderstorm development on April 28 and 29. Large hail was the primary severe weather occurrence. Destructive hail damaged several locations in North and Central Texas with hail sizes ranging up to 3.5-4 inch hail in Johnson County. On April 28th 4 tornadoes occurred including an EF-3 tornado in Mineral Wells.

Began near Godley (32.5374, -97.6042).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

5 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF3 Palo Pinto CountyEF1 Johnson CountyEF0 Montague CountyEF0 Johnson CountyEF0 Wise County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1332019. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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