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EF0 tornado in Lee County, Texas

Tornado April 2, 2026 · Lee County, Texas

EF0
Rating
7.7 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
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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

The National Weather Service determined an EF-0 tornado touched down in Lee County this morning based on photos and drone footage received by the Lee County office of emergency management, combined with radar analysis. The tornado formed roughly six miles southwest of Giddings, roughly near the CR 208 and FM 2239, and moved northeast into Giddings before dissipating. Sporadic damage was observed to power lines, tree limbs, and tin sheds, as well as some small sections of tin roofs and eaves peeled back. Peak winds of 70 mph were estimated.

The wider storm

An upper-level trough moved across a dryline northwest of South-Central Texas and generated thunderstorms that moved into our area. Storm motion was toward the east-northeast while the low-level flow was from the southeast. This vertical wind shear in one of the storms was enough to produce a tornado.

Began near Serbin (30.1300, -97.0300).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1333528. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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