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EF0 tornado in Maverick County, Texas

Tornado May 26, 2026 · Maverick County, Texas

EF0
Rating
0.5 mi
Path length
25 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 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 received reports of a brief tornado across rural portions of Maverick County several miles north of Quemado. Several storm chasers had reported that a funnel cloud moved across US Highway 277 and briefly fully condensed to the ground just east of the highway for a short time. Small broken tree branches were noted off the highway, supporting EF-0 damage. Maximum winds were estimated at 65 mph.

The wider storm

An upper shortwave trough moved across Texas and generated thunderstorms. Some storms formed along a dryline over the western edge of South-Central Texas. Other storms formed east of the dryline in a conditionally unstable, moist airmass. Storms produced all severe hazards and locally heavy rain.

Began near Quemado (29.0314, -100.6361).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Guadalupe County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1340663. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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