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EF0 tornado in Bexar County, Texas

Tornado March 19, 2012 – March 20, 2012 · Bexar County, Texas

EF0

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

10 yd

Path width

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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 second small tornado formed along the leading edge of a large cluster of storms pushing east through northeastern San Antonio in the early morning hours of March 20 (CDT). One home on Castle Hunt Dr. received minor damage and 25 other homes on Castle Hunt Dr. and Castle Run were affected either with debris on the property or damage to fences or plants.

The wider storm

A deep upper level trough of low pressure and strong cold front moved into an area of deep boundary layer moisture. The system initially produced supercell thunderstorms which produced several tornadoes and large hail. There storms then transitioned into a quasi-linear convective system that produced heavy rainfall and flooding.

Began near Kirby (29.4880, -98.3770).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Bexar County EF2 Medina County EF1 Medina County EF0 Bexar County EF0 Karnes County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 368121. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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