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EF1 tornado in Kendall County, Texas

Tornado August 16, 2007 · Kendall County, Texas

EF1
Rating
0.5 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
$10K
Damage as recorded
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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 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

The Sheriff's Department reported that a short-lived, small tornado touched down at the Cave-Without-a-Name northeast of Boerne. The tornado struck a small building and caused minor damage before lifting and dissipating. There were no injuries.

The wider storm

Tropical Storm Erin moved inland near Port Aransas on the morning of August 16 and continued toward the northwest, in the general direction of San Antonio. By noon, the remnants of Erin were located near Pleasanton in Atascosa County with winds near 30 mph, and moving toward the northwest near 14 mph. What was left of Erin was estimated to be in the Rocksprings area by midnight that night and just south of Ozona on the morning of August 17. The track of highest rain totals associated with Erin over South Central Texas began in Karnes County and streamed northwestward across Wilson, Bexar, Kendall, Bandera, Medina, Gillespie and Kerr Counties.

Began near Boerne (29.9101, -98.7300).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 51448. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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