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EF0 tornado in Wilson County, Texas

Tornado May 25, 2015 · Wilson County, Texas

EF0

Rating

1.7 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

A NWS storm survey team concluded a tornado touched down south of Floresville in Wilson County. A car port awning of a business was ripped off. A few tree limbs were also reported down. Peak winds were estimated at 70 mph.

The wider storm

An upper level low moved into the central plains and a shortwave trough moved across Texas. The low level airmass remained very moist and the result was thunderstorms that produced heavy rain and isolated severe weather.

Began near Poth (29.0990, -98.1300).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Bastrop County EF1 Gillespie County EF1 Fayette County EF1 Williamson County EF0 Wilson County EF0 Blanco County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 581304. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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