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EF0 tornado in Blanco County, Texas

Tornado May 25, 2015 · Blanco County, Texas

EF0
Rating
4.8 mi
Path length
200 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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 near the intersection of Ranch Road 1320 and North Grape Creek. The tornado traveled to the northeast along Ranch Road 1320 eventually crossing Ranch Road 1323 and lifting before Hwy 281. Damage was primarily to numerous trees which were uprooted or suffered damage to large limbs. Two barns were damaged as well. Peak winds were estimated at 85 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 Sandy (30.3375, -98.4931).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Bastrop CountyEF1 Gillespie CountyEF1 Fayette CountyEF1 Williamson CountyEF0 Wilson CountyEF0 Wilson County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 581308. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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