Name: Tornado in Texas, July 26, 2020
Start: 2020-07-26T04:10
End: 2020-07-26T04:17
Location: Texas

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $50,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.

Hurricane Hanna made landfall on the South Texas coast on the afternoon of July 25 and moved across the southern part of the state. A rain band from the storm moved through South Central Texas during the morning of July 26 and produced a tornado in Wilson County.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 26, 2:00 AM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 2:00 AM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
300 AM CDT Sun Jul 26 2020

.SHORT TERM (Today through Monday)...
The center of Tropical Storm Hanna continues to move across Deep
South Texas. The rain shield extends up into the southern part of
our CWA. Hanna will continue to move toward the west-southwest
through the day today into northeastern Mexico. This will continue
to bring moisture into South Central Texas and rain chances will
continue through the day. There will likely be a sharp edge to the
rain somewhere south of I-10/Hwy 90. There is still a chance for
some locally heavy rain, but we do not expect any excessive rain.
Southern parts of the CWA could see another inch of rain today and
tonight with lower amounts farther north. As Hanna moves across
northern Mexico tonight rain chances will linger across our southern
areas. Rain amounts should continue to decrease as the center of the
storm gets farther away. Monday the atmosphere over Texas will
remain unsettled and there will be ample moisture in place. The
deepest moisture will be across the southern half of the CWA and
there will be chances for showers over this area.

With all the cloudiness today temperatures will be below normal
across the region. Monday will bring more sunshine and temperatures
will climb back to near normal across most of the area.

&&

.LONG TERM (Monday Night through Saturday)...
Monday night should begin the long-term period off fairly dry with
only a small chance of rain across the southern two-thirds of the
area with residual moisture left over from Hanna. The small rain
chances will continue into Tuesday with slightly higher chances
expected for the Coastal Plains. There should be weak ridging nudging
into Hill Country from the west that will limit rain chances for the
western counties. Tuesday night should be rain free with similar PoPs
expected on Wednesday that we have on Tuesday with the higher values
in the Coastal Plains where the better moisture should be. The
atmosphere is expected to dry out further by Thursday with only
small chances in the east and then a rain free forecast takes over
Friday and Saturday. High temperatures in the extended will begin in
the lower to middle 90s but will return to the upper 90s to most
locations on Thursday or Friday.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Austin Camp Mabry              90  76  93  75  94 /  50  20  30  20  20
Austin Bergstrom Intl Airport  90  75  93  74  93 /  50  20  30  20  20
New Braunfels Muni Airport     88  74  93  74  92 /  50  20  40  20  30
Burnet Muni Airport            89  73  93  73  93 /  40  30  20  10  20
Del Rio Intl Airport           90  74  95  75  95 /  40  40  30  20  20
Georgetown Muni Airport        90  74  94  74  95 /  50  30  20  10  20
Hondo Muni Airport             88  73  95  74  95 /  60  30  30  20  30
San Marcos Muni Airport        89  74  93  74  93 /  50  20  30  20  30
La Grange - Fayette Regional   89  75  95  76  93 /  50  30  40  20  40
San Antonio Intl Airport       89  75  94  75  94 /  60  20  40  20  30
Stinson Muni Airport           87  75  93  75  93 /  60  30  40  20  30

&&

.EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
&&

Short-Term/Aviation...05
Long-Term...Hampshire

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:09 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Wilson

When: July 26, 4:10 AM CST to 4:17 AM CST
Where: Wilson County, 1.51 mi N of Sutherland Spgs to 2.13 mi S of La Vernia
Rating: EF0
Path length: 3.27 mi
Path width: 20 yd
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey
Coordinates: 29.292, -98.072

An NWS damage survey concluded that a small EF0 tornado touched down just south of La Vernia during the predawn hours of Sunday July 26 at approximately 510 AM CDT. The tornado touched down along Hwy 87 north of Sutherland Springs. The tornado then moved northwest and crossed CR 307, Enck Ln., Oakview Dr., Oak Hollow Dr., Hickory Run, and Ranch Country Rd. The tornado continued northwest and crossed Blackjack Rd., Cibolo Ridge, and Pullman Rd. The tornado track ended at Pullman Road as road access farther northwest near CR 344 was not available. The majority of damage was to trees and outbuildings. Power poles and lines were also damaged in a few locations. The maximum winds associated with this tornado were estimated to be 70 mph making it an EF0 tornado. Some minor tree damage was found west of La Vernia near CR 356, CR 357 and along Hwy 87 but was determined that this damage was not caused by a tornado.

What these are

Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 909161.