EF0 tornado, Hensley to Cundiff, Texas, April 19, 2025

1. EF065 to 85 mphthis tornado

   Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.

2. EF186 to 110 mph

   Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.

3. EF2111 to 135 mph

   Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.

4. EF3136 to 165 mph

   Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.

5. EF4166 to 200 mph

   Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.

6. EF5over 200 mph

   Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.

7. Unrated

   The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

Rating

EF0

Date

April 19, 2025

Touchdown

6:24 PM CDT (23:24 UTC)

Lifted

6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)

On the ground

1 minutes

Path length

0.6 miles (1.0 km)

Path width

200 yards (183 m)

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$20,000

County

Jack County

Touchdown point

33.259, -98.050

Lift-off point

33.261, -98.040

Record number

2504191724-01

24 damage points were recorded along this path by NWS FWD, in the Damage Assessment Toolkit the survey teams carry. The strongest indicator was rated EF1. The highest wind the damage implies is 90 mph.

• tree damage along Coca Cola Ranch Road
• Tornado damage to an industrial building off of US-281. Partial roof removal and damage to garage doors according to photos on social media. Time estimated from radar.
• Tornado reported crossing US-380 by media. Storm chaser videos also show tornado crossing Hwy 380. After reviewing another video from a storm chaser, the tornado was very intermittent at this point. If the tornado continued beyond Highway 380, it likely didn't for long.
• Photo by storm chaser Stephen Cross

Survey points are preliminary and are the raw material the published rating was built from. Source: NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit.

Multiple upper level shortwaves moved overtop the Plains contributing to the development of severe storms near and along a cold front and dryline on and off between the 18th and 20th. Large hail, damaging winds, flash flooding, and tornadoes were all observed, particularly on the 19th. A total of 12 tornadoes occurred along and east of Highway 281 causing considerable damage: 1 EF-2, 5 EF-1s, and 6 EF-0s.

A tornado formed approximately 3.5 miles southeast of Jacksboro, near the intersection of Fields Lane and U.S. 281. The tornado formed in open pasture south of Hwy 281, then moved northeast and impacted 2 manufactured homes along Fields Lane, producing light roofing and siding damage. The tornado crossed Hwy 281, producing damage to a commercial building system and another manufactured home on the east side of 281. The tornado tracked northeast over mostly open pastureland, crossing U.S. Hwy 380 southeast of Jacksboro before dissipating. The most significant damage occurred to the commercial building along Hwy 281, consistent with high end EF-0 intensity winds of 80 mph.

The second tornado in Jack County during this event formed approximately 8.5 miles northeast of Jacksboro, or about 3.5 miles south of the Cundiff community in eastern Jack County. The tornado developed just off Coca Cola Ranch Road, west of the intersection with Sims Road. Soon after formation, the tornado impacted a power substation, resulting in a power outage to portions of the county. The tornado tracked northeast producing scattered tree damage along Coca Cola Ranch Road. Near the end of the track, an abandoned frame home sustained roof and window damage, and significant tree damage. The tornado dissipated in open country, shortly after impacting the frame residence. Damage along the path was consistent with high end EF-0 intensity winds of 80 mph.

The third tornado in Jack County on the evening of April 19th formed near the intersection of State Highway 59 and FM 1810, approximately 3.25 miles west of the Cundiff community in eastern Jack County. Upon formation, the tornado moved northeast, paralleling FM 1810 for at least 2 miles. Significant tree damage occurred along portions of the path, consistent with EF-1 winds of approximately 90 mph. Multiple outbuildings were impacted with roof damage, and at least 3 residences sustained roof damage as well. An RV trailer at one residence was flipped over and totally destroyed. The tornado dissipated just west of the Cundiff community.

The fourth tornado which began in Jack County, formed over the extreme northeast portion of the county, near Cundiff Crafton Road and the Wise/Jack County line. The tornado moved northeast, producing scattered tree damage, before crossing the Jack/Wise County line and dissipating in the vicinity of the Crafton community in far NW Wise County. This tornado was rated an EF-0 with maximum winds of 75 mph.

From NOAA NCEI's Storm Events Database, the narrative the local forecast office wrote for Storm Data.

18 minutes of warning. NWS FWD issued a tornado warning for this county at 23:06 UTC, 18 minutes before the tornado touched down, in force until 23:30 UTC.

The county was under a severe thunderstorm watch, issued at 19:25 UTC and running to 23:49 UTC.

Every warning and watch covering the touchdown point that day, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service products. Lead time is measured from the issue of the warning in force to the touchdown time in the database, both of which were recorded to the minute by different people.

The Storm Prediction Center had this point in a Slight Risk, with a 0.05 chance of a tornado within 25 miles. The outlook in force was issued at 19:34 UTC.

SPC's Day 1 convective outlook as it stood when the tornado began, read at the touchdown point. The same archive is on the radar archive.

The radiosonde launches on either side of the tornado, from the nearest station that was launching then, drawn and analyzed the way Storm Lab does: the same diagram, the same parcel and shear definitions SPC's mesoanalysis uses.

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 23:24 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment, over the track

Reflectivity and velocity, decoded from the Level II archive in the browser. Volumes take a few seconds to open the first time.

Local storm reports within 60 km of the path, in the three hours either side.

From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service local storm reports.

The live radar over the trackEvery 2025 tornado in TexasEvery tornado in Texas since 1950Warnings in force in Texas nowThe forecast where you are

27 more were confirmed in the United States that day.

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.