Tornadoes · United States · Texas · 2025

EF1 tornado, Brock to Adell, Texas, April 19, 2025

From Brock to Adell, this EF1 tornado ran 3.5 miles across Parker County on April 19, 2025, touching down at 10:16 PM CDT and reaching 250 yards wide. It killed nobody, and did $750,000 of property damage.

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Enhanced Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

  1. EF065 to 85 mph

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

  2. EF186 to 110 mphthis tornado

    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.

The record

Rating
EF1
Date
April 19, 2025
Touchdown
10:16 PM CDT (03:16 UTC)
Lifted
10:22 PM CDT (03:22 UTC)
On the ground
6 minutes
Path length
3.5 miles (5.7 km)
Path width
250 yards (229 m)
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$750,000
County
Parker County
Touchdown point
32.794, -97.850
Lift-off point
32.843, -97.831
Record number
2504192116-01

The damage survey

82 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 110 mph.

  • large tree uprooted and felled off of old brock road
  • Sporadic large tree damage
  • Half of the roof covering removed from 3 units in this complex. Tree damage noted to the south.
  • Per EM: barn/barndominium metal damage, overturned shed

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

What the Weather Service recorded

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 small, weak, intermittent EF-0 tornado with max winds of 65 mph touched down around 6.2 miles southwest of Weatherford and moved northward before lifting in the Greenwood community around 3.7 miles west of Weatherford. Large tree branches were blown down and an outbuilding was flipped over along Royal Santana Run, and a few trees and tree branches were blown down along Old Brock Road and Coy Road. North of I-20, a few tree branches were blown down along Ranger Highway east of Greenwood Cut Off Road and near Desperado Way, and a home and barn received minor damage between Greenwood Cut Off Road and High Meadows Drive.

The same fast-moving supercell that produced the EF-0 tornado near I-20 produced a second tornado northwest of Weatherford. The second tornado, rated an EF-1 with maximum winds of 110 mph, began between Garner Adell Road and the Lake Mineral Wells State Trailway. The tornado moved north-northeast, tracking west of Coldwater Creek Lane towards the intersection of FM 920 and Johnson Bend Road. South of FM 920, most of the damage was rated in the EF-1 category where damage occurred to numerous large trees, uprooting many of them and twisting large branches around snapped trunks. One home in this area sustained notable roof damage when the winds lifted the ceiling on an upstairs balcony. Two other homes sustained minor damage. After the tornado crossed FM 920, it tracked along Johnson Bend Road uprooting more trees and causing damage to sheds and outhouses. However, the tornado also directly impacted a small complex of duplexes, taking off half the roof covering on 3 of the buildings. Continuing along a path to the north-northeast, the tornado caused minor damage in a residential area along Oak Drive, north of Johnson Bend Road. The tornado continued tracking a little bit more to the northeast, damaging trees on a property on Adair Lane, before dissipating north of this area. The maximum width of the tornado was 250 yards when the tornado was doing its most intense damage near FM 920 and Johnson Bend Road.

An EF-1 tornado began south of Millsap, a little bit north of I-20 and east of South FM 113. The tornado directly impacted a residential property at the beginning of its track, but the home only sustained minor damage. However, many large trees were lost on the property. This is where the tornado received its highest rating of EF-1 with maximum winds of 110 mph. Moving north, the tornado impacted another home along South FM 113, damaging a carport, sheds, barns, and trees. The tornado took a more northeasterly track after reaching East Poe Prairie Road, causing relatively minor damage as it moved north along the west side of Stephens Road. However, the tornado nearly directly hit another home on the north end of Stephens Road resulting in roof damage and considerable tree damage on the property. From here, the tornado was mostly tracked for another 2 to 3 miles by broken tree limbs and other tree damage until the tornado dissipated near Old Millsap Road and Sandy Hill Road. The maximum width of the tornado was 110 yards.

An EF-1 tornado with maximum estimated winds of 100 mph tracked near the Adell area. Damage along the path was mostly confined to tree damage, but some minor structural damage was observed at times along the track. The tornado began south of Walker Bend Road and west of Threatt Lane. Along Walker Bend Road, minor damage to homes, sheds, and barns was observed. Tracking northeast, the tornado continued to damage some trees and outbuildings, but received its EF-1 rating at the intersection of FM 1885 and Advance Road where more notable tree damage was observed. The tornado was tracked by minor damage, mostly to trees, for another few miles before dissipating near Russell Bend Road and Dub Lane. The maximum width of the tornado was 200 yards, early in the track.

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

What forecasters said that day

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

NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the tornado touched down at Apr 19, 7:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

  • Strong to severe thunderstorms are developing this evening across our west and northwest counties. Very large hail and a few tornadoes are the main threat. Heavy rainfall may cause flash flooding tonight.
  • The active weather pattern will persist through next week with additional storm chances Tuesday night through Friday.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 7:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
719 PM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025

...New Aviation...

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Strong to severe thunderstorms are developing this evening
  across our west and northwest counties. Very large hail and a
  few tornadoes are the main threat. Heavy rainfall may cause
  flash flooding tonight.

- The active weather pattern will persist through next week with
  additional storm chances Tuesday night through Friday.

&&

.SHORT TERM... /Issued 121 PM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025/
/This Afternoon through Sunday Night/

Visible satellite imagery shows some fairly substantial breaks in
the cloud cover across North Texas this afternoon. With
temperatures climbing into the mid 70s and dewpoints in the mid
60s, the atmosphere is steadily recovering in the wake of morning
convection. This is supported by RAP objective analysis which has
an axis of 1500 J/kg of SBCAPE slowly spreading back to the north
and west. At the surface, our slow moving frontal boundary is
draped across our far northwest counties from Abilene to Graham
and into south-central Oklahoma. Moisture convergence along this
boundary is locally maximized across Young County and this is the
area where we'll watch for vigorous convective development later
this afternoon. Initial thunderstorm development should be intense
with all modes of severe weather possible including very large
hail and a few tornadoes, but quick upscale growth into linear
segments along the front is expected into the late evening hours.
Low level winds will likely remain backed into intermittent waves
of lower pressure along the frontal boundary through the late
evening. This may periodically enhance the tornado threat into
tonight, although there's really no preferred area for this to
occur other than broadly across our northwest counties. Low level
winds have backed substantially over the last hour, so we'll
continue to monitor this through the afternoon as initial storms
would be discrete and most likely to produce a tornado. During
the overnight hours, the line of thunderstorms will be slow to
move eastward, allowing for training thunderstorms across our
northwest counties. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches is likely in
this area with isolated totals approaching 6 inches. The current
Flood Watch will remain unchanged for this forecast.

The complex of storms will approach the I-35 corridor by morning,
but will quickly be in a weakening state as the main upper trough
pulls off to the northeast. Most areas will pick up some rainfall
through mid morning on Sunday, but areas to the south and east of
the Metroplex will see lesser totals. This whole area of rain will
quickly move east through the morning with clearing occurring
through the afternoon hours. All precipitation should end across
our far eastern counties by evening with mostly clear and drier
conditions expected Sunday night.

Dunn

&&

.LONG TERM... /Issued 121 PM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025/
/Monday through Saturday/

A lull in the activity is expected Monday into Tuesday as our
frontal boundary remains draped across Southeast Texas. We'll see
generally mostly sunny skies with near normal temperatures Monday
and Tuesday, but moisture will quickly start to return Tuesday
afternoon as southerly winds become re-established. Several fast
moving disturbances will spread through the Southern Plains
Tuesday through Friday and we'll continue to see a period of
active weather including the threat for severe storms.
Thunderstorms should develop along a dryline Tuesday afternoon to
our west and near the retreating warm front across our Central TX
counties. Activity will become more widespread Tuesday night into
Wednesday morning. We'll have high PoPs on Wednesday, but if an
organized complex of storms does move through Tuesday night, then
these will likely be too high. A stronger disturbance is expected
to move through on Thursday with additional chances for severe
thunderstorms and heavy rainfall. This activity should move east
of the area on Friday. The active pattern looks to continue beyond
next weekend.

Dunn

&&

.AVIATION... /NEW/
/00Z TAFs/

VFR ceilings prevail across the terminals ahead of a frontal
boundary that remains stalled east of KSPS to KABI. Scattered
strong to severe thunderstorms will continue developing along and
north of the front this evening, generally staying northwest of
the Metroplex. With weak scattered convection developing out ahead
of the loosely organizing line, VCTS will be maintained through
03Z for the North Texas TAF sites. The better potential for direct
terminal impacts will still be associated with the more
widespread storms arriving early Sunday morning as the front
finally marches east. There will also be a westward wind shift
(250-270) as the storms weaken and exit the area. Flight
conditions should quickly improve in the wake of this activity
with VFR expected through the end of the period as winds become
light and northwesterly.

12

&&

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Limited spotter activation may be requested northwest of the DFW
Metroplex. Even if activation is not locally requested, any
reports of hazardous weather to the National Weather Service are
appreciated.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Dallas-Ft. Worth    62  76  55  81  59 /  90  60   0   0   0
Waco                62  80  52  82  59 /  50  60   5   0   0
Paris               64  74  50  77  54 /  50  80  10   0   0
Denton              57  73  48  79  54 /  80  50   0   0   0
McKinney            62  74  50  79  56 /  60  60   0   0   0
Dallas              63  77  55  80  59 /  80  60   0   0   0
Terrell             64  76  51  80  58 /  50  70   5   0   0
Corsicana           67  79  55  82  61 /  40  70  10   0   0
Temple              63  80  53  85  61 /  50  60   5   0   0
Mineral Wells       56  74  49  82  54 /  90  20   0   0   0

&&

.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Flood Watch through Sunday morning for TXZ091>093-100>102.

Tornado Watch until midnight CDT tonight for TXZ091>093-101>103-
116-117.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 10 PM CDT this evening for
TXZ100-115-129-130-141-142.

&&

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 19, 8:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
829 PM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0825 PM     Tornado          8 NNW Hico              32.09N 98.07W
04/19/2025                   Erath              TX   Public

            Photo of tornado in progress north of Hico
            on social media. Location approximate and
            based on TDS on radar.

&&

Shamburger
Local storm report, Apr 19, 8:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
843 PM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0830 PM     Tornado          10 ESE Stephenville     32.14N 98.06W
04/19/2025                   Erath              TX   Dept of Highways

            Tornado visible to the southwest on TXDOT
            camera located at US 67 and Hwy 220.
            Location approximate.

&&

Shamburger
Local storm report, Apr 19, 8:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
850 PM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0847 PM     Flash Flood      Nocona                  33.78N 97.73W
04/19/2025                   Montague           TX   Amateur Radio

            Reports of water coming into homes, water
            over roadways, and stranded cars in Nocona.

&&

Shamburger
Local storm report, Apr 19, 8:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
857 PM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0852 PM     Flash Flood      Nocona                  33.78N 97.73W
04/19/2025                   Montague           TX   Law Enforcement

            US 82 closed in both directions due to
            flooding per Montague Sheriff Office.

&&

Shamburger
Local storm report, Apr 19, 9:26 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
926 PM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0905 PM     Tornado          4 SW Tolar              32.36N 97.97W
04/19/2025                   Hood               TX   Public

            Social media photos of a tornado southwest
            of Tolar. Location approximate.

&&

Shamburger
Local storm report, Apr 19, 10:10 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
1010 PM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1003 PM     Tornado          7 WSW Weatherford       32.71N 97.87W
04/19/2025                   Parker             TX   Public

            Parker County Sheriff Office observed a
            tornado south of I-20 at mile marker 403
            moving NE. Location approximate.

&&

Shamburger

The air that afternoon

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.

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), 00:00Z

3.3 hours before the tornado, 51 km from the path. April 20, 2025.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2025-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel lifted from the surface. Mixed-layer CAPE 1192 joules per kilogram, CIN -3, lifted condensation level 818 meters above ground. Wind barbs in knots down the right edge.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed. The warm shading is its CAPE, the cool shading the inhibition it has to break through.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2025-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers as a curve, rings every 10 meters per second labeled in knots. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 267 square meters per square second, 0 to 6 km bulk shear 66 knots.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km. RM and LM are the right and left moving storms Bunkers' method gives; the shaded area is the 0 to 1 km storm-relative helicity.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1192 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Surface CAPE
1995 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
818 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
267 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
382 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.4
Supercell composite
17.0
0-3 km lapse rate
6.3 K/km

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The surface observations

Mineral Wells Municipal (MWL), 21 km from the path, in the two hours either side.

Time (UTC)Temp (°F)Dew point (°F)WindGust (kt)Pressure (mb)Weather
00:00 UTC

From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of airport observations.

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 03:18 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.

This ground now

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

The other tornadoes of April 19, 2025

27 more were confirmed in the United States that day.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 191:54 AM CDTEF0Saint Clair, IL0.525$10,000
April 194:00 PM CDTUnratedTom Green, TX2.0200
April 194:55 PM CDTUnratedTom Green, TX0.125
April 196:11 PM CDTEF0Jack, TX1.8300$75,000
April 196:24 PM CDTEF0Jack, TX0.6200$20,000
April 196:31 PM CDTEF1Jack, TX2.5250$150,000
April 196:38 PM CDTEF0Jack, TX2.1100
April 196:55 PM CDTEF0Montague, TX4.8250$500,000
April 198:19 PM CDTEF2Love, OK1.3300$300,000
April 198:20 PM CDTEF1Erath, TX6.850$1.0 million
April 198:44 PM CDTUnratedLove, OK0.720
April 198:45 PM CDTEF0Montague, TX0.3125$20,000
April 198:55 PM CDTEF2Hood, TX13.6250$3.0 million
April 199:29 PM CDTEF1Tom Green, TX0.2100
April 199:40 PM CDTUnratedMurray, OK0.5100
April 1910:01 PM CDTEF0Parker, TX4.125$12,000
April 1910:03 PM CDTEF1Pontotoc, OK4.31001$750,000
April 1910:10 PM CDTEF1Pontotoc, OK0.430$50,000
April 1910:10 PM CDTUnratedJohnston, OK0.550
April 1910:32 PM CDTEF1Hughes, OK2.115011$400,000
April 1910:34 PM CDTEF1Marshall, OK10.0500$300,000
April 1910:39 PM CDTEF1Parker, TX4.4110$600,000
April 1910:56 PM CDTEF2Marshall, OK3.050$200,000
April 1911:01 PM CDTEF1Parker, TX4.3200$100,000
April 1911:06 PM CDTEF1Johnston, OK12.0300$150,000
April 1911:42 PM CDTEF0Atoka, OK3.3300
April 1911:54 PM CDTEF1Coal, OK0.530$75,000

What this means

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.

Sources

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