Tornadoes · United States · Texas · 2025
EF1 tornado, Weatherford to Adell, Texas, April 19, 2025
From Weatherford to Adell, this EF1 tornado ran 4.3 miles across Parker County on April 19, 2025, touching down at 11:01 PM CDT and reaching 200 yards wide. It killed nobody, and did $100,000 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.
EF065 to 85 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
EF186 to 110 mphthis tornado
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
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.
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.
EF4166 to 200 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
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.
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
- 11:01 PM CDT (04:01 UTC)
- Lifted
- 11:10 PM CDT (04:10 UTC)
- On the ground
- 9 minutes
- Path length
- 4.3 miles (7.0 km)
- Path width
- 200 yards (183 m)
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $100,000
- County
- Parker County
- Touchdown point
- 32.854, -97.938
- Lift-off point
- 32.910, -97.905
- Record number
- 2504192201-01
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.
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, 3 hours 42 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, 3 hours 42 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, 8:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 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.
&&
ShamburgerLocal storm report, Apr 19, 8:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 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.
&&
ShamburgerLocal storm report, Apr 19, 9:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 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.
&&
ShamburgerLocal storm report, Apr 19, 10:10 PM CDT, 51 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.
&&
ShamburgerLocal storm report, Apr 19, 10:23 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
1023 PM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1020 PM Tornado 3 NW Weatherford 32.78N 97.81W
04/19/2025 Parker TX Trained Spotter
Multiple reports of a tornado viewed from
Ric Williamson Hwy at FM 920.
&&
ShamburgerLocal storm report, Apr 19, 10:28 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
1028 PM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1021 PM Flash Flood Nocona 33.78N 97.73W
04/19/2025 Montague TX Emergency Mngr
Multiple high-water rescues continue in the
northern part of Montague County. Multiple
boat crews enroute to assist.
&&
ShamburgerThe 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
4.0 hours before the tornado, 59 km from the path. April 20, 2025.
- 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
The surface observations
Mineral Wells Municipal (MWL), 17 km from the path, in the two hours either side.
| Time (UTC) | Temp (°F) | Dew point (°F) | Wind | Gust (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), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 04:00 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
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The other tornadoes of April 19, 2025
27 more were confirmed in the United States that day.
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 19 | 1:54 AM CDT | EF0 | Saint Clair, IL | 0.5 | 25 | $10,000 | ||
| April 19 | 4:00 PM CDT | Unrated | Tom Green, TX | 2.0 | 200 | |||
| April 19 | 4:55 PM CDT | Unrated | Tom Green, TX | 0.1 | 25 | |||
| April 19 | 6:11 PM CDT | EF0 | Jack, TX | 1.8 | 300 | $75,000 | ||
| April 19 | 6:24 PM CDT | EF0 | Jack, TX | 0.6 | 200 | $20,000 | ||
| April 19 | 6:31 PM CDT | EF1 | Jack, TX | 2.5 | 250 | $150,000 | ||
| April 19 | 6:38 PM CDT | EF0 | Jack, TX | 2.1 | 100 | |||
| April 19 | 6:55 PM CDT | EF0 | Montague, TX | 4.8 | 250 | $500,000 | ||
| April 19 | 8:19 PM CDT | EF2 | Love, OK | 1.3 | 300 | $300,000 | ||
| April 19 | 8:20 PM CDT | EF1 | Erath, TX | 6.8 | 50 | $1.0 million | ||
| April 19 | 8:44 PM CDT | Unrated | Love, OK | 0.7 | 20 | |||
| April 19 | 8:45 PM CDT | EF0 | Montague, TX | 0.3 | 125 | $20,000 | ||
| April 19 | 8:55 PM CDT | EF2 | Hood, TX | 13.6 | 250 | $3.0 million | ||
| April 19 | 9:29 PM CDT | EF1 | Tom Green, TX | 0.2 | 100 | |||
| April 19 | 9:40 PM CDT | Unrated | Murray, OK | 0.5 | 100 | |||
| April 19 | 10:01 PM CDT | EF0 | Parker, TX | 4.1 | 25 | $12,000 | ||
| April 19 | 10:03 PM CDT | EF1 | Pontotoc, OK | 4.3 | 100 | 1 | $750,000 | |
| April 19 | 10:10 PM CDT | EF1 | Pontotoc, OK | 0.4 | 30 | $50,000 | ||
| April 19 | 10:10 PM CDT | Unrated | Johnston, OK | 0.5 | 50 | |||
| April 19 | 10:16 PM CDT | EF1 | Parker, TX | 3.5 | 250 | $750,000 | ||
| April 19 | 10:32 PM CDT | EF1 | Hughes, OK | 2.1 | 150 | 1 | 1 | $400,000 |
| April 19 | 10:34 PM CDT | EF1 | Marshall, OK | 10.0 | 500 | $300,000 | ||
| April 19 | 10:39 PM CDT | EF1 | Parker, TX | 4.4 | 110 | $600,000 | ||
| April 19 | 10:56 PM CDT | EF2 | Marshall, OK | 3.0 | 50 | $200,000 | ||
| April 19 | 11:06 PM CDT | EF1 | Johnston, OK | 12.0 | 300 | $150,000 | ||
| April 19 | 11:42 PM CDT | EF0 | Atoka, OK | 3.3 | 300 | |||
| April 19 | 11:54 PM CDT | EF1 | Coal, OK | 0.5 | 30 | $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.