EF0 tornado, Wimberley, Texas, June 12, 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

June 12, 2025

Touchdown

1:06 AM CDT (06:06 UTC)

Lifted

1:08 AM CDT (06:08 UTC)

On the ground

2 minutes

Path length

0.6 miles (0.9 km)

Path width

75 yards (69 m)

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

County

Hays County

Touchdown point

29.921, -98.092

Lift-off point

29.921, -98.082

Record number

2506120006-01

12 damage points were recorded along this path by NWS EWX, in the Damage Assessment Toolkit the survey teams carry. The strongest indicator was rated EF0. The highest wind the damage implies is 80 mph.

• Juniper tree branches broken. Tree branch damage extended south down Cielo Ranch Rd down to Hugo Rd.
• Multiple trees snapped. Some trees were not in good condition, thus the lower wind speed assigned.
• Potential start track based on radar data.
• Garage doors pushed off tracks. Metal roof partially peeled up.

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

A mid-level shortwave trough moved over Texas and combined with an abnormally moist airmass to generate thunderstorms. These storms were very efficient rain producers dropping locally heavy rain that led to flash flooding. There were also a few severe thunderstorms.

An NWS survey team determined that a tornado formed just east of Purgatory Rd., south of FM 32. The most significant damage was seen along Cielo Ranch Rd., with tree damage and minor damage to structures. The damage was rated EF0 with maximum winds of 80 mph.

An NWS storm survey team determined a thunderstorm produced a tornado south of Wimberley. The track of the second tornado was estimated through a combination of information gathered by the survey team and radar data. While much of the damage fell to the north-northeast, indications are that the tornado moved just north of the intersection of Teton Circle and Appalachian Rd. with the most significant damage occurring in this area. The damage was rated EF0 with maximum winds of 80 mph.

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

1 minute of warning. NWS EWX issued a tornado warning for this county at 06:05 UTC, 1 minute before the tornado touched down, in force until 06:17 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 Marginal Risk. The outlook in force was issued at 05:50 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 Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 25 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 06:04 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

7 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.