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Unrated tornado, Glen Cove, Texas, May 29, 2025

Name: Unrated tornado, Glen Cove, Texas, May 29, 2025
Start: 2025-05-30T02:31:00.000Z
End: 2025-05-30T02:37:00.000Z
Location: Glen Cove, Texas

This Unrated tornado ran 0.9 miles across Coleman County on May 29, 2025, touching down at 9:31 PM CDT and reaching 50 yards wide. It killed nobody.

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 mph
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.
Unratedthis tornado
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: Unrated
Date: May 29, 2025
Touchdown: 9:31 PM CDT (02:31 UTC)
Lifted: 9:37 PM CDT (02:37 UTC)
On the ground: 6 minutes
Path length: 0.9 miles (1.5 km)
Path width: 50 yards (46 m)
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
County: Coleman County
Touchdown point: 31.860, -99.670
Lift-off point: 31.862, -99.654
Record number: 2505292031-01

What the Weather Service recorded

The combination of an upper level area of low pressure and a stationary frontal boundary in the area, resulted in many rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms across west central Texas during late May. In addition, strong to locally extreme surface instability along with strong vertical wind shear assisted with the development of severe thunderstorms. A few of the severe storms produced very large to giant size hail and a few tornadoes.

A storm chaser posted a video on social media of a night-time tornado south of Novice in the same location where there was a possible tornado indicated on radar. Tornado lasted from 9:31 pm to 9:37 pm according to the storm chaser.

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

The warnings

No tornado warning for this county appears in the archive as in force at the moment the tornado touched down. One was issued for the county at another hour that day.

The county was under a severe thunderstorm watch, issued at 23:43 UTC and running to 04:36 UTC.

Issued (UTC)	Expired	Product	Office
23:43 UTC	04:36 UTC	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SJT
01:39 UTC	02:45 UTC	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT
02:24 UTC	03:30 UTC	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT
02:34 UTC	03:15 UTC	Tornado Warning	SJT
02:44 UTC	03:45 UTC	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT
03:08 UTC	03:38 UTC	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT
03:27 UTC	06:30 UTC	Flash Flood Warning	SJT
03:51 UTC	04:45 UTC	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT

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 forecast that day

The Storm Prediction Center had this point in a Enhanced Risk, with a 0.05 chance of a tornado within 25 miles. The outlook in force was issued at 01:00 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.

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 San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the tornado touched down at May 29, 5:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

Unsettled pattern continues through tonight, with another round of strong to severe thunderstorms possible during the evening and overnight hours.
Expect warmer temperatures and a few rounds of showers and thunderstorms this weekend and next week.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 5:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
552 PM CDT Thu May 29 2025

...New AVIATION...

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Unsettled pattern continues through tonight, with another round
  of strong to severe thunderstorms possible during the evening
  and overnight hours.

- Expect warmer temperatures and a few rounds of showers and
  thunderstorms this weekend and next week.

&&

.SHORT TERM...
(This evening through Friday)
Issued at 232 PM CDT Thu May 29 2025

Our short range models (HRRR etc.) are showing thunderstorms
developing off to the northwest of our area. This initial activity
will be more isolated in nature as it moves into the Big Country
around 7 PM this evening. This initial activity will pose the
highest risk for large hail (up to 2" diameter) and tornado
potential of the evening. However, damaging winds and excessive
rainfall will also be of concern. We expect this activity to move
southeast across the I-20 corridor and eventually merge into a
line of thunderstorms, which will increase the damaging wind
potential and intensity (65-80 MPH winds). The line of
thunderstorms should be across the Concho Valley by around 9 PM,
and the I-10 corridor around midnight approximately.

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Friday night through next Thursday)
Issued at 134 PM CDT Thu May 29 2025

On Saturday, upper level ridging is expected to increase over our
area, sandwiched between a retrograding upper low to our west,
and advancing trough to our east. Although there will still be a
20% to 30% chance for thunderstorms for areas south of a Sterling
City to Brownwood line Saturday, this pattern will generally lead
to drier and warmer weather this weekend.

As we move into the first half of next week, and upper level
trough is expected to move east/northeast across the Four Corners
region. This will increase precipitation chances early next week.
Although, the details are unclear at this time, since we are in
the late May/early June timeframe, some of the storms could be
strong to severe. We'll be keeping a close eye on this potential.
Medium range model guidance shows passing shortwaves at varying
strengths and speeds, so we will have generally 20% to 30% chances
for showers and thunderstorms through the end of the week, mainly
during the afternoon and evening hours. Temperatures will
generally trend upward, with highs mainly in the mid/upper 90s
from Sunday through the end of the week, but a weak cold front may
cool temperatures off temporarily during the second half of the
week.

&&

.AVIATION...
(00Z TAFS)
Issued at 552 PM CDT Thu May 29 2025

Storms rapidly developing and moving eastward this evening should
affect terminals from northwest to southeast generally for the
first 6 to 9 hours of this TAF period. Large hail and powerful
wind gusts could occur with any cells. MVFR to IFR ceilings
anticipated behind the storms and should persist through most of
Friday morning.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Abilene     63  77  63  87 /  70  20  10  10
San Angelo  65  78  63  86 /  50  40  10  20
Junction    66  81  63  84 /  50  50  20  30
Brownwood   64  78  63  85 /  50  30  10  10
Sweetwater  63  78  64  88 /  60  20  10  10
Ozona       66  79  65  84 /  40  50  20  30
Brady       66  78  64  83 /  50  40  20  20

&&

.SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
&&

SHORT TERM...41
LONG TERM....20
AVIATION...SK

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 29, 8:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
813 PM CDT Thu May 29 2025

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

0813 PM     Hail             9 SW View               32.26N 99.99W
05/29/2025  E1.75 Inch       Taylor             TX   Public

&&

SK

Local storm report, May 29, 8:31 PM CDT, 1 hour before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
831 PM CDT Thu May 29 2025

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

0815 PM     Funnel Cloud     9 SW View               32.25N 99.99W
05/29/2025                   Taylor             TX   Public

            Near Coronados Camp.

&&

SK

Local storm report, May 29, 9:10 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
910 PM CDT Thu May 29 2025

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

0910 PM     Hail             1 WSW Winters           31.96N 99.96W
05/29/2025  E1.75 Inch       Runnels            TX   Public

            Possible broken windows from hail in
            Winters.

&&

SK

Local storm report, May 29, 9:14 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
914 PM CDT Thu May 29 2025

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

0857 PM     Hail             5 SE Sterling City      31.79N 100.92W
05/29/2025  M1.00 Inch       Sterling           TX   Public

            Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).

&&

Local storm report, May 29, 9:24 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
924 PM CDT Thu May 29 2025

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

0913 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     5 W Sterling City       31.83N 101.06W
05/29/2025  M59 MPH          Sterling           TX   Mesonet

&&

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.

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), 00:00Z

2.5 hours before the tornado, 240 km from the path. May 30, 2025.

Skew-T log-p

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.

Hodograph

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: 1954 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Surface CAPE: 2736 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2185 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km bulk shear: 5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.1
0-3 km lapse rate: 9.2 K/km

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), 12:00Z

9.5 hours after it, 240 km from the path. May 30, 2025.

Skew-T log-p

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.

Hodograph

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6006 J/kg
Surface CAPE: 16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 709 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0
0-3 km lapse rate: 3.6 K/km

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The surface observations

Coleman (COM), 25 km from the path, in the two hours either side.

Time (UTC)	Temp (°F)	Dew point (°F)	Wind	Gust (kt)	Pressure (mb)	Weather
00:35 UTC	82.8	69	120° 13 kt		1015.2
00:55 UTC	82	68.5	120° 11 kt	16	1015.2
01:15 UTC	81	69	80° 8 kt		1015.6
01:35 UTC	80.6	68.5	90° 9 kt	15	1015.9
01:55 UTC	80.4	68.4	90° 10 kt	16	1015.6
02:15 UTC	79	69	80° 14 kt	18	1015.9	TS
02:35 UTC	78.6	68.4	80° 11 kt		1016.3	-VCTSRA
02:55 UTC	78	68.7	60° 8 kt		1017.6	-TSRA
03:15 UTC	76	69.6	70° 4 kt		1018.6	TSRA
03:35 UTC	71	65.7	280° 10 kt	23	1019.6	TSRA
03:55 UTC	69	65.7	20° 19 kt	25	1021	+TSRA
04:15 UTC	66.6	64	350° 27 kt	35	1021.3	-TSRA

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

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 02:29 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.

What was reported nearby

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

Time (UTC)	Report	Where	County	Remark
01:13 UTC	HAIL 1.75	9 Sw View	Taylor, TX
01:13 UTC	HAIL 1.75	9 Sw View	Taylor, TX
01:15 UTC	FUNNEL CLOUD	9 Sw View	Taylor, TX	Near Coronados Camp.
01:15 UTC	FUNNEL CLOUD	9 Sw View	Taylor, TX	Near Coronados Camp.
02:10 UTC	HAIL 1.75	1 Wsw Winters	Runnels, TX	Possible broken windows from hail in Winters.
02:10 UTC	HAIL 1.75	1 Wsw Winters	Runnels, TX	Possible broken windows from hail in Winters.
02:31 UTC	TORNADO	2 W Glen Cove	Coleman, TX	Delayed report. Video from a storm chaser on social media of a night-time tornado south of Novice in the same location where there was a tight rotation couplet on radar. Tornado lasted from 931pm to 937pm according to th
02:31 UTC	TORNADO	2 W Glen Cove	Coleman, TX	Delayed report. Video from a storm chaser on social media of a night-time tornado south of Novice in the same location where there was a tight rotation couplet on radar. Tornado lasted from 931pm to 937pm according to th

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

This ground now

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The other tornadoes of May 29, 2025

5 more were confirmed in the United States that day.

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
May 29	9:03 AM CDT	EF0	Mobile, AL	2.5	100
May 29	3:31 PM EDT	EF2	Henry, GA	1.8	200	2
May 29	4:53 PM EDT	EF0	Saint Johns, FL	1.6	15
May 29	6:09 PM CDT	EF1	Dawson, TX	6.8	100		$3,000
May 29	6:46 PM CDT	EF1	Dawson, TX	4.4	50		$20,000

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.