Individual Breakdown

of the Feb 19-20, 2017 Tornadoes

A tornado formed near San Pedro Avenue at the San Pedro Golf course and moved northeast while 
strengthening to an EF-1 near Jackson-Keller Road.  As it got to Linda Drive is strengthened and 
the damage path was its widest at near 600 yards.  The tornado took a bit of a right turn and 
moved due east along Linda and Sharon Drives where it had peak winds of near 120 mph making it 
an EF-2 Tornado. A few homes in this area had their roofs completely removed.  The tornado 
crossed Highway 281 near the Alamo Quary Market shopping center as an EF-1 and continued on and 
East-Northeast track through Alamo Heights.  Along its path numerous homes had roof damage
and major tree damage with large oak trees snapped and uprooted.  The rest of the track was 
mainly EF-0 wind speeds but with a few smaller pockets of EF-1 damage.  The tornado crossed near 
the Nacogdoches/New Braunfels Ave. intersection, moved east-northeast, crossing Harry Wurzbach 
and finally dissipating near the Loop 410/Salado Creek area.

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A tornado formed just northeast of Thousand Oaks Drive along Scarsdale Drive. The tornado moved
to the northeast through residential neighborhoods between Nacogdoches Road and Stahl Road. The 
tornado produced widespread EF0 damage and pockets of EF1 damage to homes and trees. Some single 
family homes lost sections of their roofs. There was also significant damage to large utility 
structures. The tornado lifted near the intersection of Judson Road and Stahl Road. 

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A tornado formed near the intersection of Walzem Road and New World Drive. This tornado produced 
EF0 damage as it traveled to the northeast before lifting near the intersection of Crestway Road 
and Oconnor Road. There was primarily damage to trees and minor damage to roofs and carports. 

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A tornado initially occurred at the end of Dedeke Drive near the Dry Comal Creek. This tornado 
primarily produced minor tree damage as it traveled northeast before lifting northeast of Tonne 
Drive East. 

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This short-lived tornado occurred about 7 miles south of Seguin along Highway 123. This tornado 
caused several recreational vehicles to overturn, and caused damage to several sheds and 
outbuildings. 

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The survey team concluded that a tornado began at the intersection of Ranch Road 12 and Hugo 
Road where some trees were noted as snapped and a small business had considerable structural 
damage. The tornado traveled northeast and likely traversed a large area of land that was 
inaccessible until reaching Hilliard Road and a neighborhood along Thousand Oaks Loop where a 
wide area of considerable tree damage, including a tree uprooted and fallen onto a vehicle, was 
found. The tornado path crossed the Blanco River before ending near the Kyle Cemetery on Old 
Stagecoach Road. At this point, damage became much less significant and sporadic moving east 
toward I-35. 

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The survey team concluded that many damage areas across central Hays county were due to straight 
line winds, but a new tornado indeed developed northwest of Niederwald. Damage in this area 
included a destroyed aluminum barn structure, car port damage, and a few trees with large limbs 
snapped. As the tornado moved northeast into the Mustang Ridge area, multiple mobile homes had 
significant roof damage consistent with EF-0 speeds. The tornado likely lifted as it approached 
SH 130 as damage east of SH 130 was found to be caused by straight line winds. 

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[1] Thrall (EF2) 
This tornado was the northern one of a pair on near parallel tracks a few miles south of U.S. 
Highway 79. Damage was sporadic...but concentrated when it occurred. The most significant damage 
was to a metal building system home...at least five other single family homes...and 12 railroad 
cars blown off the tracks east of Thrall. The train cars may have also been affected by strong 
straight-line winds.

[2] Noack (EF2)
This tornado was the southern one of a pair on near parallel tracks a few miles south of U.S. 
Highway 79. Damage was sporadic...but concentrated when it occurred. The most significant damage
was to a 3-bin grain storage facility...where the bins were completely destroyed and swept from 
their foundations. Additional damage occurred to an extension of Christ Lutheran Church of Noack 
on FM 112...where the walls were bolted to the foundation. 

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