101  
NOUS44 KOUN 022141  
PNSOUN  
TXZ087-088-030945-  
 
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK  
441 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2025  
   
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 4/29/25 TORNADO EVENT  
 
   
OVERVIEW  
TWO TORNADOES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED WITH THE LARGE  
SEVERE STORM THAT MOVED THROUGH KNOX AND BAYLOR COUNTIES IN  
TEXAS ON TUESDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THESE TORNADOES,  
MANY AREAS WERE ALSO AFFECTED BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS WITH  
SOME WIND GUSTS MEASURED BETWEEN 90 AND 106 MPH. THESE VERY  
STRONG WINDS PRODUCED DAMAGE IN BENJAMIN, MUNDAY, SEYMOUR,  
A LARGE AREA NORTHWEST OF SEYMOUR AND OTHER LOCATIONS IN  
KNOX AND BAYLOR COUNTIES.  
   
VERA-RED SPRINGS  
 
RATING: EF2  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 TO 115 MPH  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 12 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: TO BE DETERMINED  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: UNKNOWN  
 
START DATE: 04/29/2025  
START TIME: 06:22 PM CDT  
START LOCATION: VERA / KNOX COUNTY / TX  
START LAT/LON: 33.63 / -99.57  
 
END DATE: 04/29/2025  
END TIME: 06:47 PM CDT  
END LOCATION: 2 ENE RED SPRINGS / BAYLOR COUNTY / TX  
END LAT/LON: 33.62 / -99.37  
 
SURVEY SUMMARY:  
THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED NEAR THE SOUTH PART OF THE COMMUNITY OF  
VERA. INITIALLY THE TORNADO MOVED SOUTHEAST AND THEN EAST-  
NORTHEAST CROSSING US-82 AND THEN MOVING INTO BAYLOR COUNTY NEAR  
AND NORTH OF US-82 BEFORE TURNING EAST-SOUTHEAST, PASSING NORTH  
OF RED SPRINGS AND DISSIPATING ABOUT 7 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF  
SEYMOUR. NUMEROUS MESQUITE TREES IN A GROVE WERE SNAPPED, A  
BUILDING ON A FEED LOT WAS DESTROYED AND NUMEROUS OTHER FARM AND  
RANCH OUTBUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. ONE WIND TURBINE  
WAS DAMAGED AND A CRANE AT ANOTHER TURBINE TOWER WAS TOPPLED.  
AFTER THIS TORNADO DISSIPATED, THE LARGE REAR FLANK DOWNDRAFT  
CONTINUED TO PRODUCE DAMAGE FOR TWO OR THREE MILES FARTHER  
NORTHEAST.  
   
NORTH OF SEYMOUR  
 
RATING: EF2  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 130 TO 135 MPH  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.7 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: TO BE DETERMINED  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: UNKNOWN  
 
START DATE: 04/29/2025  
START TIME: 06:58 PM CDT  
START LOCATION: 5 NNW SEYMOUR / BAYLOR COUNTY / TX  
START LAT/LON: 33.67 / -99.29  
 
END DATE: 04/29/2025  
END TIME: 07:04 PM CDT  
END LOCATION: 4 N SEYMOUR / BAYLOR COUNTY / TX  
END LAT/LON: 33.65 / -99.25  
 
SURVEY SUMMARY:  
THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED JUST NORTH OF FM-1919 NORTHEAST OF THE  
SEYMOUR AIRPORT AND INITIALLY MOVED SOUTH. THE TORNADO TURNED  
EAST-NORTHEAST AS IT APPROACHED FM-2069 AND MOVED DIRECTLY OVER  
THE SEYMOUR AIRPORT. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS AT THE  
SEYMOUR AIRPORT WERE NUMEROUS HANGARS AND OTHER BUILDINGS WERE  
DESTROYED. A NUMBER OF PLANES AND VEHICLES WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED  
OR DESTROYED AT THE AIRPORT. THE TORNADO MAY HAVE MOVED NORTHEAST  
FROM THE AIRPORT, BUT THIS AREA WAS INACCESSIBLE TO THE SURVEY  
TEAM.  
 
 
 
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE  
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:  
 
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH  
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH  
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH  
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH  
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH  
EF5.....>200 MPH  
 
NOTE:  
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO  
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN  
NWS STORM DATA.  
 
 
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