On Tuesday, two additional tornadoes were confirmed by the National Weather Service, bringing the Sunday night/Monday morning total up to nine in all.

In Hays County, what's being called the "San Marcos/Kyle Tornado" reportedly touched down at 11:26 p.m. 7 miles NW of San Marcos near the intersection of RR 12 and Hugo Road with peak winds estimated up to 100 mph, making this an EF-1 on the enhanced Fujita tornado scale.  The twister was on the ground for 9.75 miles and had a maximum path width of 300 yards, according to the NOAA storm survey.  The tornado moved northeast and crossed the Blanco River before lifting 2 miles SW of Kyle around 11:35 p.m.

In far NE Hays County, storms spawned a weaker EF-0 tornado 2 miles NW of Niederwald at 11:48 p.m.  With peak winds estimated up to 85 mph, the twister appears to have been on the ground for 3 miles with a maximum width of 100 yards.  The tornado was on the ground for 3 minutes, lifting 1 mile NW of Mustang Ridge just east of SH 130.

Here's the preliminary storm survey map of eastern Williamson Co:

NOAA reports five other tornadoes touched down south of Austin in the greater San Antonio area. Check out the storm survey page for more information.

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