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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1152 AM CST WED FEB 11 2009

...PRELIMINARY DAMAGE SURVEY INFORMATION IN TARRANT COUNTY...

AN NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM FOUND EVIDENCE OF EF1 TORNADO DAMAGE IN THE 
CITY OF COLLEYVILLE IN NORTHEAST TARRANT COUNTY. PRELIMINARY 
ESTIMATES INDICATE A ONE HALF MILE LONG DAMAGE PATH THAT IS 
APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS WIDE. THE DAMAGE PATH BEGINS NEAR THE CORNER 
OF PRIMROSE LANE AND HEATHERMORE AND EXTENDS NORTHEAST. AT LEAST 5 
HOMES SUSTAINED ROOF OR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. MAXIMUM WINDS WERE 
ESTIMATED AT 90 MPH. 

THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS STATEMENT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED 
PRELIMINARY AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AFTER ALL INFORMATION AND
DATA IS COMPILED. 


------ INFORMATION FROM STATEMENT ISSUED AT 910 AM CST ------

...NWS TO SEND THREE TEAMS TO SURVEY STORM DAMAGE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH WILL SEND THREE TEAMS TO 
SURVEY STORM DAMAGE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. THE TEAMS WILL ASSESS THE 
EXTENT AND SEVERITY OF DAMAGE FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT 
OCCURRED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS ON TUESDAY EVENING FEB 10.

ONE TEAM WILL SURVEY DAMAGE IN THE COLLEYVILLE AREA IN NORTHEAST 
TARRANT COUNTY.

A SECOND TEAM WILL ASSESS DAMAGE IN HILL COUNTY AND HAMILTON COUNTY.

A THIRD TEAM WILL SURVEY DAMAGE IN HUNT COUNTY.

WRITTEN SUMMARIES OF THESE STORM SURVEYS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL 
AFTER 500 PM ON WEDNESDAY FEB 11.

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