Limestone County
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
835 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006
...PRELIMINARY STORM DAMAGE SURVEY OF THE TORNADOES IN
LIMESTONE COUNTY ON DEC 29TH 2006...
A TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH
HEADED TO LIMESTONE COUNTY TO SURVEY THE DAMAGE FROM THE
STORMS ON DEC 29. PRELIMINARY FINDINGS SUGGEST THAT TWO
SEPARATE TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN IN LIMESTONE COUNTY. BOTH
TORNADOES CAME FROM THE SAME STORM.
THE FIRST TORNADO IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEGUN ABOUT 2 MILES
NORTH- NORTHWEST OF KOSSE. THE FIRST SIGNS OF DAMAGE FOUND WAS
UPROOTED TREES ALONG CR 662. THE TORNADO CONTINUED A
NORTH-NORTHEAST TRACK FROM HERE AND SEVERAL AREAS OF LARGE
UPROOTED TREES WERE FOUND ALONG CR 660...CR 656...FM 1246...CR
644...AND FM 147. ALSO ALONG THIS PATH...DAMAGE TO
BARNS...SHEDS...AND ROOFS WAS FOUND.
SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS FOUND ALONG CR 635 WERE THE TORNADO
STRUCK A HOME...RESULTING IN ONE FATALITY AND SEVERAL
INJURIES. PORTIONS OF THE ROOF WERE REMOVED AND AN ADJACENT
BARN WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED. ALONG THE ADJACENT ROAD...CR 633...A
BARN WAS DESTROYED. THE NEXT SIGNS OF SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WERE
ALONG HIGHWAY 164 JUST WEST OF GROESBECK. SEVERAL
HOMES...BARNS...AND LARGE TREES SUFFERED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE
IN THIS AREA.
THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED NORTH INTO FORT PARKER STATE
PARK. NO DAMAGE WAS FOUND BEYOND THE PARK...THEREFORE THE
TORNADO IS BELIEVED TO HAVE DISSIPATED NEAR THE PARK. FORT
PARKER PARK IS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF GROESBECK.
THIS WAS A LONG-TRACK TORNADO...WITH AN ESTIMATED DAMAGE
TRACK OF ABOUT 17 MILES. ON AVERAGE...THIS TORNADO WAS ABOUT
400 YARDS WIDE DURING THE COURSE OF ITS PATH. BECAUSE OF THE
DAMAGE DONE TO THE HOME WITH THE FATALITY AND INJURIES...THE
DAMAGE DONE TO THE HOMES ON HIGHWAY 164...AND THE SIGNIFICANT
TREE DAMAGE OBSERVED...THIS TORNADO WILL LIKELY BE RATED AN F2
ON THE FUJITA SCALE WITH ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF 120 TO 125
MPH.
THE SECOND TORNADO WAS WEAKER THAN THE FIRST AND FORMED
ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF MEXIA JUST TO THE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 84.
THIS TORNADO ALSO TOOK A NORTH-NORTHEAST TRACK AND DISSIPATED
ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MEXIA NEAR TEHUACANA. THE TOTAL
PATH LENGTH WAS ABOUT 5 MILES.
ALONG THE DAMAGE PATH...MINOR TREE DAMAGE...BARN AND SHED
DAMAGE WAS FOUND ALONG HIGHWAY 171 AND FM 3119. BECAUSE OF THE
MINOR DAMAGE...THIS TORNADO WILL BE RANKED AS AN F0 ON THE
FUJITA SCALE WITH ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF 70 TO 75 MPH.
Coryell...Bosque...and Hill Counties
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORT WORTH TX
841 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006
...PRELIMINARY DAMAGE SURVEY FINDINGS FROM
CORYELL...BOSQUE...AND HILL COUNTIES...
ON SATURDAY DECEMBER 30...A TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN FORT WORTH SURVEYED THE DAMAGE FROM
THE DECEMBER 29 TORNADOES IN CORYELL...BOSQUE...AND HILL
COUNTIES. BELOW ARE THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS.
IN CORYELL COUNTY...ONE TORNADO WAS SURVEYED. THE TORNADO
DEVELOPED SOUTH OF COUNTY ROAD 315...APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF OGLESBY. THE TORNADO DAMAGED NUMEROUS TREES ALONG
COUNTY ROAD 315 AND FARM ROAD 107 AS IT MOVED RAPIDLY
NORTH-NORTHEAST. AS THE TORNADO MOVED JUST WEST OF
OGLESBY...IT DAMAGED HOMES AND SHEDS ON COUNTY ROADS
303...305...AND 306. A HOME SOUTH OF COUNTY ROAD 306 HAD
SHINGLES AND A PORTION OF ROOF DECKING REMOVED. THE TORNADO
DISSIPATED JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 84. PATH LENGTH WAS ROUGHLY
4.3 MILES...AND AVERAGE PATH WIDTH WAS 100 YARDS. THIS TORNADO
WILL LIKELY BE RATED AN F1 ON THE FUJITA SCALE. MAXIMUM WINDS
WERE ROUGHLY 110 TO 115 MPH.
IN BOSQUE COUNTY...FOUR DAMAGE TRACKS WERE OBSERVED. TRACK
1 WAS A BRIEF TORNADO APPROXIMATELY 4.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
VALLEY MILLS. DAMAGE TO TREES WAS OBSERVED ALONG COUNTY ROAD
3310. PATH LENGTH WAS APPROXIMATELY 1.0 MILE. AVERAGE PATH
WIDTH WAS 75 YARDS. THIS TORNADO WILL LIKELY BE RATED AN F0 ON
THE FUJITA SCALE. MAXIMUM WINDS WERE APPROXIMATELY 70 TO 75
MPH.
TRACK 2 WAS A BRIEF TORNADO ROUGHLY 5.5 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CLIFTON. TREE DAMAGE AND MINOR ROOF AND
WINDOW DAMAGE WERE NOTED ALONG COUNTY ROADS 3350 AND 3355.
PATH LENGTH WAS APPROXIMATELY 1.2 MILES. AVERAGE PATH WIDTH
WAS 75 YARDS. THIS TORNADO WILL LIKELY BE RATED AN F0 ON THE
FUJITA SCALE. MAXIMUM WINDS WERE APPROXIMATELY 70 TO 75 MPH.
TORNADO 3 DEVELOPED APPROXIMATELY 4.3 MILES EAST OF
CLIFTON. THIS TORNADO DAMAGED TREES ALONG COUNTY ROAD 3355
JUST SOUTH OF FARM ROAD 708...AND HEAVILY DAMAGED A TURKEY
FARM AT THE INTERSECTION OF 3355 AND 708. DEBRIS FROM THE
TURKEY FARM WAS SCATTERED OVER 1/4 MILE NORTHEAST OF THE FARM.
THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST AND HEAVILY DAMAGED TWO BARNS ON
COUNTY ROAD 3440 SOUTH OF THE WOMACK COMMUNITY. TREES AND
FENCING WERE DAMAGED ALONG COUNTY ROADS 3410 AND 3415 JUST
SOUTH AND EAST OF WOMACK. THE TORNADO CROSSED FARM ROAD 219
EAST OF WOMACK...AND DISSIPATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF FARM
ROAD 219 AND HIGHWAY 22. PATH LENGTH WAS ROUGHLY 7.4 MILES.
AVERAGE PATH WIDTH WAS 300 YARDS. THIS WAS A STRONG
TORNADO...AND WILL LIKELY BE RATED AN F2 ON THE FUJITA SCALE.
MAXIMUM WINDS WERE APPROXIMATELY 135 MPH.
TORNADO 4 DEVELOPED APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SOUTH OF THE
CANYONS SUBDIVISION ON THE WEST SHORE OF LAKE WHITNEY. THIS
TORNADO MAY HAVE BEEN A CONTINUATION OF TORNADO 3.
HOWEVER...NO DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ALONG FARM ROAD 56 SOUTH OF
THIS TRACK...SO IT MAY INDEED BE A SEPARATE TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO CAUSED TREE DAMAGE. PATH LENGTH WAS ROUGHLY 0.7 MILE.
PATH WIDTH AVERAGED 50 YARDS. THIS WILL BE RATED F0 ON THE
FUJITA SCALE. MAXIMUM WINDS WERE ROUGHLY 70 TO 75 MPH.
IN HILL COUNTY...A PORTION OF ONE TORNADO COULD BE SURVEYED
BEFORE THE TEAM RAN OUT OF DAYLIGHT. THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED
APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES SOUTH OF BLUM...WEST OF FARM ROAD 933
AND SOUTH OF COUNTY ROAD 1145. TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED AS THE
TORNADO CROSSED FARM ROAD 933 AND FARM ROAD 67 1 MILE
SOUTHEAST OF BLUM. THE TORNADO APPEARED TO INCREASE IN SIZE
AND INTENSITY AFTER CROSSING FARM ROAD 67. A LARGE GRAIN SILO
WAS TOPPLED ON COUNTY ROAD 1137 ROUGHLY 1.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BLUM. EXTENSIVE TREE AND POWER POLE DAMAGE WAS NOTED... AND
THE PATH WAS OVER 1/4 MILE WIDE AT THIS POINT. NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE STAFF WILL ATTEMPT TO SURVEY THE REMAINDER OF
THE TRACK ON SUNDAY. THIS WAS THE SAME STORM...AND POSSIBLY
THE SAME TORNADO... WHICH CAUSED THE DAMAGE NEAR RIO VISTA.
PRELIMINARY DATA SUGGESTS THIS WAS A STRONG TORNADO.
WHILE TORNADOES IN NORTH TEXAS IN DECEMBER ARE NOT UNHEARD
OF...AN EVENT OF THIS MAGNITUDE IS CERTAINLY UNUSUAL. THIS
EVENT DEMONSTRATED THAT...NO MATTER THE TIME OF
YEAR...TORNADOES CAN OCCUR WHEN THE ATMOSPHERIC INGREDIENTS
COME TOGETHER. WE ARE REMINDED THAT WE MUST ALL STAY ON GUARD
AND PREPARED ANY TIME THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN US IN NORTH
TEXAS.
Hill and Johnson Counties
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
351 PM CST SUN DEC 31 2006
...PRELIMINARY DAMAGE SURVEY FINDINGS FROM HILL AND JOHNSON
COUNTIES...
ON SUNDAY DECEMBER 31...STAFF FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN FORT WORTH COMPLETED THE DAMAGE
SURVEY IN NORTHWESTERN HILL AND JOHNSON COUNTIES. TWO TORNADO
TRACKS WERE FOUND. BELOW ARE THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS.
TORNADO 1 DEVELOPED APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES SOUTH OF
BLUM...WEST OF FARM ROAD 933 AND SOUTH OF COUNTY ROAD 1145.
TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED AS THE TORNADO CROSSED FARM ROAD 933 AND
FARM ROAD 67 1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF BLUM. THE TORNADO APPEARED TO
INCREASE IN SIZE AND INTENSITY AFTER CROSSING FARM ROAD 67. A
LARGE GRAIN SILO WAS TOPPLED ON COUNTY ROAD 1137 ROUGHLY 1.5
MILES NORTHEAST OF BLUM. EXTENSIVE TREE AND POWER POLE DAMAGE
WAS NOTED...AND THE PATH WAS OVER A 1/4 MILE WIDE AT THIS
POINT. AS THE TORNADO CROSSED COUNTY ROADS 1136 AND
1133...WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. ROOF AND WINDOW
DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES WAS ALSO NOTED. THE TORNADO MOVED ACROSS
FARM ROAD 2488 JUST SOUTH OF THE JOHNSON COUNTY LINE. A
WELL-ENGINEERED HOME LOST PORTIONS OF ROOF DECKING AND A LARGE
BARN WAS DESTROYED. PORTIONS OF THE BARN/S METAL SKIN WERE
CARRIED OVER A MILE TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST.
THE TORNADO CROSSED INTO JOHNSON COUNTY SOUTHEAST OF RIO
VISTA. DAMAGE TO SHEDS AND VEGETATION WAS NOTED ALONG COUNTY
ROADS 1205 AND 1204. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES
OCCURRED NEAR FARM ROAD 916 AND COUNTY ROADS 1202 AND
1205...NORTHEAST TO NEAR HIGHWAY 171. SEVERAL STRUCTURES WERE
UNROOFED...OTHERS SUFFERED PARTIAL ROOF LOSS...AND TREES
SUFFERED MAJOR DAMAGE. DAMAGE TO HOMES AND TREES WAS NOTED
ALONG THE TRACK NEAR COUNTY ROADS 421 AND 423...AND COUNTY
ROAD 415 JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 4. THE TORNADO CROSSED FARM
ROAD 2415...AND THE LAST OBSERVED DAMAGE WAS ALONG THE SOUTH
SHORE OF LAKE ALVARADO.
THIS WAS A STRONG TORNADO...AND WILL PROBABLY BE RATED F2
ON THE FUJITA SCALE. MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WINDS WERE AROUND 135
MPH. PATH LENGTH WAS ROUGHLY 23 MILES...AND AVERAGE PATH WIDTH
WAS 250 YARDS. PORTIONS OF THE PATH...ESPECIALLY FROM EAST OF
BLUM TO EAST OF RIO VISTA...WERE APPROXIMATELY 1/3 MILE WIDE.
TORNADO 2 WAS A BRIEF TORNADO...AND DEVELOPED ROUGHLY 2.8
MILES NORTH OF ALVARADO. THE TORNADO DAMAGED A SHED AND CAUSED
ROOF AND WINDOW DAMAGE TO SEVERAL STRUCTURES ALONG COUNTY ROAD
604...EAST OF THE HAPPY HILL COMMUNITY. THIS TORNADO WILL
PROBABLY BE RATED AN F0 ON THE FUJITA SCALE...WITH WINDS OF
APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH. PATH LENGTH WAS 1.3 MILES...AND AVERAGE
PATH WIDTH WAS 70 YARDS. |
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