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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
730 PM CST FRI FEB 22 2013

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY HAS BEEN COMPLETED IN SABINE COUNTY TEXAS FROM
STORMS THAT AFFECTED THE AREA THURSDAY FEBRUARY 21, 2013...

.TORNADO # 1: PINELAND TX 5 N...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    104 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  4.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   150 YARDS
FATALITIES:             1
INJURIES:                0

START DATE:                    02/21/13
START TIME:                     1:10 PM CST
START LOCATION:          5 MILES NORTH OF PINELAND/SABINE/TX
START LAT/LON:              31.3157/-93.9751

END DATE:                       02/21/13
END TIME:                        1:19 PM CST
END LOCATION:             3 MILES WEST OF HEMPHILL/SABINE/TX
END LAT/LON:                31.3442/-93.9072

THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AS AN EF-0 ALONG CHARLIE FORSE ROAD...SNAPPING
LARGE BRANCHES ALONG THE ROAD. THE TORNADO INTENSIFIED TO EF-1 AS IT
CROSSED FM 1 AT STRICKLAND CROSSING WEST...SNAPPING AND UPROOTING
NUMEROUS TREES AND ROLLING A MOBILE HOME ON ITS SIDE. OTHER TREES FELL
ONTO SEVERAL HOMES AS THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST ALONG STRICKLAND CROSSING
WEST...WHERE A 74 YEAR OLD FEMALE WAS KILLED AS A RESULT OF SEVERE HEAD
INJURIES WHEN A TREE FELL ONTO HER WHILE SHE WAS SLEEPING IN HER MOBILE
HOME. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST CROSSING PLAINVIEW ROAD/FM 2024...
AND OVER A HEAVILY WOODED AREA WHILE SNAPPING ADDITIONAL TREES...BEFORE
LIFTING ALONG BENNET ROAD.


EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES.

EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH
EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH
EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH*|

NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.

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