PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
450 PM CST TUE DEC 7 2004

...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM FINDS TWO TORNADO TRACKS 
FROM YESTERDAY'S THUNDERSTORMS...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM INVESTIGATED STORM DAMAGE IN 
SANTA ANNA TODAY AND FOUND THAT THE DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY A TORNADO. 
THE TORNADO STARTED AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND CONTINUED ON AN 
EAST NORTHEAST PATH FOR ABOUT 1/2 MILE. THE TORNADO WAS ABOUT 50 
YARDS WIDE. THE TORNADO OCCURRED AROUND 220 PM AND CAUSED ROOF DAMAGE 
TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND HOUSES WITH METAL OUTBUILDINGS BLOWN
APART. FROM THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED...THIS TORNADO WAS RATED
AN F0 ON THE FUJITA SCALE WITH WINDS BETWEEN 60 AND 72 MILES
PER HOUR. THIS SAME STORM MOVED EAST INTO BROWN COUNTY AND 
LATTER PRODUCED A SECOND TORNADO.

THE NWS SURVEY TEAM ALSO WENT EAST INTO BROWN COUNTY AT THE NORTH 
END OF LAKE BROWNWOOD AND FOUND ANOTHER TORNADO TRACK. THIS TORNADO 
STARTED AT DOMINION POINT ON THE WEST SIDE OF LAKE BROWNWOOD AT 243 
PM. MOST OF THE DAMAGE AT DOMINION POINT WAS TO OUTBUILDINGS ALONG 
WITH A COUPLE OF MOBILE HOMES. THE TORNADO THEN TRACKED ACROSS THE 
LAKE WHERE IT STRUCK THE THUNDERBIRD BAY COMMUNITY. AT THUNDERBIRD 
BAY NUMEROUS MOBILE HOMES RECEIVED DAMAGE WITH AT LEAST TWO BEING 
TOTALLY DESTROYED. THERE WAS ALSO CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO METAL  
OUTBUILDINGS. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST FOR SEVERAL 
MILES BEYOND THUNDERBIRD BAY. FORTUNATELY THE TORNADO TRACKED OVER 
RURAL AREAS WITH ONLY TREE DAMAGE. THE LENGTH OF THE TORNADO WAS 
ABOUT 6 MILES AND WAS 75 YARDS WIDE. BASED ON THE DAMAGE THAT THIS 
TORNADO PRODUCED THE NWS RATED THIS TORNADO AS AN F1 WITH WINDS 
SPEEDS BETWEEN 73 AND 112 MPH.

OF NOTE RESIDENTS DID SAY THAT THE SIRENS WENT OFF IN THE 
THUNDERBIRD BAY COMMUNITY BEFORE THE TORNADO HIT...ALSO THE FIRE 
DEPARTMENT WAS IN THE DOMINION POINT AREA TELLING RESIDENTS TO TAKE 
SHELTER BEFORE THE STORM STRUCK THAT AREA AS WELL.

THANKS TO ALL THE EMERGENCY SERVICES...SPOTTERS AND MEDIA THAT 
HELPED TO SAVE LIVES DURING THIS EVENT.

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BRAZZELL

Debris in tree from roof of Santa Anna School	Damaged metal building and trees across from Santa Anna School	Mobile home rolled near Thunderbird Bay	Metal outbuilding destroyed near Dominion Point	Damaged sofa from tree near Dominion Point