2007 U.S. TORNADOES - RED/INVESTIGATING
KILLER TORNADOES IN PURPLE
THERE HAVE BEEN 512 TORNADOES IN THE U.S. as of December 24th
* NOT OFFICIAL *
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0001 F1 0104 2145 002 015 LA LYDIA/NEW IBERIA
AN F1 TORNADO BEGAN AT 345 PM NEAR LYDIA..CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES AND BARNS. BY THE TIME THE STORM REACHED THE INTERSECTION OF NECO TOWN ROAD AND UA90.. THREE MOBILE HOMES FLIPPED OVER.. TRAPPING AT LEAST SEVEN PEOPLE IN THEM. ALL 7 PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO CRAWL OUT AND RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE TORNADO CROSSED US 90 AND DESTROYED A DOUBLE WIDE MOBILE HOME NEAR MANUEL ROAD...KILLING TWO LADIES INSIDE. BY THE TIME THE STORM REACHED HIGHWAY 674...AT LEAST FIVE BRICK HOMES RECEIVED MAJOR DAMAGE WHEN THE TORNADO BROKE WINDOWS OR BLEW IN GARAGE DOORS AND LIFTED ALL OR PARTS OF THE ROOF. THE TORNADO FINALLY DISSIPATED BY 350 PM JUST PAST A SUGAR CANE FACTORY ON NORTHSIDE ROAD AROUND TWO MILES NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN NEW IBERIA.
0002 F1 0105 0625 000 000 MS SOSO
NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. ONE TREE FELL ON A CAR. A STORAGE BUILDING WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. A SINGLE WIDE TRAILER WAS PUSHED OFF THE BLOCKS BUT REMAINED UPRIGHT. ROOF DAMAGE OCCURRED TO A DOUBLE WIDE TRAILER. THE DAMAGE WAS ALL ESTIMATED TO BE IN THE 75 TO 100 MPH RANGE.
0003 F1 0105 0700 000 000 MS PROSPECT
AT LEAST EIGHT CHICKEN HOUSES WERE DESTROYED. NUMEROUS TREES, BOTH PINES AND HARDWOODS WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. THREE HOMES SUFFERED DAMAGE, INCLUDING ONE HOME WHICH HAD ABOUT HALF OF ITS ROOF TAKEN OFF AND BLOWN SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET AWAY.
0004 F1 0105 0715 000 000 MS NESHOBA
NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. TWO HOMES SUSTAINED DAMAGE, INCLUDING ROOF AND WALL DAMAGE. A NUMBER OF OUTBUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
0005 F2 0105 0725 000 000 MS TUCKER
A BRICK HOME SUFFERED MAJOR DAMAGE AS IT HAD ITS ENTIRE ROOF STRUCTURE TOTALLY REMOVED. A LARGE OUTBUILDING WAS DESTROYED. A TRACTOR WAS PICKED UP AND ROLLED. NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED, DOWNED AND UPROOTED.
0006 F2 0105 0740 000 009 MS BLACKWATER
6 HOMES DESTROYED. 5 OF THE HOMES WERE MOBILE HOMES AND 1 WAS A MODULAR HOME. THE MOBILE HOMES WERE STRAPPED DOWN. A CAR WAS FLIPPED OVER AND THERE WAS A PATH OF EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE.
0007 F1 0105 0805 000 000 MS SHUQUALAK
DAMAGE WAS MAINLY CONFINED TO A TORNADIC PATH OF TREE DAMAGE, INCLUDING NUMEROUS LARGE TREES BEING SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. HOWEVER, ONE HOME WHICH WAS ALONG THE EDGE OF THE PATH OF THE TORNADO DID SUFFER SOME MINOR DAMAGE, INCLUDING SOME MINOR ROOF DAMAGE AND DAMAGE TO A CARPORT.
0008 F1 0105 1505 000 000 GA SARGENT
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES SSW OF SARGENT AND CONTINUED NE FOR 2 MILES...LIFTING APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SOUTH OF SARGENT. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH WAS 200 YARDS. APPROXIMATELY 30 HOMES RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO ROOFS AND SIDING. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF OR UPROOTED. LARGE SHED WAS ROLLED OVER.
0009 F0 0105 1600 000 000 GA SENOIA
AN F0 TORNADO DOWNED NUMEROUS TREES ALONG A PATH FROM NORTON ROAD TO LUTHER BAILEY ROAD TO GA HWY 16. A MOBILE HOMES WAS DESTROYED AND A CAR DAMAGED BY FALLING TREES AT THE HWY 16 LOCATION IN SOUTHEAST SENOIA. DAMAGE PATH WAS 200 YARDS WIDE AND 1.5 MILES LONG.
0010 F1 0105 1930 000 015 SC LIBERTY
EIGHT CARS PILED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER AT LIBERTY ELEMENTARY...PICKED UP BY THE WIND. ALSO..METAL AWNING OFF A GARAGE AND A POWER POLE DOWN. A BUILDING AND FENCE BLOWN OVER NEAR THE FOOTBALL FIELD. 2 PEOPLE TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL. TOTAL OF 15 PEOPLE RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. EYEWITNESS CONFIRMED SMALL TORNADO.
0011 F1 0107 2210 000 000 AL WALNUT HILL
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN SOUTH OF THE WALNUT HILL COMMUNITY...NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF PROSPECT ROAD AND STATE HIGHWAY 49. THE TORNADO DAMAGED A FEW HOMES AND DESTROYED A MOBILE HOME ON BUTTERFLY LANE. THE TORNADO TRACKED NORTHEAST AND DAMAGED ANOTHER HOME ON SANDY DRIVE BEFORE LIFTING. OVERALL AT LEAST THREE HOMES SUSTAINED DAMAGE...ONE TRAILER WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED...AND ABOUT 40 TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS ABOUT ONE MILE LONG AND 50 YARDS WIDE. MAXIMUM WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 85 TO 90 MPH.
0012 F2 0107 2339 000 000 GA NEWNAN
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR BLALOCK LAKE AND DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. 1 HOME DESTROYED AND SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED ON JOE BROWN AND I WALKER ROADS. CONVENIENCE STORM DAMAGED AT GRANTVILLE ROAD AND NEW CORINTH ROAD. DAMAGE PATH WAS 250 YARDS WIDE AND 4.1 MILES LONG.
0013 F1 0108 0229 000 000 AL WHITE OAK SHORES
*DATE*0107*
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN FAR SOUTHEAST BARBOUR COUNTY AT THE WHITE OAK SHORES COMMUNITY. THIS LOCATION IS 9 MILES SOUTH OF EUFAULA ALONG WALTER F GEORGE LAKE. SEVERAL HUNDRED TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF OR UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH. NUMEROUS MOBILE HOMES WERE DAMAGED AND SOME WERE TOTALLY DESTROYED AT WHITE OAK SHORES. THE TORNADO TRACKED NORTHEAST ACROSS WHITE OAK CREEK PARK AND INTO THE FAR SOUTHERN PART OF THE WOODLAWN SUBDIVISION. THE TORNADO TRACK ENDED AT THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS 2.9 MILES AND 200 YARDS WIDE. MAXIMUM WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 100 TO 105 MPH.
0014 F1 0112 2235 000 000 TX TROY
OFF-DUTY METEOROLOGISTS OBSERVED TORNADO 1 SW TROY...ROOF PEELED OFF HOUSE 2 W TROY...BARN DAMAGED...OTHER ROOFS HAD SHINGLES DAMAGED. SEE CREDIT. * 1/12/07 - Troy tornado picture taken by Danny Cheresnick
0015 EF1 0202 0536 000 002 FL ANTHONY
TREES BLOWN DOWN AND DID DAMAGE TO TWO HOMES. RESULTED IN TWO INJURIES IN ONE OF THE HOMES.
0016 EF3 0202 0808 008 ??? FL LADY LAKES
TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN IN SUMTER COUNTY NEAR WILDWOOD AND THE VILLAGES AND THEN CROSSED INTO LAKE COUNTY AND STRUCK THE TOWN OF LADY LAKE AT 320 AM. THE TORNADO CAUSED DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES WHERE MOST WALLS COLLAPSED EXCEPT FOR THEIR INTERIOR ROOMS. LARGE TREES WERE DEBARKED...WITH ONLY THE STUBS OF THE LARGEST BRANCHES REMAINING. MOBILE HOMES WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. 100 RESIDENCES WERE DAMAGED AND 36 WERE DESTROYED. THE TORNADO LIFTED AT 325 AM EAST OF LADY LAKE...RESULTING IN A PATH LENGTH OF 16.5 MILES. THE TORNADO WAS ONE-QUARTER MILE WIDE DURING ITS MAXIMUM EXTENT.
0017 EF3 0202 0837 013 ??? FL DELAND
TOUCHED DOWN AT 337 AM EAST OF HIGHWAY 439 AND WEST OF LAKE NORRIS IN RURAL LAKE COUNTY AND REACHED LAKE MACK AT 348 AM WITH PEAK WINDS NEAR 165 MPH...RESULTING IN 10 FATALITIES. COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF MOBILE HOMES OCCURRED AND LARGE TREES WERE DEBARKED. 73 RESIDENCES WERE DAMAGED AND 33 WERE DESTROYED. THE TORNADO THEN REACHED FOREST DRIVE AND STATE ROAD 44 WITH WINDS OF 150 TO 155 MPH...RESULTING IN 3 ADDITIONAL FATALITIES. THE TORNADO CROSSED FROM LAKE COUNTY TO VOLUSIA COUNTY NEAR HONTOON ISLAND...AND STRUCK DELAND AT 402 AM AS A EF3 TORNADO WITH WINDS NEAR 150 MPH. THE TORNADO LIFTED AT 410 AM NEAR THE VOLUSIA COUNTY FAIRGROUND EAST OF INTERSTATE 4. OVER 250 MOBILE HOMES AND 27 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WERE DESTROYED IN DELAND AND UNINCORPORATED WEST VOLUSIA COUNTY. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 26 MILES. THE MAXIMUM TORNADO WIDTH WAS ONE-THIRD OF A MILE.
0018 EF1 0202 0922 000 ??? FL NEW SMYRNA BEACH
TOUCHED DOWN EAST OF INTERSTATE 95 AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 44 IN NEW SMYRNA BEACH AT 422 AM AND LIFTED NEAR THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY WEST OF PONCE INLET AT 425 AM. THE TORNADO UPLIFTED ROOFS ON MANY STRUCTURES...CAUSING A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF ROOFING MATERIAL...COLLAPSE OF CHIMNEYS...AND COLLAPSE OF GARAGE DOORS. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE OCCURRED TO PORCHES AND CARPORTS. 25 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WERE DESTROYED IN NEW SMYRNA BEACH AND UNINCORPORATED SOUTHEAST VOLUSIA COUNTY. THE PATH LENGTH WAS ABOUT 3 MILES AND THE MAXIMUM WIDTH WAS ONE EIGHTH OF A MILE.
0019 EF0 0202 1300 000 000 FL FROSTPROOF
RESIDENT REPORTED ADDITIONAL MINOR DAMAGE INCLUDING SHINGLES TORN FROM ROOF...SOFFITING STRIPPED FROM SIDE OF HOUSE...TWO SHED BLOWN OVER AND A PORTION OF CHAIN LINK FENCE BLOWN DOWN...AND TREE LIMBS BLOWN OFF TOP OF LARGE OAK IN YARD. ALSO...4 TO 5 ROWS OF CITRUS TREES BLOWN DOWN. RESIDENT SAW FUNNEL AS IT PASSED HIS RESIDENCE.
0020 EF1 0213 0610 000 000 LA YOUNGSVILLE
CONFIRMED TORNADO BASED ON NWS STORM SURVEY...RATED EF1. PATH LENGTH 2 MILES. PATH WIDTH 50 YARDS. TWO BRICK HOMES RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE. ONE HAD A GARAGE DESTROYED...WHICH RIPPED PART OF THE ROOF OFF. THE NEIGHBORS ROOF WAS DAMAGED BY FLYING DEBRIS. LOCATION WAS THE HUNTERS RIDGE SUBDIVISION.
0021 EF2 0213 0636 000 003 LA BREAUX BRIDGE
WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 111-120 MPH. PATH LENGTH WAS 5 MILES. PATH WIDTH 300 YARDS. SEVERAL BRICK HOMES HAD ROOFS REMOVED. APPROXIMATELY 26 HOMES RECEIVED DAMAGE NEAR THE HIGH SCHOOL. THE 3 INJURIES WERE IN A SMALL BRICK HOME WHERE THE ROOF BLEW OFF AND FLYING DEBRIS AND A FALLING BRICK WALL CAUSED MINOR INJURIES.
0022 F2 0213 0855 001 034 LA NEW ORLEANS radar1 radar2
THE TORNADO TRAVELED ON A NORTH NORTHEAST TRACK ACROSS WESTWEGO BEFORE CONTINUING INTO THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED IN THE VICINITY OF US HIGHWAY 90 AND AVE D WHERE A TWO STORY MOTEL HAD ITS ROOF TORN OFF AND PORTIONS OF SECOND FLOOR WALLS COLLAPSED. SEVERAL HOUSES LOST ROOFS. THE TORNADO MOVED ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND THROUGH THE UPTOWN AND CARROLTON AREA OF NEW ORLEANS. CONSIDERABLE TREE AND POWERLINE DAMGE WAS OBSERVED ALONG WITH A FEW DAMAGED HOUSE ROOFS. THE TORNADO MOVED FROM NEAR FRANKLIN AVE AND MENDEZ NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS PONTCHARTRAIN PARK TO THE INDUSTRIAL CANAL. MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS TO TREES AND POWER LINES HOWEVER SEVERAL HOUSES WHERE HEAVILY DAMAGED WITH ROOFS TORN OFF AND UPPER FLOORS PARTIALLY COLLAPSED.
0023 EF1 0213 0952 000 000 MS PINEVILLE
THE DAMAGE BEGAN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 35 AND COUNTY ROAD 504...WHERE ROOFING WAS BLOWN OFF A HOME...SOME POWERPOLES WERE DOWNED...AND A FEW TREES WERE SNAPPED. THE TORNADO TRACKED ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF COUNTY ROAD 504 DOWNING TREES. WHEN IT CROSSED COUNTY ROAD 504 AGAIN...IT UPROOTED AND SNAPPED A NUMBER OF LARGE PINE TREES...SNAPPED TWO POWERPOLES...AND DAMAGED A PORCH. THE TORNADO THEN TRACKED THROUGH FORESTED LAND DOWNING TREES. AS IT DISSIPATED JUST BEFORE CROSSING DIXON ROAD...IT CAUSED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO A CHICKEN HOUSE.
0024 EF0 0213 1325 000 000 MS OCEAN SPRINGS
TORNADO SIGHTED CROSSING I-10 NEAR MILE MARKER 56 NEAR HIGHWAY 57 INTERSECTION. FIRE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED NUMEROUS REPORTS...LOCAL MEDIA VIDEO OF MINOR DAMAGE TO SCHOOL...HOUSES AND CARS.
0025 EF0 0213 2301 000 000 AL NEWBERN
TORNADO JUST NORTH OF NEWBERN IN HALE COUNTY AND EXTENDING INTO WESTERN SECTIONS OF PERRY COUNTY. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS APPROXIMATELY 25 YARDS WIDE AND 6 MILES IN LENGTH. THE STORM DID NOT CAUSE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE ALONG THE WHOLE 6 MILE PATH...BUT THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE ALONG THE WHOLE PATH. THE MOST DAMAGE OCCURRED IN THE NEWBERN AREA WHERE SEVERAL OLD BARNS WERE DAMAGED AND NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWNED. WIND SPEEDS ESTIMATED AT 65 TO 75 MPH.
0026 EF1 0213 2328 000 000 GA SYLVANIA
DEVELOPED 2 MILES EAST OF SYLVANIA IN SCREVEN COUNTY AND TRAVELED NNE ABOUT .6 OF A MILE BEFORE LIFTING AROUND 629 PM. MAX WIDTH WAS 35 YARDS. HIGHEST WIND SPEEDS ESTIMATED AROUND 105 MPH. THIS TORNADO DESTROYED A PUMP HOUSE...KNOCKED A LARGE TREE BRANCH INTO A CAR...DAMAGED A MOBILE HOME AND AN OUTBUILDING AND UPROOTED AND SNAPPED OFF NUMEROUS TREES...MOST OF WHICH WERE DECIDUOUS TREES WITH NO LEAVES. BEFORE LIFTING THE TORNADO NARROWED AND REACHED ITS MAX INTENSITY IN A PECAN ORCHARD. HERE NEARLY A DOZEN LARGE PECAN TREES WITH NO LEAVES ON THEM WERE UPROOTED. SEVERAL OTHER PECAN TREES HAD LARGE LIMBS BROKEN OFF.
0027 EF1 0213 2359 000 000 AL EOLINE
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN SOUTHEAST TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN THE TALLADEGA NATIONAL FOREST. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE WIDE AND 10 MILES IN LENGTH. THE STORM PRODUCED CONTINUOUS DAMAGE ALONG THE ENTIRE 10 MILE PATH. THE HEAVIEST DAMAGE WAS NEAR THE INTERSECTIONS OF CR1 AND HWY 82 ON THE BIBB/TUSCALOOSA COUNTY LINE. SEVERAL TRAILERS, HOMES, BARNS, AND SHEDS WERE DAMAGED AS WELL AS NUMEROUS TREES, WHICH WERE SNAPPED OFF AND DOWNED. THE TORNADO LIFTED JUST NORTH OF EOLINE. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 100 TO 105 MPH.
0028 EF1 0214 ???? 000 000 AL BRIERFIELD
*DATE*0213*
HIGH END EF1 TORNADO IN BIBB COUNTY...SOUTHWEST OF BRIERFIELD...ALONG HIGHWAY 25. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF MILE WIDE AT THE WIDEST POINT WITH THE EXACT LENGTH OF THE PATH TO STILL BE DETERMINED BY AERIAL SURVEY. DAMAGE INDICATES WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 100 TO 105 MPH ALONG THE DAMAGE PATH. AT LEAST ONE LARGE METAL BARN TYPE STRUCTURE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED ALONG WITH NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
0029 EF1 0214 0022 000 000 AL AUTAUGAVILLE
*DATE*0213*
EF1 TORNADO APPROXIMATELY 5.5 MILES WEST OF AUTAUGAVILLE. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS APPROXIMATELY 1.2 MILES LONG AND 175 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS TO TREES ALTHOUGH SOME MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A CARPORT AND SHED WAS LOCATED. BASED ON THIS DAMAGE WIND SPEEDS WERE ESTIMATED AT AROUND 90 MPH.
0030 EF0 0223 2356 000 000 TX MCLEAN
STAYED IN OPEN COUNTRY FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES.
0031 EF1 0224 0356 000 000 KS FOWLER
*DATE*0223*
STARTED 8.5 MILES WEST OF FOWLER IN MEADE COUNTY AND TRAVELED ABOUT 2.5 MILES BEFORE DISSIPATING AT 1006 PM 7.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF FOWLER. IT DID VERY MINOR DAMAGE TO SOME TREES. DDC RADAR ABOUT 5 MIN BEFORE START OF TORNADO.
0032 EF1 0224 0411 000 000 KS DODGE CITY
*DATE*0223*
STARTED 6.3 MILES NORTHWEST OF FOWLER AND TRAVELED A TOTAL OF 17 MILES DISSIPATING AT 1040 PM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE DODGE CITY POST OFFICE. DID EF1 DAMAGE TO PIVOT IRRIGATION SPRINKLERS, TREES AND SOME OUTBUILDINGS...IN ADDITION TO MOVING A 3000 GALLON TANK ABOUT 1/2 OF A MILE. DDC RADAR AT EXACT MOMENT WHERE COUPLET IS OVER LOCATION OF 3000 GALLON TANK.
0033 EF1 0224 1642 000 000 LA BOSSIER CITY
THE NUMBER OF DAMAGED STRUCTURE WAS BETWEEN 40 AND 60 HOMES. THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE RANGED FROM A FEW SINGLES OFF ON SOME HOMES TO SUBSTANTIAL ROOF LOSS ON SOME HOMES. MOST OF THE HOMES THAT SUSTAINED DAMAGE WERE PRIMARILY A LOSS OF ROOF SHINGLES. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BOSSIER CITY...NORTH OF INTERSTATE 220 IN THE HICKORY RIDGE AND CARRIAGE OAKS SUBDIVISIONS. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE IN LENGTH AND 250 YARDS WIDE. THE DAMAGE PATH RAN PARALLEL TO HICKORY RIDGE ROAD AND LAKE SIDE ROAD...BEGINNING NEAR COACH RD AND ENDING NEAR COY RD IN BOSSIER CITY. THE RATING FOR THIS TORNADO WAS AN EF1 OR A WIND SPEED RANGE OF 90 TO 100 MPH.
0034 EF2 0224 ???? 000 000 AR MONTICELLO
TRACKED FROM 4.5 MILES NORTH OF MONTICELLO IN DREW COUNTY TO 3.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GARRETT BRIDGE IN LINCOLN COUNTY. THIS ENDING POINT IS NEAR THE TINY COMMUNITY OF GOURD. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 15 MILES. WINDS FROM 110 TO 137 MPH. PART OF A HOUSE WAS DESTROYED AND WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OUT OF ANOTHER HOUSE...A LARGE METAL SHOP BUILDING WAS DESTROYED...THERE WAS DAMAGE TO SEVERAL OTHER SHOP BUILDINGS...TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON A PICKUP TRUCK AND A MOBILE HOME...AND HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN.
0035 EF2 0224 ???? 000 006 AR MT OLIVE
ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF WARREN IN BRADLEY COUNTY. A HOUSE SUFFERED MAJOR DAMAGE...AND A MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED. AN ELDERLY WOMAN WAS INJURED IN THE HOUSE AND A FAMILY OF FIVE WAS INJURED IN THE MOBILE HOME.
0036 EF3 0224 2053 000 027 AR DUMAS
IN DUMAS...25 BUSINESSES DESTROYED, 9 WITH MAJOR DAMAGE, 15 WITH MINOR DAMAGE, 19 HOUSES DESTROYED, 24 WITH MAJOR DAMAGE, 44 WITH MINOR DAMAGE, 6 MOBILE HOMES DESTROYED, PARK DESTROYED, COMMUNITY BUILDING WITH MAJOR DAMAGE, 20 UNIT ASSISTED LIVING CENTER WITH MAJOR DAMAGE. IN BACK GATE...11 MOBILE HOMES DESTROYED, 12 MOBILE HOMES WITH MINOR DAMAGE, 1 HOME DESTROYED, 1 HOMES WITH MAJOR DAMAGE, 2 HOMES WITH MINOR DAMAGE. AN ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION WITH MAJOR DAMAGE AND NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
0037 EF1 0224 ???? 000 000 AR TICHNOR
TRACKED FROM 2.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF PENDLETON IN DESHA COUNTY TO 6.2 MILES SSE OF TICHNOR IN ARKANSAS COUNTY. THIS WAS A PATH LENGTH OF 8.5 MILES. A GRAIN STORAGE FACILITY WAS DAMAGED. A FEW HOUSES HAD MINOR DAMAGE. SEVERAL CAMPING TRAILERS WERE DAMAGED. A FEW SHEDS AND OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED. A MOBILE HOME WAS DAMAGED...AS WERE SEVERAL METAL SHOP BUILDINGS. TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN.
0038 EF1 0224 2308 000 000 MO HOLDEN radar1 radar2
TOUCHED DOWN JUST NORTH OF 2 HIGHWAY AND TRACKED TO THE NNE ABOUT 2 MILES BEFORE LIFTING JUST EAST OF MEDFORD. THE TORNADO DAMAGED TWO HOMES, A BUSINESS, AND SEVERAL FARM BUILDINGS. WIND SPEEDS OF 90 TO 95 MPH.
0039 EF1 0225 0005 000 000 MS INDIANOLA
*DATE*0224*
6 SW TO 4 E OF INDIANOLA. NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED ALONG THE PATH ALONG WITH 2 POWER POLES. A FEW METAL SIGNS BLOWN OVER AND SNAPPED AT THE BASE. SEVERAL HOMES HAD SHINGLES PEALED OFF THE ROOF. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED TO AND AROUND THE KINGDOM HALL CHURCH. THE CARPORT WAS RIPPED OFF ALONG WITH NEAR HALF OF THE ROOF. SEVERAL SHEDS WERE DESTROYED ALONG WITH A METAL FENCE NEAR THE CHURCH SEVERELY DAMAGED. ONE PIVOT SYSTEM WAS FLIPPED OVER.
0040 EF0 0225 0026 000 000 MS SCHLATER
*DATE*0224*
ROOF WAS RIPPED OFF A MOBILE HOME WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO A HOME NEXT DOOR. THESE WERE THE ONLY STRUCTURES IN THE AREA WITH OPEN FIELD ON EITHER SIDE.
0041 EF2 0225 0113 000 000 LA JONESVILLE
*DATE*0224*
16.5 MILES LONG AND 500 YARDS WIDE. TOUCHED DOWN IN JONESVILLE AND HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED 6 MOBILE HOMES AND CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO 3 OTHER HOMES. NUMEROUS TREES WERE ALSO SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. THE DAMAGE IN JONESVILLE WAS NARROW...BETWEEN 75 AND 100 YARDS WIDE...AND WAS IN THE EF-1 RANGE. THE TORNADO CROSSED THE TENAS RIVER INTO CONCORDIA PARISH...THEN BACK INTO CATAHOULA PARISH BEFORE CROSSING THE RIVER A FINAL TIME INTO CONCORDIA PARISH AGAIN. THE TORNADO INTENSIFIED AND BECAME MUCH LARGER IN CONCORDIA PARISH. HERE THE PATH BECAME 500 YDS WIDE AND MANGLED...SNAPPED AND UPROOTED HUNDREDS OF TREES. NUMEROUS POWER LINES WERE ALSO TAKEN DOWN AND MANGLED ALONG THE PATH. NEAR DUNBARTON...2 MOBILE HOMES WERE DESTROYED AS THE TORNADO CONTINUED TOWARD CLAYTON. FOR THE MOST PART...THIS STRONG TORNADO REMAINED OVER RURAL AREA WITH MUCH OF THE PATH NOT ACCESSIBLE BY VEHICLE.
0042 EF1 0225 0349 000 000 MS BRANDON
*DATE*0224*
STRUCK NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF MORROW ROAD AND HIGHWAY 18...THE PATH LENGTH WAS ONE MILE AND THE WIDTH WAS 75 YARDS...NUMEROUS HARDWOOD TREES WERE UPROOTED AND NUMEROUS PINE TREES WERE SNAPPED.
0043 EF1 0225 0440 000 000 MS LAWRENCE
*DATE*0224*
NUMEROUS HARDWOOD TREES UPROOTED ALONG WITH NUMEROUS LARGE PINES SNAPPED. TOUCHED DOWN ALONG PONDEROSA RD AND TRACKED NE...PARALLELING I-20...THEN CROSSING I-20 JUST TO THE W OF MM 101. MANY LARGE PINE TREES WERE DOWN AT THIS LOCATION WITH SEVERAL TREES BLOCKING THE E BOUND LANES OF THE INTERSTATE.
0044 EF0 0226 2025 000 000 CA ELK GROVE
CONFIRMED WEAK EF0 TORNADO. ONE MILE DAMAGE PATH PRIMARILY TO TREES. NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE NOTED.
0045 EF0 0228 1859 000 000 FL TAMARAC
TOUCHED DOWN JUST NORTH OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AND WEST OF ROCK ISLAND ROAD IN TAMARAC SHORTLY BEFORE 2 PM WITH DAMAGE IN THIS AREA CONSISTING PRIMARILY OF DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES. THE TORNADO THEN MOVED SSE ACROSS COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AND THROUGH THE WOODLANDS COUNTRY CLUB, WHERE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. ONE HOME SUFFERED SOME ROOF DAMAGE IN THE 5700 BLOCK OF BAYBERRY LN, AND ANOTHER HOUSE ON THE SAME BLOCK HAD A PORCH SCREEN TORN OFF. THE TORNADO REACHED ITS MAXIMUM WIND INTENSITY OF 80 TO 85 MPH OVER THE WOODLANDS COUNTRY CLUB. IT CONTINUED ON ITS SSE PATH NEAR ROCK ISLAND RD AND JUST WEST OF THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE, CAUSING DAMAGE MOSTLY TO VEGETATION. THE TORNADO LIFTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF THE FL TURNPIKE AND OAKLAND PARK BLVD IN LAUDERHILL. 2.5 MILES LONG AND 50 TO 100 YARDS WIDE.
0046 EF1 0301 0033 000 000 KS NEOSHO FALLS
*DATE*0228*
LARGE TORNADO CONFIRMED BY STORM CHASERS.
0047 EF1 0301 0048 000 000 KS COLONY
*DATE*0228*
TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES EAST OF THE CITY OF COLONY. THE TORNADO TRACKED TO THE NORTHEAST FOR 9 MILES BEFORE LIFTING ABOUT 5 MILES NNE OF THE CITY OF LONE ELM. SIX HOMES RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND NUMEROUS METAL OUTBUILDING WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. THE TORNADO REACHED A WIDTH OF 1/4 MILE.
0048 EF4 0301 0132 000 000 KS BLUE MOUND radar1 radar2
*DATE*0228*
SUPERCELL CROSSED INTO LINN COUNTY KANSAS AROUND 730 PM AND PRODUCED A LARGE AND VIOLENT TORNADO 4 MILES NORTH OF BLUE MOUND. ONE HOME NORTH OF BLUE MOUND WAS DESTROYED WITH SIX MORE HOMES SUSTAINING MINOR DAMAGE AND ABOUT A DOZEN OUTBUILDINGS DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWN AS WELL.
0049 EF1 0301 0313 000 000 MO AMSTERDAM
*DATE*0228*
CONFIRMED
0050 EF0 0301 0414 000 000 MO ADRIAN
*DATE*0228*
CONFIRMED
0051 EF1 0301 0745 000 000 MO PARIS
INITIAL DAMAGE ASSESSMENT REVEALED THREE HOMES...SEVERAL MACHINE SHEDS...AND NUMEROUS TREES WERE DAMAGED ALONG A WEST TO EAST 2 MILE DAMAGE PATH PARALLELING COUNTY ROAD 284 IN FAR NORTHWEST MONROE COUNTY. DEBRIS FROM THE MACHINE SHEDS WERE TOSSED UP TO ONE HALF MILE EAST OF THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURES LOCATION.
0052 EF3 0301 1226 001 003 MO CAULFIELD
TOUCHED DOWN 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF CAULFIELD IN EXTREME EAST CENTRAL OZARK COUNTY AROUND 626 AM AND MOVED NE THROUGH THE CITY OF CAULFIELD AT 631 AM...TO 3 SE OF POTTERSVILLE AT 638 AM...TO 1 MILE SW OF THE JCTN OF HIGHWAYS 160 AND 63 AT 645 AM. IN THE CAULFIELD AREA...THE TORNADO WAS RATED EF1. AS THIS TORNADO PROGRESSED TO THE NE IT RAPIDLY STRENGTHENED...PRODUCING DAMAGE RATED EF3 APPROX 3 MILES SE OF POTTERSVILLE WHERE THE FATALITY AND INJURIES OCCURRED. FROM THIS POINT...THE TORNADO DECREASED IN INTENSITY WITH DAMAGE RATED EF0 UNTIL THE END OF THE TRACK JUST TO THE SW OF WEST PLAINS.
0053 EF0 0301 1645 000 000 IL JONESBORO
DAMAGE BEGAN ALONG BERRYVILLE ROAD APPROX 2 MILES WSW OF JONESBORO...TRACKED NE OVER MOSTLY OPEN LAND FOR 1/2 TO 3/4 OF A MILE...THE TRACKED ALONG OR NEARLY PARALLEL TO BERRYVILLE ROAD TO WHERE IT INTERSECTS WITH HIGHWAY 146. SEVERAL WITNESSES IN THE AREA OBSERVED A DARK FUNNEL BOUNCING UP AND DOWN FROM THE STORM TO THE GROUND. THE PATTERN OF DAMAGE VERIFIES THESE OBSERVATIONS. MANY TREES WERE EITHER UPROOTED OR TOPPED OUT. LIGHT TO MODERATE ROOF DAMAGE ON 15 TO 20 HOMES. SEVERAL ARTICLES OF DEBRIS WERE LODGED FROM 20 TO 50 FEET UP IN THE TREES. THERE WAS SOME EVIDENCE OF CONVERGENT DAMAGE BASED ON HOW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. WITH THE STORMS MOVING AT 50 TO 60 MPH...ALL OF THE DAMAGE OCCURRED OVER A TWO MINUTE TIME FRAME.
0054 EF1 0301 1758 000 000 MS BENTON radar1 radar2
NUMEROUS TREES AND ROOF DAMAGE TO A BARN NEAR LUCE ROAD. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS NOBLIN ROAD, NEAR HIGHWAY 432 AND WALKER ROAD. TORNADO TRACK BEGAN NEAR DALE ROAD AND WILDWOOD ROAD AND ENDED NEAR HIGHWAY 432 AND WALKER ROAD.
0055 EF4 0301 1830 001 002 AL MILLERS FERRY
FIRST TOUCHED DOWN AT STATE HIGHWAY 28 NEAR MILLERS FERRY DAM. THE TORNADO THEN TRACKED NE ACROSS WILLIAM BILL DANNELLY RESERVOIR...MOVING ASHORE ON SAND ISLAND AT SAND ISLAND DRIVE. THIS IS WHERE MOST OF SEVERE DAMAGE OCCURRED...WITH NUMEROUS HOMES DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. ONE RESIDENT WAS KILLED WHEN HIS MANUFACTURED HOME WAS DESTROYED. NEIGHBORS NEXT DOOR HAD SOUGHT REFUGE IN AN UNDERGROUND STORM SHELTER OUTSIDE THE HOUSE SECONDS BEFORE THE TORNADO HIT. MOST OF THE HOMES ARE VACATION HOMES WITH PART-TIME RESIDENTS. IF THE TORNADO HAD STRUCK ON THE WEEKEND WHEN MORE PEOPLE WERE PRESENT...THE LOSS OF LIFE WOULD LIKELY HAD BEEN GREATER. IN ALL AROUND 40 HOMES WERE DESTROYED OR DAMAGED ON SAND ISLAND DRIVE...WITH SOME OF THE DEBRIS SCATTERED UP TO TWO MILES DOWNSTREAM. THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED MOVING QUICKLY TO THE NE THROUGH SPARSELY POPULATED TERRITORIES. HIGHEST WIND SPEED WAS 142 MPH. THE LENGTH WAS 15.6 MILES WITH THE WIDEST WIDTH OF 500 YARDS. THE TORNADO CROSSED INTO DALLAS COUNTY 6.4 MILES SE OF THE TOWN OF ALBERTA. IT TRACKED NE AND ENDED ALONG THE ALABAMA RIVER EAST OF THE WHITES BLUFF COMMUNITY. THE MOST CONCENTRATED DAMAGE IN DALLAS COUNTY OCCURRED JUST S OF FIVE POINTS ALONG COUNTY ROAD 31 AND ALONG COUNTY ROAD 33. 27 HOMES SUFFERED VARYING DEGREES OF DAMAGE. TWO HOMES WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. AT LEAST SIX OUTBUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE SNAPPED OFF OR UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH. IN DALLAS COUNTY...THE TORNADO WAS 15.6 MILES LONG AND 500 YARDS WIDE WITH WINDS ESTIMATED AT 142 MPH.
0056 EF0 0301 1847 000 001 IL ELWIN
TOUCHED DOWN 1/2 MILE SW OF THE INTERSECTION OF ELWIN ROAD AND RT. 51 AND ENDED 1/2 MILE NNE OF THERE. PATH LENGTH 1 MILE...30 YARD WIDTH...ESTIMATED WINDS NO GREATER THAN 80 MPH. DAMAGE TO A HOUSE PORCH AND CHURCH CHIMNEY...NUMEROUS TREES DAMAGED...2 FOOT DIAMETER TREE FELL ON 3 CARS CAUSING SEVERE DAMAGE. ONE MINOR INJURY.
0057 EF4 0301 1905 009 050 AL ENTERPRISE radar1 radar2
TORNADO FIRST OBSERVED ON THE GROUND AT THE ENTERPRISE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AFTER THAT IT SLAMMED INTO THE ENTERPRISE HIGH SCHOOL KILLING 8 STUDENTS AND INJURING AT LEAST 50. THE FATALITIES OCCURRED WHEN A CONCRETE WALL COLLAPSED ONTO A GROUP OF STUDENTS HUDDLED IN THE HALLWAY IN A CROUCHED POSITION. THE FOOTBALL STADIUM WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. DOWNTOWN ENTERPRISE WAS ALSO HIT HARD WITH DAMAGE TO HOMES ON SEVERAL STREETS AND MANY ROADS BLOCKED BY DOWNED POWER LINES. AN ADDITIONAL FATALITY OCCURRED. THE TORNADO PATH WAS APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS WIDE AND 10 MILES LONG.
0058 EF2 0301 1950 000 004 AL/GA ECHO radar1 radar2 radar3
*BORDER CROSSER*
APPEARS ONE LONG TRACK TORNADO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR EXTENSIVE DAMAGE STARTING NEAR ECHO ALABAMA WHERE 15 HOMES WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED AND FOUR PEOPLE WERE INJURED. NUMEROUS HOMES WERE ALSO DAMAGED WEST OF ABBEVILLE ALABAMA AND NORTH OF FORT GAINES GEORGIA. THIS EVENT MAY BE BROKEN UP LATER.
0059 EF1 0301 2020 000 000 KY ELKTON
TORNADO BEGAN 100 YARDS WEST OF DON/ROOF RD AND ENDED 50 YARDS EAST OF POND RIVER RD. DAMAGE INCLUDES ROOF BLOWN OFF SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME...METAL ROOF PARTIALLY TORN OFF STORAGE BUILDING...HALF ROOF BLOWN OFF SITE BUILT HOME...AND DAMAGE TO A CHAIN LINK FENCE. THERE WERE ALSO A FEW TREES DAMAGED...ONE INCLUDED A PINE TREE STRIPPED OF LIMBS. THERE WAS AN EYEWITNESS TO THE EVENT.
0060 EF2 0301 2048 000 006 AL ADA
TOUCHED DOWN IN FAR SE LOWNDES COUNTY...ALONG US HIGHWAY 31 IN THE SANDY RIDGE COMMUNITY. THE TORNADO TRACKED NE AND AFFECTED THE DAVENPORT COMMUNITY...THE FLETA COMMUNITY...ADA...SPRAGUE...AND THE RIDGELAND FARM SUBDIVISION. THE TORNADO LIFTED JUST E OF US HIGHWAY 231 NEAR THE CARTERS HILL COMMUNITY. SIX MINOR INJURIES WERE REPORTED. TWO OF THE INJURIES OCCURRED WHEN AN AUTO WAS THROWN OFF THE ROAD OVER 300 FEET. AT LEAST 39 HOMES SUFFERED VARYING DEGREES OF DAMAGE. THREE OF THE HOMES WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. AT LEAST 23 OUTBUILDINGS OR BARNS WERE DAMAGED. FOUR LARGE CHICKEN HOUSES WERE COMPLETELY OBLITERATED NEAR THE DAVENPORT COMMUNITY. ONE HIGH VOLTAGE POWER TRANSMISSION LINE WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED. 14 GRAIN SILOS WERE DESTROYED AND 4 OF THE SILOS WERE PICKED UP AND THROWN UP TO 1/2 OF A MILE. AT LEAST 10 AUTOS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF OR UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS 26.8 MILES LONG AND 600 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 135 MPH. ON THE GROUND FROM 248 UNTIL 326 PM.
0061 EF1 0301 2100 000 000 GA RICHLAND
IN STEWART COUNTY...BEGAN ON SW SIDE OF RICHLAND AND ENDED 1 MILE NE OF RICHLAND. PATH LENGTH 1.5 MILES AND WIDTH OF 250 YARDS. HEAVIEST DAMAGE IN THE CITY OF RICHLAND WITH AROUND 50 HOMES AND BUSINESSES AFFECTED. AN EXTERIOR BRICK WALL OF A STORE COLLAPSES AT THE CORNER OF BROAD AND HARRIS STREETS. THE BUILDING WAS DECLARED UNSAFE AND DEMOLISHED. HARMONY PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH BUILT IN 1938 AT THE INTERSECTION OF HARMONY AND PONDER STREETS WAS DESTROYED. ONLY TWO WALLS WERE LEFT STANDING. A TRACTOR TRAILER AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 520 AND 280 WAS LIFTED AND DROPPED CAUSING THE TRAILER TO COLLAPSE.
0062 EF1 0301 2059 000 000 AL FAYETTE
TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SH 107 AND PAUL COLBURN ROAD. THIS LOCATION WAS ABOUT 9.3 MILES NNW OF FAYETTE NEAR THE BLUFF COMMUNITY. THE TORNADO TRACKED NE AND CROSSED US HIGHWAY 43. THE TORNADO LIFTED NEAR COUNTY ROAD 49, BLY ROAD AND SAND SPRINGS ROAD. SEVERAL HOMES AND STORAGE BUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED ALONG THE PATH. NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN OR SNAPPED OFF. THE TORNADO PATH WAS 8.1 MILES AND 150 YARDS WIDE.
0063 EF1 0301 2100 000 000 AL SAMANTHA
TOUCHED DOWN TWO MILES NW OF SAMANTHA NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF LESUEUR ROAD AND NAZARETH CHURCH ROAD. THE TORNADO TRACK WAS 3.5 MILES LONG AND CROSSED HIGHWAY 43 JUST NORTH OF SAMANTHA. THE TORNADO WAS 100 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT AND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 105 MPH. NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED AND SNAPPED AND A BRICK HOME LOST A PORTION OF ITS ROOF.
0064 EF1 0301 2112 000 000 AL EUFAULA NWR
TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 1/2 MILE WEST OF THE US431 BRIDGE AT COWIKEE CREEK. TRACKED NE THROUGH THE LAKEPOINT RESORT STATE PARK AND ENDED IN THE EUFAULA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. AT LEAST 100 PINE TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF AND SEVERAL POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN. TORNADO WAS SEEN BY SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS AS IT CROSSED THE BRIDGE OVER US HIGHWAY 431. PATH WAS 2.4 MILES LONG AND 75 YARDS WIDE.
0065 EF2 0301 2135 001 004 GA POTTERVILLE
FROM 3 MILES SW OF POTTERVILLE TO 2 MILES EAST OF REYNOLDS. LENGTH APPROX 7 MILES AND MAXIMUM WIDTH OF A QUARTER MILE. HEAVIEST DAMAGE WAS SOUTHWEST OF POTTERVILLE WHERE ONE DEATH OCCURRED.
0066 EF3 0301 2145 000 009 GA KNOXVILLE
IN CRAWFORD COUNTY AND INTO BIBB COUNTY. BEGAN 4 MILES E OF KNOXVILLE AND ENDED ABOUT 1 MILE ESE OF LIZELLA. LENGTH APPROX 8.5 MILES AND MAXIMUM WIDTH OF A QUARTER MILE. HEAVIEST DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG SANDY POINT ROAD.
0067 EF1 0301 2145 000 000 GA BYRON
FROM 4.5 MILES SSE OF HORNS TO 5 NW OF BYRON. INTERMITTENT DAMAGE ALONG A LENGTH OF 12 MILES...WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 100 YARDS. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN...SEVERAL OUT BUILDINGS DAMAGED OR DESTROYED...AND SOME STRUCTURE DAMAGE TO HOUSES.
0068 EF2 0301 2149 000 000 AL ARLEY
TOUCHED DOWN IN ARLEY. THE TRACK WAS 6.2 MILES LONG AND 100 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 110 TO 115 MPH. SEVERAL HOUSES AND BARNS WERE DAMAGED. ONE CHICK HOUSE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND TWO OTHERS COLLAPSES. NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED.
0069 EF1 0301 2206 000 000 AL ADAMSVILLE radar1 radar2
TOUCHED DOWN IN ADAMSVILLE. THE TORNADO STARTED NEAR ABEY ROAD AND LIFTED ABOUT 100 YARDS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 78 NEAR SOLOMON STREET. THE PATH LENGTH WAS NEAR 1 MILE AND WAS 300 YARDS AT IT WIDEST POINT. THE MAXIMUM WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 100 MPH. DOZENS OF TREES UPROOTED AND SNAPPED...MANY TREES ON HOUSES. ONE HOME HAD A LARGE PORTION OF ITS ROOF LIFTED OFF.
0070 EF0 0301 2250 000 000 GA MACON
TOUCHED DOWN NEAR ZEBULON ROAD AND INTERSTATE 475. ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT 3 MILES WITH MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 100 YARDS. DAMAGE WAS LIGHT AND CONFINED TO BUSINESS SIGNS AND SOME MINOR ROOF DAMAGE IN LAKE WILDWOOD SUBDIVISION..
0071 EF2 0301 2327 000 000 AL/GA COLUMBUS
*BORDER CROSSER*
TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE RUSSELL-LEE COUNTY LINE IN PHENIX CITY. DAMAGE NEAR THE TOUCHDOWN POINT WAS VERY LIGHT WITH ONLY MINOR TREE DAMAGE BEING REPORTED. AS THE TORNADO TRACKED NE, IT BECAME STRONGER AS IT APPROACHED LAKE OLIVER ON THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER. THE GREATEST DAMAGE WAS FROM SUMMERVILLE ROAD INTO THE RIVER OAK AND ROCK ISLAND AREAS. NUMEROUS PINE TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF AND SOME HARDWOODS WERE UPROOTED. SEVERAL HOMES SUFFERED SHINGLE DAMAGE. SOME OF THE FALLEN TREES LANDED ON HOMES AND PRODUCED MODERATE DAMAGE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EASTWARD WERE IT PRODUCED DAMAGE IN COLUMBUS GEORGIA. THE TOTAL TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS 10.3 MILES AND 300 YARDS WIDE. THE DAMAGE IN ALABAMA WAS ONLY 2.4 MILES. HEAVIEST DAMAGE IN THE 6200 BLOCK OF BROOKSTONE BLVD IN COLUMBUS.
0072 EF1 0301 2333 000 000 GA GRAY radar1 radar2
TRACKED FROM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRISWOLDVILLE TO 2 SW OF JAMES. PATH LENGTH 4.5 MILES AND MAXIMUM WIDTH 150 YARDS. HEAVIEST DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG HIGHWAY 49.
0073 EF1 0301 2356 000 000 AL ALABASTER
TOUCHED DOWN ALONG COUNTY ROAD 17 ABOUT 6 MILES SW OF ALABASTER. THE TORNADO TRAVELED NE FOR APPROXIMATELY 3/4 OF A MILE AND WAS 100 YARDS WIDE. AT LEAST 15 LARGE PINE TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF ALONG THE SHORT PATH. ON HOME SUFFERED MAJOR ROOF DAMAGE AND A BARN SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE.
0074 EF1 0302 0002 000 000 GA TALBOTTON
*DATE*0301*
FROM 7.5 MILES WEST OF TALBOTTON TO 4 MILES WNW OF TALBOTTON. PATH LENGTH 4.5 MILES AND MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 100 YARDS. MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO HOMES. ONE MOBILE HOME AND 4 OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED. FEED STORE AND BARN DAMAGED...OUTBUILDING DESTROYED...WRAPAROUND PORCH DESTROYED ON HOME ON POWELL CHURCH ROAD. NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED.
0075 EF2 0302 0110 000 003 GA THOMSON
*DATE*0301*
TOUCHED DOWN 5 MILES EAST OF WARRENTON IN WARREN COUNTY AND WAS RATED EF2. TORNADO OF EF2 MAGNITUDE ENTERED MCDUFFIE COUNTY NEAR US HWY 278 AROUND 816 PM AND TRAVELED NE THROUGH THE THOMSON AREA AROUND 820 PM...DISSIPATING IN EXTREME NE MCDUFFIE COUNTY. IN THE THOMSON VICINITY...NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWNED...AND DAMAGE WAS DONE TO MANY HOMES AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES LONG AND ABOUT 1/4 MILE WIDE. ESTIMATED WINDS WERE AROUND 125 MPH.
0076 EF3 0302 0222 002 003 GA AMERICUS
*DATE*0301*
TRACKED ACROSS WEBSTER...SUMTER...AND MACON COUNTIES FROM CHAMBLISS TO ABOUT 17 MILES NE OF AMERICUS. LENGTH APPROX 38 MILES AND MAXIMUM WIDTH OF ONE MILE. HEAVIEST DAMAGE WAS IN THE CITY OF AMERICUS NEAR THE HOSPITAL. HUNDREDS OF HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES WERE AFFECTED WITH SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OR TOTALLY DESTROYED. TWO DEATHS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM IN AMERICUS. THREE INJURIES ALSO OCCURRED NE OF CHAMBLISS ON EAST CENTERPOINT ROAD WHEN A CONCRETE BLOCK HOUSE AND TWO MACHINE SHOPS WERE TOTALLY DESTROYED. THE ROAD IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE HAD 25 FEET OF ASPHALT RIPPED OUT. FIVE COWS WERE KILLED IN THE SAME AREA. A TRACTOR TRAILER WAS OVERTURNED AND BURNED AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 520 AND TV TOWER ROAD IN SOUTH WEBSTER COUNTY. THE 1600 FOOT GEORGIA PUBLIC TELEVISION TOWER IN THE SAME AREA WAS SNAPPED OFF WITH ONLY 150 FEET STILL STANDING.
0077 EF0 0302 0337 000 000 GA CARY
*DATE*0301*
IN BLECKLEY COUNTY...2 MILES N OF CARY OR 10 MILES N OF COCHRAN ON EMERGENCY ROAD 266. PATH 1/4 MILE WIDE AND ONE MILE LONG. SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED...SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN...THREE HOMES WITH MODERATE ROOF DAMAGE AND PATIO COVERS DESTROYED.
0078 EF2 0302 0345 000 000 GA NICKLESVILLE - radar image shows very impressive hook/couplet - closer view shows high reflectivity in debris ball.
*DATE*0301*
FROM 4.5 MILES SW OF NICKLESVILLE TO 9 NE OF NICKELSVILLE. PATH LENGTH 13.5 MILES AND MAX WIDTH 1/2 MILE. MOST DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 112.
0079 EF2 0302 0450 006 001 GA BACONTON
*DATE*0301* *DATE CROSSER*
TOUCHED DOWN IN NORTHERN BAKER COUNTY... MOVED EAST ACROSS ALL OF NORTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY...SKIRTED EXTREME SOUTHEAST DOUGHERTY COUNTY AND CROSSED INTO WORTH COUNTY. THE TORNADO KILLED SIX PEOPLE IN A MOBILE HOME PARK IN BAKER COUNTY, WHILE 13 STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED IN BACONTON AND PLEASANT GROVE IN MITCHELL COUNTY WHERE NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES WERE REPORTED.
0080 EF2 0302 0520 000 002 GA SYLVESTER
LONG TRACK TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AND PRODUCED DAMAGE 3 SSW TEMPY. VERY LARGE OAK TREES WERE UPROOTED WITH ONE COMING TO REST ON A HOUSE. ONE MOBILE HOME WAS FLIPPED AND ROLLED INTO A NEARBY TREE. A BRICK FRAME HOUSE OFF MACARTY ROAD SUFFERED SEVERE ROOF DAMAGE WITH A COUPLE OF EXTERIOR BRICK WALL COLLAPSING. TORNADO WENT ON TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE AND FLATTEN A HOUSE CAUSING MINOR INJURIES JUST WEST OF GEORGIA ROUTE 33. A 1 S SUMNER...CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO HOMES ON SUMNER LAKES ROAD. ONE SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME COMPLETELY DESTROYED WITH DEBRIS BLOWN A FEW HUNDRED YARDS AWAY. OTHER STRUCTURES IN THE AREA SUFFERED ROOF DAMAGE OR IMPACT DAMAGE FROM FLYING DEBRIS. POWER POLES IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WERE SLICED IN HALF. ROOFS WERE TAKEN OFF LARGE METAL HAY BARNS 3 S SYCAMORE. LARGE BARN COMPLETELY DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO CENTER PIVOT IRRIGATION SYSTEM. 12 TO 15 HOMES REPORTED DAMAGE.
0081 EF0 0302 1020 000 000 FL CALLAHAN
100 YARD WIDE AND 1/4 MILE LONG. ESTIMATED WINDS OF 80 MPH. 3 MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED. SHEDS DAMAGED. LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS.
0082 EF1 0311 0230 000 004 TX ESTELLINE
*DATE*0310*
DAMAGE EXTENDED FROM 1 W OF ESTELLINE INTO TOWN. WORST DAMAGE WAS IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE SMALL TOWN. NUMEROUS STRUCTURES FROM MOBILE HOMES TO BRICK BUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. SEMI-TRUCKS WERE OVERTURNED AND TREES AND POWER POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN. NUMEROUS PIECES OF FARM EQUIPMENT FROM IRRIGATION SYSTEMS TO TRAILERS WERE DAMAGED. THE FOUR INJURIES WERE ALL IN THE SAME MOBILE HOMES THAT WAS BLOWN ON ITS SIDE.
0083 EF0 0314 2332 000 000 OH ELYRIA
TOUCHED DOWN ALONG GRISWOLD ROAD. MADE AN INTERMITTENT PATH ABOUT 2 MILES LONG NEAR THE MIDWAY MALL. A DETACHED SINGLE CAR GARAGE COLLAPSED AND MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED TO SOME NEARBY BUILDINGS INCLUDING A GARDEN NURSERY. WINDOWS AND SOME ROOF DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR A SHOPPING PLAZA AT THE MIDWAY MALL. 2 MILES. 60 TO 78 MPH.
0084 EF0 0316 1445 000 000 FL BUNNELL
SMALL TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG SR 100 ABOUT 500 YARDS WEST OF I-95. TORNADO MOVED NORTH AND CROSSED SR 100 AND DAMAGED ROAD SIGNS AND RIPPED APART PALMS. ON THE GROUND FOR 3 MINUTES.
0085 EF0 0322 0539 000 000 IA SEWAL
INITIALLY DEVELOPED ABOUT 1/2 SSW OF SEWAL NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD S40 AND EDDISON AV. THE TORNADO TRAVELED ENE ALONG THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF SEWAL. ONE HOUSE SUFFERED SOME SHINGLE LOSS ALONG WITH THE TOPPLING OF A METAL ANTENNA TOWER. A SMALL TRANSPORT TRAILER WAS TOSSED SEVERAL FEET INTO A GROVE OF TREES ALONG WITH NUMEROUS DOWN TREE BRANCHES ALONG THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF SEWAL. THE MAJORITY OF DAMAGE WAS TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST INDICATING STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW. JUST TO THE SOUTH OF TOWN ALONG EDDISON AV...TWO STRUCTURES RECEIVED DAMAGE. THE FIRST STRUCTURE WAS A METAL OUTBUILDING WITH AN OPEN EXPOSURE ABOUT 1/2 MILE SSW OF SEWAL. THE ROOF WAS PEELED BACK TO THE NORTH INDICATING STRONG SOUTH WINDS. ANOTHER HOUSE ABOUT 3/4 MILE TO THE EAST OF THE METAL OUTBUILDING HAD RECEIVED DAMAGE FROM LARGE FALLING TREE BRANCHES AS WELL AS TWO BROKEN WINDOWS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE HOUSE. A SWING SET WAS ALSO TOSSED SEVERAL FEET. ALL DAMAGE AT THIS LOCATION WAS THROWN TO THE NE AS WELL SUGGESTING STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS. IT APPEARS THE TORNADO PASSED IN FARM FIELD BETWEEN THE TOWN AND EDDISON AV LEADING TO THE CONVERGENT PATTERN IN THE DAMAGE FIELD BETWEEN THESE TWO AREAS. THE TORNADO LIFTED ABOUT A MILE EAST OF TOWN WHERE THAT PORTION OF THE DAMAGE FIELD ENDED. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS RECEIVED FARTHER EAST IN SOUTHEAST WAYNE COUNTY SOUTH OF SEYMOUR INTO FAR WESTERN APPANOOSE COUNTY WEST OF NUMA FROM THIS SAME STORM. THE DAMAGE FROM THESE LOCATIONS IS CONSISTENT WITH STRAIGHT LINE WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST.
0086 EF1 0323 2125 000 003 NM LOGAN
CREATED AN INTERMITTENT 3 MILE DAMAGE TRACK. PRELIMINARY, ESTIMATED MAX WINDS FROM THIS TORNADO RANGED FROM 100 TO 105 MPH. THE FIRST INDICATION OF DAMAGE WAS NOTED IN THE OPEN RANGE, ONE MILE SOUTH OF LOGAN (WHERE HIGHWAY 54 CROSSES THE CANADIAN RIVER), NORTH ALONG THE 4TH ST AREA. THE HEAVIEST DAMAGE WAS NOTED ON THE SOUTH END OF 4TH ST, FROM LAKE DRIVE NORTH FOR APPROX FIVE BLOCKS. THE LAST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE AREA WAS NOTED IN THE NORTHERN NEIGHBORHOODS JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 39. RVS AND TRAILERS SUSTAINED THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IN THE LOGAN AREA.
0087 EF1 0323 2231 000 000 NM TATUM
CAR OVERTURNED.
0088 EF1 0324 0124 000 000 NM PORTALES
REPORTED LARGE TORNADO.
0089 EF1 0324 0128 000 000 NM ROGERS
*DATE*0323*
HOME DESTROYED.
0090 EF2 0324 0142 001 013 NM CLOVIS
*DATE*0323*
CREATED AN INTERMITTENT 3 MILE DAMAGE TRACK, WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE NOTED IN THE SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CITY. PRELIMINARY, ESTIMATED MAX WINDS FOR THIS TORNADO RANGED FROM 120 TO 125 MPH. THE FIRST PRIMARY DAMAGE TRACK WAS OBSERVED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CLOVIS, JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 70 NORTH TO MABRY STREET. ANOTHER DAMAGE TRACK WAS NOTED ON THE EAST NORTHEAST SIDE OF CLOVIS, MAINLY A FEW BLOCKS WEST OF SYCAMORE STREET, FROM MABRY STREET NORTH TO 21ST STREET. MOBILE HOMES WERE DESTROYED, TREES KNOCKED DOWN, POWER POLES SNAPPED, AND ROOFS OF SUBSTANTIAL BUILDINGS AND HOMES HEAVILY DAMAGED OR BLOWN OFF.
0091 EF0 0324 0158 000 000 NM LOCO HILLS
*DATE*0323*
0092 EF0 0324 0240 000 000 TX BOVINA
*DATE*0323*
PATH OF INTERMITTENT DAMAGE OCCURRED FROM BOVINA TO ABOUT 1.5 MILES NORTH OF BOVINA. A HOME LOST A ROOF AND SEVERAL SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO WINDOWS, TREES AND CAR PORTS.
0093 EF2 0324 0420 000 000 TX MORTON
*DATE*0323*
SEVERAL COTTON GINS DAMAGED. POWER POLE DAMAGE.
0094 EF1 0324 0859 000 000 TX MCLEAN
PATH LENGTH OF 2 MILES AND WIDTH OF 50 YARDS. STORM SURVEY REVEALED EF1 TORNADIC DAMAGE ON SOUTH AND EAST SIDES OF MCLEAN CENTERED ON SOUTH FM 3143.
0095 EF0 0324 2222 000 000 CO HOLYOKE
ON THE GROUND FOR A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF MINUTES
0096 EF0 0325 1732 000 000 TX LUBBOCK
TOUCHED DOWN IN SOUTH LUBBOCK. MINOR TREE DAMAGE NEAR 98TH AND MLK BLVD. A SHED DAMAGED NEAR 98TH AND INDIANA. POWER LINES DOWN NEAR 82ND AND HIGHWAY 87. EVENT DURATION 1232 PM TO 1244 PM.
0097 EF0 0325 1749 000 000 TX LUBBOCK
NO DAMAGE REPORTED... EVENT DURATION 1249 PM TO 105 PM.
0098 EF0 0325 2155 000 000 TX TULIA
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NEAR THE SWISHER/CASTRO COUNTY LINE. EVENT DURATION 455 PM TO 508 PM.
0099 EF0 0325 2200 000 000 TX OLTON
MULTIPLE REPORTS AND PHOTOS RECEIVED. NO DAMAGE. EVENT DURATION 500 PM TO 515 PM.
0100 EF0 0326 1937 000 000 TX HONDO
TORNADO REPORTED AT US HWY 173 AND CO ROAD 6644.
0101 EF1 0327 1631 000 000 TX MARSHALL
TOUCHED DOWN SW OF MARSHALL AND MOVED 10 MILES NE STAYING WEST OF LOOP 390 ENDING JUST BEFORE REACHING HWY 59.
0102 EF0 0327 1740 000 000 TX SCOTTSVILLE
TOUCHED DOWN 3 E OF SCOTTSVILLE AND MOVED NE FOR ABOUT 6 MILES NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF LEIGH.
0103 EF0 0327 1914 000 000 AR LEWISVILLE
TOUCHED DOWN IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY 7 MILES NW OF LEWISVILLE ON COUNTY RD 5...JUST W OF HIGHWAY 29. A CHICKEN HOUSE WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED AND SOME TREES WERE DOWNED AT THIS LOCATION. THE TORNADO MOVED NNE INTO HEMPSTEAD COUNTY AND KNOCKED DOWN SEVERAL TREES...AND DAMAGED ANOTHER CHICKEN HOUSE ON HWY 355...1 MILE EAST OF HWY 29. LENGTH 5 MILES.
0104 EF1 0327 1935 000 000 LA SIKES FERRY
TOUCHED DOWN IN NORTHERN WEBSTER PARISH NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF SIKES FERRY ALONG ROUTE 2. THE DAMAGE CONSISTED OF TREES BLOWN DOWN AND TWISTED OFF. THE TRACK CONTINUED NE ALONG RT 2 CROSSING THE HIGHWAY SEVERAL TIMES CAUSING CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. AS THE STORM MOVED NE TOWARD THE WESTERN SIDE OF SHONGALOO...THE TREE DAMAGE BECAME MORE SPOTTY. DOWNED TREES WERE NOTED ACROSS SHONGALOO WITH THE LAST LOCATION OF DAMAGE AT RT 615 AND MODISETTE RD. LENGTH WAS 8 MILES AND 75 YARDS WIDE. ESTIMATED WINDS 90 TO 100 MPH.
0105 EF0 0328 2220 000 000 TX SILVERTON
CONFIRMED BY STORM CHASERS
0106 EF0 0328 2303 000 000 TX SILVERTON
CONFIRMED BY STORM CHASERS
0107 EF0 0328 2306 000 000 TX SOUTH PLAINS
CONFIRMED BY STORM CHASERS
0108 EF0 0328 2335 000 000 TX SOUTH BRICE
CONFIRMED BY STORM CHASERS
0109 EF0 0328 2352 000 000 KS SHARON SPRINGS
WEAK TORNADO NEAR SHARON SPRING WITH NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.
0110 EF1 0329 0012 000 000 NE MERRIMAN
*DATE*0328*
2 WEST OF MORGAN LAKE...150 TO 200 YARDS WIDE. TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST AND TOOK THE TOPS OUT OF TREES AND THE DOOR OFF A HOUSE BEFORE LIFTING JUST SOUTH OF THE SNAKE RIVER.
0111 EF2 0329 0028 002 000 TX/OK BOOKER
*DATE*0328* *BORDER CROSSER*
TOUCHED DOWN IN NORTHERN LIPSCOMB COUNTY BETWEEN BOOKER AND DAROUZETT, ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF THE BEAVER/LIPSCOMB COUNTY LINE. MOVED N AND ENTERED BEAVER COUNTY AT 7:39 PM DAMAGE OCCURRED ON A FARMSTEAD 1 MI INTO BEAVER COUNTY SEVERELY DAMAGING SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS AND A GRAIN BIN. BRIEFLY BECAME A LARGE MULTI VORTEX TORNADO AND THEN CONSOLIDATED INTO ONE LARGE FUNNEL, SNAPPING POWER POLES AND LARGE TREES. STRUCK AND DESTROYED A SINGLE FAMILY HOME ABOUT 9 N OF THE LIPSCOMB/BEAVER COUNTY LINE WHERE 2 FATALITIES OCCURRED. LENGTH 22 MILES...WIDTH 150 YARDS.
0112 EF0 0329 0035 000 000 KS COOLIDGE
*DATE*0328*
IN HAMILTON COUNTY...5.5 MILE LONG PATH THAT TRACKED FROM 8.5 NNE COOLIDGE TO 13.9 NNE OF COOLIDGE. 100 YARDS WIDE AND ON THE GROUND FOR 10 MINUTES. THIS TORNADO CONTINUED INTO SOUTH CENTRAL GREELEY COUNTY.
0113 EF1 0329 0042 000 000 KS FOWLER
*DATE*0328*
FROM 3 W FOWLER TO 5.3 S OF ENSIGN. TORNADO HAD A PATH LENGTH OF 13.3 MILES AND A WIDTH OF 125 YARDS. WAS ON THE GROUND FOR 23 MINUTES.
0114 EF2 0329 0046 000 000 TX HEDLEY
*DATE*0328*
DEVELOPED 6 MILES NE OF HEDLEY IN EAST CENTRAL DONLEY COUNTY. INITIAL PHASE OF THIS TORNADO WAS FAIRLY WEAK WITH MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRING TO A TIN ROOF, FENCES, AND SMALL TREE LIMBS. PROGRESSIVELY GOT STRONGER RESULTING IN SEVERE DAMAGE TO DEER BLINDS AND CONSIDERABLE LOSS OF METAL ROOFING TO A HOME AND THE DETACHED GARAGE. THE WORST DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR THE END OF THE TORNADO. NUMEROUS LARGE TREE LIMBS WERE DOWNED AND SEVERAL TREE TRUNKS WERE SNAPPED AT THE BASE. A LARGE BARN WAS NEARLY COMPLETELY SWEPT AWAY WITH PORTIONS OF THE STRUCTURE FOUND UP TO 500 YARDS AWAY. SEVERAL POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED AND CARRIED OVER 20 YARDS. A LARGE BARN WAS DESTROYED AND CARRIED AWAY FROM THE BARN AND DEPOSITED IN A NEARBY TREE. A VAN WAS ALSO DISPLACED INTO A GROVE OF TREES NEAR GROUND LEVEL.
0115 EF1 0329 0051 000 000 NE ARTHUR
*DATE*0328*
TOUCHED DOWN APPROX 3 MILES NORTH OF THE ARTHUR AND KEITH COUNTY LINE...IN EXTREME SW ARTHUR COUNTY. ON THE GROUND INTERMITTENTLY FOR APPROX 15 MILES BEFORE LIFTING IN NW ARTHUR COUNTY. RESPONSIBLE FOR DESTROYING APPROX 160 FEET OF WINDBREAK NEAR A RESIDENCE IN SW ARTHUR COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH AND 11 MILES WEST OF ARTHUR.
0116 EF2 0329 0055 000 000 OK BEAVER
*DATE*0328*
TOUCHED DOWN 9 MILES EAST OF BEAVER JUST S OF THE BAR-B RANCH. MOVED N AND DAMAGED MUCH OF THE RANCH PROPERTY, MAINLY ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE. A LARGE HORSE TRAILER AND SEVERAL OTHER UTILITY TRAILERS WERE DESTROYED AS THEY BOUNCED AND ROLLED AND/OR BECAME AIRBORNE FOR SIGNIFICANT DISTANCES. LARGE GRAIN SILO WAS TOPPLED WITH PARTS OF THE ROOF CARRIED OVER 100 YARDS. LENGTH 5 MILES...WIDTH 100 YARDS.
0117 EF2 0329 0055 000 002 TX JERICHO
*DATE*0328*
4.5 MILES...600 YARDS. MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS TO 2 SEMI TRUCKS THAT WERE CAUGHT AND BADLY DAMAGED. TWO INJURIES OCCURRED WITH THE TRUCKS.
0118 EF0 0329 0103 000 000 NE LAMAR
*DATE*0328*
CONFIRMED BY STORM CHASERS.
0119 EF0 0329 0108 000 000 KS EDSON
*DATE*0328*
TRACKED NORTHWARD INTO NORTHEAST SHERMAN COUNTY. NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.
0120 EF1 0329 0108 000 000 KS TRIBUNE
*DATE*0328*
MOVED NORTH THROUGH GREELEY COUNTY AND INTENSIFIED AS IT CROSSED INTO EXTREME SOUTHERN WALLACE COUNTY. THIS TORNADO BADLY DAMAGED THREE VACANT MOBILE HOMES.
0121 EF1 0329 0114 000 000 KS CIMARRON
*DATE*0328*
FROM 1.7 NW ENSIGN TO 4.3 ENE OF CIMARRON. TORNADO HAD A PATH LENGTH OF 10.4 MILES AND A WIDTH OF 200 YARDS. WAS ON THE GROUND FOR 17 MINUTES.
0122 EF2 0329 0115 000 000 TX MCLEAN
*DATE*0328*
TORNADO DEVELOPED 10 S OF MCLEAN IN NE DONLEY COUNTY. MOVED NNE ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF MCLEAN. A MAX WIND SPEED REACHED 127 MPH AT 8:35 PM AS REPORTED AT THE WEST TEXAS MESONET WEATHER STATION, 1 MILE EAST OF MCLEAN. MAJOR DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING. THE TEXAS DOT METEOROLOGICAL TOWER WAS BENT AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE TO THE GROUND 1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF MCLEAN. APPROX 500 YARDS TO THE NNE OF THIS TOWER, A METAL VETERINARY CLINIC HAD A TXDOT HWY SIGN IMPACT THE BUILDING AND PENETRATE THE METAL SIDING AND ALSO LOST PART OF THE TIN FROM THE ROOF. A LARGE BARN WAS ALSO DESTROYED ALONG WITH SOME TREE DAMAGE JUST NE OF MCLEAN DURING THE FINAL STAGES OF THE TORNADO.
0123 EF0 0329 0120 000 000 NE GRANT
*DATE*0328*
CONFIRMED BY STORM CHASERS.
0124 EF2 0329 0122 000 000 NE
