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10 Tornadoes Across North Texas
May 19th, 2015
PRELIMINARY DATA
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 917 PM CDT WED MAY 20 2015 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 05/19/15 NORTH TEXAS TORNADOES... ...CORRECTED WIND SPEEDS FOR RUNAWAY BAY TORNADOES... .OVERVIEW... THE FIRST TORNADO OF THE DAY WAS JUST EAST OF WAXAHACHIE. TEN TO FIFTEEN HOMES SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE...MAINLY ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOMES. TWO SEPARATE SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS PALO PINTO COUNTY DURING THE EVENING OF TUESDAY MAY 19TH 2015. THESE STORMS SPAWNED THREE TORNADOES IN PALO PINTO COUNTY. A STORM SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO /POSSIBLY MULTIPLE VORTEX/ JUST TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CITY OF PALO PINTO IN PASTURE LAND AND FOREST AREAS...PRODUCING SOME ISOLATED TREE DAMAGE. A PAIR OF TORNADOES OCCURED IN MINERAL WELLS. THE PALO PINTO COUNTY EMERGENCY MANGER REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR U.S. 180 ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF MINERAL WELLS. A NWS SURVEY TEAM FOUND MINOR TREE DAMAGE ACROSS THIS LOCATION. THE SECOND TORNADO DEVELOPED IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF MINERAL WELLS...AND TRACKED NORTHEAST THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE CITY...BEFORE DISSIPATING JUST NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN. A NWS SURVEY TEAM FOUND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN MINERAL WELLS CONSISTENT WITH AN EF-1 TORNADO. THIS DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH...OUR LADY OF LOURDES CATHOLIC CHURCH...AND SEVERAL BUSINESSES ALONG THE PATH OF THE TORNADO. SEVERAL OTHER RESIDENCES AND BUSINESSES EXPERIENCED DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH EF-0 INTENSITIES. IN ADDITION...NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED OR HAD LARGE LIMBS REMOVED DUE TO THE TORNADO ANDSEVERAL POWER POLES WERE ALSO SNAPPED OR SERIOUSLY DAMAGED. ATTENTION THEN TURNED TO THE JACK AND WISE COUNTY AREAS. IN WESTERN JACK COUNTY...NEAR SENATE...THERE WAS EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS AND/OR WALL CLOUDS. THE DAMAGE PATTERN IN THIS PART OF JACK COUNTY WAS INCONCLUSIVE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE CIRCULATION EVER MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. THEREFORE...IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT STRAIGHTLINE WINDS UP TO 85 MPH OCCURRED IN THE SENATE AREA. A BRIEF TORNADO OCCURRED IN JACKSBORO...JUST WEST OF DOWNTOWN. IN AND NEAR RUNAWAY BAY...SEVERAL SHORT LIVED TORNADOES OCCURRED. THE FIRST PRODUCED DAMAGE TO TREES...HOMES...AND FARM EQUIPMENT NEAR VINEYARD...IN EASTERN JACK COUNTY. THE SECOND TORNADO NEAR RUNAWAY BAY OCCURRED SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY AND DAMAGED MAINLY TREES ON THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST SIDE OF TOWN. NEARLY SIMULTANEOUSLY...A THIRD TORNADO DEVELOPED OVER LAKE BRIDGEPORT AND MOVED IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION...SEVERELY DAMAGING A CONDOMINIUM AND SEVERAL HOMES IN RUNAWAY BAY. DESPITE THE ROUGH APPEARANCE OF THE DAMAGE...THE DAMAGE WAS LIKELY ENHANCED BY THE OPEN EXPOSURE TO THE LAKE. IN THE AREAS WHERE THE ROOFS WERE TORN OFF...OTHER CONDOMINUM UNITS SUFFERED LITTLE TO NO SHINGLE OR TREE DAMAGE. THUS...THE DAMAGE IN RUNAWAY BAY RECEIVED AN EF-0 DAMAGE RATING. THE LAST TORNADO NEAR RUNAWAY BAY DEVELOPED SOUTH OF THE LAKE...AND MOVED INTO THE BALSORA COMMUNITY. THIS TORNADO PRODUCED EF-1 DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES...FARM EQUIPMENT...AND MOBILE HOMES. THERE WAS EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE FOR AREAS AS FAR NORTH AS BRIDGEPORT...AND AS FAR SOUTH OF BOONESVILLE THAT WAS CAUSED BY STRAIGHTLINE WINDS. ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF POSSIBLE DAMAGE IN WISE COUNTY WILL BE INVESTIGATED LATER THIS WEEK. THE FINAL TORNADO OF THE EVENING OCCURRED JUST EAST OF DECATUR. THIS TORNADO PRODUCED DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES AND BARNS...INCLUDING LOW END EF-1 DAMAGE TO A FEW HOMES. .WAXAHACHIE TORNADO... RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.7 MILES /NON-CONTINUOUS/ PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: MAY 19 2015 START TIME: 321 PM CDT START LOCATION: 7 SSE WAXAHACHIE / ELLIS / TX END DATE: MAY 19 2015 END TIME: 333 PM CDT END LOCATION: 5 E WAXAHACHIE / ELLIS / TX .TORNADO NORTHEAST OF PALO PINTO... RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2 MILES /NON-CONTINUOUS/ PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: MAY 19 2015 START TIME: 619 PM CDT START LOCATION: 1.5 NE PALO PINTO / PALO PINTO / TX END DATE: MAY 19 2015 END TIME: 628 PM CDT END LOCATION: 3.5 NE PALO PINTO / PALO PINTO .MINERAL WELLS TORNADO #1... RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 65 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 5 MILES /NON-CONTINUOUS/ PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: MAY 19 2015 START TIME: 723 PM CDT START LOCATION: 1 W MINERAL WELLS / PALO PINTO / TX END DATE: MAY 19 2015 END TIME: 740 PM CDT END LOCATION: 5 NW MINERAL WELLS / PALO PINTO / TX .MINERAL WELLS TORNADO #2... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1 MILES /NON-CONTINUOUS/ PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: MAY 19 2015 START TIME: 729 PM CDT START LOCATION: MINERAL WELLS / PALO PINTO / TX END DATE: MAY 19 2015 END TIME: 733 PM CDT END LOCATION: 1 NW MINERAL WELLS / PALO PINTO / TX .VINEYARD TORNADO... RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 5.25 MILES /NON-CONTINUOUS/ PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 80 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: MAY 19 2015 START TIME: 918 PM CDT START LOCATION: 1 W VINEYARD / JACK / TX END DATE: MAY 19 2015 END TIME: 934 PM CDT END LOCATION: 1.5 SW RUNAWAY BAY / WISE / TX .RUNAWAY BAY TORNADO #1... RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2 MILES /NON-CONTINUOUS/ PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: MAY 19 2015 START TIME: 939 PM CDT START LOCATION: 1 SW RUNAWAY BAY / WISE / TX END DATE: MAY 19 2015 END TIME: 944 PM CDT END LOCATION: 1.5 S RUNAWAY BAY / WISE / TX .RUNAWAY BAY TORNADO #2... RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.8 MILES /NON-CONTINUOUS/ PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: MAY 19 2015 START TIME: 941 PM CDT START LOCATION: RUNAWAY BAY/ WISE / TX END DATE: MAY 19 2015 END TIME: 945 PM CDT END LOCATION: RUNAWAY BAY / WISE / TX .BALSORA TORNADO... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.5 MILES /NON-CONTINUOUS/ PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 900 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: MAY 19 2015 START TIME: 954 PM CDT START LOCATION: 1.75 NE BALSORA / WISE / TX END DATE: MAY 19 2015 END TIME: 959 PM CDT START LOCATION: 4.5 ENE BALSORA / WISE / TX .DECATUR TORNADO... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2 MILES /NON-CONTINUOUS/ PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 167 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: MAY 19 2015 START TIME: 1036 PM CDT START LOCATION: 2 E DECATUR / WISE / TX END DATE: MAY 19 2015 END TIME: 1051 PM CDT START LOCATION: 7 ESE DECATUR / WISE / TX .JACKSBORO TORNADO... RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 70 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.2 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 30 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: MAY 19 2015 START TIME: 1104 PM CDT START LOCATION: JACKSBORO / JACK / TX END DATE: MAY 19 2015 END TIME: 1105 PM CDT START LOCATION: JACKSBORO / JACK / TX 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 EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. $$ BAIN/BRADSHAW/BUCKLEW/CAVANAUGH/DUNN/FOX
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