Galveston Island Tornado - Local Storm Report

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1255 PM CDT MON AUG 31 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0948 PM     TORNADO          7 NE GALVESTON          29.30N 94.81W
08/30/2009  F1               GALVESTON          TX   NWS STORM SURVEY

            *** 3 INJ *** WATERSPOUT MOVED ONSHORE AND SEVERELY
            DAMAGED A GIFT SHOP AT 29TH STREET AND SEAWALL BLVD WITH
            WINDOWS BLOWN OUT AND HALF OF METAL ROOF REMOVED. WINDOWS
            OF A PATROL CAR WERE BLOWN OUT IN THE SAME AREA. DAMAGE
            PATH CONTINUED NORTHWEST ABOUT ONE THIRD A MILE WITH
            DAMAGE TO SEVERAL STRUCTURES. DAMAGE SUPPORTS LOW END EF1
            RATING WITH MAXIMUM WINDS ESTIMATED AT AROUND 90 MPH.

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DREILLY