SE Harris Tornado Summary

Southeast Harris County Tornado Summary
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...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR JANUARY 24 2023 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE 
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.SOUTHEAST HARRIS COUNTY TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF3
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    140 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  18.7256 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   1000.0 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               NO SERIOUS INJURIES REPORTED

START DATE:             01/24/2023
START TIME:             02:15 PM CST
START LOCATION:         3 NNE PEARLAND / HARRIS COUNTY / TX
START LAT/LON:          29.597 / -95.2527

END DATE:               01/24/2023
END TIME:               02:50 PM CST
END LOCATION:           3 WNW BAYTOWN / HARRIS COUNTY / TX
END LAT/LON:            29.7715 / -95.0176

SURVEY SUMMARY:
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR EL FRANCO LEE PARK EAST OF BROOKSIDE
VILLAGE. A NEAR-CONTINUOUS PATH OF DAMAGE EXTENDED EAST-
NORTHEAST, THEN NORTHEAST FROM THERE, ACROSS PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST HOUSTON, PASADENA, DEER PARK AND BAYTOWN. MOST OF THE
DAMAGE WAS RATED EF0 AND EF1 WITH DAMAGE TO TREES, FENCES AND
MINOR ROOF DAMAGE, BUT THERE WERE SOME SPOTS WITH MORE SEVERE
DAMAGE, RATED EF2. THESE INCLUDED THE BEAMER APARTMENTS IN
SOUTHEAST HOUSTON, A FEW HOMES IN PASADENA, A CHURCH IN DEER PARK 
NEAR CENTER STREET AND EAST P STREET, AND A SINGLE FAMILY HOME 
WITH ROOF AND SOME WALLS REMOVED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF EAST X 
ST AND LUELLA. 

FROM AN AERIAL SURVEY, THERE WERE THREE HIGH TENSION ELECTRICAL 
TOWERS FLATTENED SUGGESTING EF 3 DAMAGE NE OF DEER PARK NEAR THE 
HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL. FROM THERE, THE DAMAGE PATH ENTERED BAYTOWN, NORTH OF 
THE SHIP CHANNEL. IN BAYTOWN THERE WAS A MOBILE HOME AND A
SINGLE FAMILY HOME DESTROYED ALONG WEAVER STREET NEAR BAYWAY.
DAMAGE BECAME MORE SPOTTY, LESS INTENSE NORTHEAST FROM THERE WITH
SPOTTY DAMAGE AS FAR NORTH AS TX 330 SPUR. AERIAL SURVEYS 
SUGGESTED SOME MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO THE EXXON BUILDING SOUTH OF 
WEST BAKER STREET. NO DAMAGE WAS INDICATED, EITHER FROM WIND OR
THIS TORNADO, EITHER FROM AIR OR GROUND, NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10.

SURVEY RESULTS FROM ADDITIONAL TORNADOES SURVEYED YESTERDAY WILL
BE SENT LATER TODAY. NWS IS ALSO STILL GATHERING DAMAGE INFORMATION. 
AN AREA NEAR NOME, TX WILL BE SURVEYED TODAY. NOT OUT OF QUESTION
ADDITONAL SURVEYS MAY BE DONE BEYOND THAT. STAY TUNED FOR UDPATES.


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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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