Tornado Event Summary
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed minor damage in Far Southern Lamar County and determined that it was consistent with a low end EF-1 tornado. The tornado touched down in a wooded area about 150 yards west of Leonard Drive, over a grassy plot, and then uprooted and snapped a dozen pine trees across a utility right of way. The worst damage, which tipped the rating into the low end, EF-1 range, occurred where the tornado first began. The tornado then continued east-southeastward across Leonard Drive, producing minor sporadic tree damage for the remainder of the path, which crossed Evans Road/SLS Road, just south of South Lamar High School. Sporadic tree damage continued to just across Conklan Road, where several large limbs and tree tops were twisted but still intact.
The tornado damage path was 1.0 mile long and was 115 yards wide at its widest point.
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