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Heavy Rainfall to Continue Through Tonight in Central Texas; Heat in the East, Interior Northwest, and Southwest

Isolated heavy rainfall will continue through tonight across portions of central Texas, though some relief from the heavy rain is expected on Tuesday. Heat and humidity will remain in place across the Eastern U.S. and interior Northwest U.S. over the next few days with widespread moderate to major Heat Risk. Dangerous heat will build into the Desert Southwest Tuesday through Thursday. Read More >

Hart County

EF1 Tornado

Path length:  11 miles (skipping)

Path width:  150 yards

Injuries:  0

Deaths:  0

Touchdown:  12:32am EST

Liftoff:  12:43am EST

The tornado first touched down three and a half miles northwest of Bonnieville, destroying several barns and a mobile home on and neat Lone Star Road.  It then lifted and touched down briefly again 2.1 miles north of Bonnieville along US 31W.  There it damaged or destroyed several more barns and mobile homes.  It next touched down six miles northeast of Bonnieville near the intersection of Bacon Creek and Hammonville roads where it destroyed one barn and damaged the roof of another, as well as causing minor damage to nearby homes.  After lifting again, the tornado touched down near US 31E where it again damaged several barns.

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Page last updated: 4/14/2008  2:00 AM EDT