Severe thunderstorms are forecast through this weekend along a slow moving cold front and secondary storm system that will impact areas from the southern Plains to the Great Lakes. Large hail and isolated damaging wind gusts are the main threats with these storms along with a risk for heavy to excessive rainfall which could bring flooding. Read More >
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An active week of severe weather continued to affect portions of the Four State Region on February 21, 2013. While still cleaning up from a tornado outbreak on February 18, another strong, late-winter storm system moved across the region spawning severe thunderstorms and tornadoes. Several instances of straight-line wind damage were recorded in Cherokee County northwest of Wells, TX. Based on the damage northwest of Wells, wind speeds were estimated to be near 100 mph. Meteorologists from the National Weather Service in Shreveport conducted damage surveys in the days following the storms. The report below is presented in chronological order of when the tornadoes occurred. More information may be added to this page in the coming days as it becomes available. |
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TOTAL TORNADO COUNT = 2
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