Tornado Reports
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| 22:06Z | EFU | KGRK | TX | Coryell | North Ft Hood | A tornado was documented by pictures and videos over the Fort Hood military base. This area is undeveloped and has little access. No damage was reported. Times and path were determined by using visual reports and radar tracking of a tornadic debris signature. |
| 22:29Z | EF1 | KGRK | TX | Williamson | Florence | The Florence tornado formed just east of SH195 and the first observed damage to trees and some homes were seen along Ramms Drive. At this area significant tree damage was observed with several large mature oak trees uprooted. The damage in this area was rated EF1. The tornado continued east and crossed CR228 where more tree damage was seen. The tornado turned toward the east-northeast and likely remained on the ground east of CR228 (Doppler radar indicated a tornado debris signature). After approximately 1.3 miles the storm turned back to the east before it neared the Williamson/Bell County line about 0.15 miles west-northwest of CR231 in far northern Williamson County. A mobile home was shifted off its foundation at this location on the county line and multiple large oak trees were snapped and uprooted. This damage was also rated EF1. While in Williamson County this tornado had a maximum width of 500 yards and maximum winds of near 100 mph with a path length of 3.54 miles. |
| 22:34Z | EF3 | KGRK | TX | Bell | Youngsport | This tornado began in northern Williamson County and additional information about the beginning of this tornado track can be found from the NWS Austin/San Antonio office.||Video evidence taken on the ground during the tornadic event, and areal footage of the damage track show the parent circulation produced at least 3 small, brief tornadoes while the storm circulation was near and east of the county line. Scattered damage points and small paths are making it difficult to determine which areas may have been impacted by each of these smaller tornadoes before the parent tornado formed. Therefore, in the area just east of the Williamson/Bell County line, the damage extent of the tornadic track has been widened to include all the known damage points (all EF-0s or EF-1s). In this case, since it is too difficult to discern the smaller tracks, and because they all formed from the same parent circulation within a short amount of time of each other, they will all be considered one tornado. The maximum width listed will remain the maximum width of the parent tornado (the EF-3 tornado).||The tornado, which began in northern Williamson County, entered extreme southern Bell County north of the junction between Bell County Road 231 and FM 2843. In this area there was a narrow swath of tree damage consistent with EF-0 intensity wind speeds, with some damage to outbuildings as well. The tornado moved east-northeast and intersected FM 2843, where the damage to trees and structures became much more significant. At least 15-20 damaged homes were visible to the survey team on both sides of FM 2843, with the most significant damage concentrated near the junction of FM 2843 and Buttermilk Road. In this vicinity, at least 10 structures suffered EF-2 to EF-3 intensity damage, with a small cluster of homes experiencing estimated peak tornado wind speeds of 150 to 165 mph. These structures had all or most of their roofs removed, and some of them had one or more exterior walls collapsed. Two churches along FM 2843 in the vicinity of Buttermilk Road were seriously damaged, with roofing material removed and multiple walls collapsed. Numerous vehicles in the area had significant damage consistent with being rolled or having flying projectiles thrown into them. Many hardwood trees along the FM 2843 corridor in the tornado path were uprooted or snapped, and many power poles were also snapped.||Beyond Buttermilk Road, the tornado continued traveling east-northeastward another 1.5 miles along FM 2843, then began a sharp turn to the northeast and eventually a northerly direction. Aerial footage allowed us to track the damage through inaccessible areas where notable tree damage, damage to homes and barns was observed along the path of the tornado.||The tornado reached Crows Ranch Rd and damaged aluminum panels of the roof of a home and blew in the panel garage door. It continued over a ridge line, then intensified again shortly before crossing FM 2484. It uprooted many large trees, shifted a large barn's walls, lifted roof panels off a shed, and caused significant damage to a residence. The residence's roof was almost entirely removed from the structure, and a section of the south facing wall was blown in. The east facing wall was completely blown out, all consistent with a high-end EF2 rating in this location. The tornado then continued northwest into the South Shore neighborhood, and then into Union Grove Park where it lifted shortly after moving onto Stillhouse Hollow Lake. |
| 23:15Z | EF2 | KDMX | IA | Pocahontas | Palmer | Tornado developed a few miles east northeast of Palmer and moved northeast to north for the entire path. The tornado destroyed a farm buildings and also snapped several power poles producing the EF2 rating. Otherwise, much of the path was in rural cropland with a large dust cloud enveloping the tornado for much of its life. |
| 23:28Z | EF1 | KDMX | IA | Humboldt | Unique | This tornado had an unusual path with a fishhook shaped track. The tornado started to the northwest just south of 230th Street between Elm and Florida Avenues. The tornado produced EF1 damage at a farmstead on the south side of 230th street, mostly to trees. The tornado began to loop northward along Elm Avenue producing damage at a couple of farms. The tornado continued to curve toward the northeast and eventually an east northeast heading ending a little over a mile southwest of Rutland, IA. |
| 23:34Z | EF1 | KPOE | LA | Ouachita | Frizzell | A brief EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 110 mph touched down in the Swartz community near Woodmont Drive, where it tracked just east of due north for around two and a half miles over a largely residential area. Direct damage was primarily to trees, although many structures and homes were damaged due to falling trees and tree limbs. The tree damage was near the EF-0 to EF-1 threshold for most of the track, with many more uproots and trunk snaps. However, near the end of the tornado along and north of Highway 139, the level of tree damage indicated a strengthening of the tornado, in particular along Trichel Lane. It was near the end of this road that approximately one hundred trees were snapped and uprooted, warranting a peak wind speed estimate of 110 mph, which is a high-end EF-1 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. Unfortunately, one of these trees destroyed a mobile home and a resident inside was injured, but not critically. |
| 23:39Z | EF2 | KDMX | IA | Humboldt | Rutland | This tornado also had a fishhook shape with the initial touchdown captured on video providing evidence of its northwest heading. This occurred just north of 180th Street west of Georgia Avenue. The tornado had more of a north heading upon crossing 170th Street and impacted a couple of farmstead, producing EF1 damage. The tornado continued to curve counter-clockwise eventually reaching a northeast heading. Upon crossing Iowa Avenue just north of 145th Street, numerous sizeable power poles were snapped with EF2 damage occurring. The tornado diminished about one and a quarter mile southeast of Bode, IA. |
| 23:43Z | EFU | KOAX | NE | Seward | Beaver Crossing | Trained spotters reported with video of a tornado that developed and moved across the region between 378 and 398 Road near O Street. |
| 00:25Z | EF0 | KGRK | TX | Bell | Seaton | A tornado was visually confirmed by storm chasers, but only scattered broken tree branches were found. The first tree branches were found near the intersection of Seaton Road and Big Elm Creek, with additional branches found along rural roads. The tornado lifted over Twister Road shortly after crossing FM 437. |
| 00:33Z | EF0 | KDMX | IA | Hancock | Kanawha | The tornado developed just west of Iowa Avenue south of 120th Street west of Kanawha and immediately produced minor damage to outbuildings. The tornado continued east northeast and grazed the northwest edge of Kanawha with tree branches downed along with minor damage to a few houses, mainly from missing shingles. The tornado dissipated not far northeast of the town. |
| 01:08Z | EF1 | KOAX | IA | Harrison | Euclid | This tornado started southeast of Missouri Valley along the north end of an area of downburst wind damage. The tornado caused tree damage, destroyed a few barns and sheds, and minor home damage. |
| 01:24Z | EF1 | KOAX | NE | Otoe | Unadilla | An EF1 tornado briefly touched down in Unadilla, Nebraska. The tornado was embedded within a strong squall line moving through the area. Tree damage was noted, and damage to three homes was also observed. Siding and gutters were torn off, windows were broken, and the roof of another home was a partially torn off. |
| 01:25Z | EF0 | KOAX | IA | Harrison | Woodbine Muni Arpt | This is the second EF1 tornado that formed southeast of Woodbine and was on the ground for approximately 2.3 miles. Most damage was to trees at the start of the tornado but near the end of the track it destroyed a shed and caused damage to other farm structures. Wind estimate was 90 mph. |
| 02:54Z | EF1 | KSHV | LA | Caddo | Dixie | An EF-0 tornado with estimated maximum winds around 80 mph which was embedded in a quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) touched down on a farm to the northwest of Blanchard in Caddo Parish. A center pivot irrigation system was flipped by the tornado as it crossed an open field. The tornado then snapped tree limbs before partially removing the roofs of four metal farm buildings along Sentell Road. The tornado then crossed the Red River into Bossier Parish. It should be noted that while the tornado was an EF-0 in Caddo Parish, it did intensify into an EF-1 with estimated maximum winds around 110 mph after it entered Bossier Parish. |
| 02:55Z | EF1 | KSHV | LA | Bossier | Willow Chute | This is a continuation of the Caddo Parish tornado. This tornado intensified to an EF-1 with estimated maximum winds near 110 mph as it moved over a heavily wooded area near and just south of Willow Bend Road northwest of Benton, where it snapped and uprooted hardwood and softwood trees. The most intense damage was to a guest house which was shifted off of its foundation and destroyed. The tornado continued on to remove a large portion of the roof of a two-story single family home. Two children on the second story of the home were saved by their father who got the Tornado Warning via a Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) on his wireless phone, and then moved them to a tornado shelter in the center of the home on the first floor. The tornado continued on to damage another single family home and then cross Old Plain Dealing Road. After crossing Old Plain Dealing Road, the tornado removed the roof of a small metal outbuilding and snapped/uprooted several more hardwood and softwood trees before moving into a forested area and lifting. |
| 02:55Z | EF0 | KSHV | LA | Caddo | Lucas | An EF-0 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 85 mph embedded within a quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) touched down along Sophia Lane and Brunswick Drive in Southeast Shreveport. There, large branches of hardwood and softwood trees were broken and twisted off. The tornado then damaged a food stand as it crossed Youree Drive, while also damaging large branches and uprooting a couple of trees. Minor shingle damage to single family homes adjacent to LSU-Shreveport also resulted from this tornado, before tracking across the LSU-S campus, uprooting trees and downing large branches. The tornado also damaged the soccer and baseball fields at LSU-S before crossing East Kings Highway and the Red River into Western Bossier Parish. |
| 02:56Z | EF1 | KSHV | LA | Bossier | Curtis | The is a continuation of the Eastern Caddo Parish (Southeast Shreveport) EF-0 tornado. This tornado maintained its intensity with estimated maximum winds near 85 mph as it crossed over into South Bossier City in Bossier Parish, where it continued to uproot trees and down/twist large tree branches. It also uprooted trees which split at least three manufactured homes off of Alfred Lane as they fell and damaged several others. The tornado continued on to General Ewell Drive, and then moved over a forested area on Barksdale Air Force Base. Personnel from Barksdale Air Force Base relayed that trees were uprooted and that large tree branches were broken via pictures as the tornado crossed the southern and eastern forested portions of the base. Beyond Barksdale Air Force Base, only thunderstorm wind damage was found off of Union Texas Road and Academy Lane by Haughton Elementary School in Haughton. |
| 02:57Z | EF0 | KSHV | LA | Caddo | Hosston | An EF-0 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 80 mph that was embedded within a quasi-linear convective system (QLCS), briefly touched down along Hosston Rodessa Road just north of the Hosston city limits, where it twisted and broke off small and large hardwood tree branches. The tornado continued to down additional tree branches along Christian Street, before lifting as it crossed Highway 71. |
| 03:23Z | EF1 | KSHV | LA | Bienville | Woodardville | An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 100 mph touched down in a wooded area west of Layfield Road west of Castor, and tracked northeast across Highway 4, snapping and uprooting numerous trees along its path. One area of maximum winds was found in an open field just west of Layfield Road where 10-11 wooden power poles were snapped just west of Highway 4. The tornado continued northeast across Highway 792 north of Castor, where it tracked along and just north of Ayers Road and across a logging camp, where a second area of maximum winds were found on Kepler Road just north of Ayers Road. The tornado continued to track northeast over a heavily wooded area inaccessible by vehicle, but dopplar radar indicated a tornadic debris signature north of Highway 4 and west of Highway 9. The tornado lifted prior to reaching Highway 9 and the community of Bienville, although straight line winds estimated to be near 90 mph were found here as numerous trees were snapped and uprooted, but all lying in a northeasterly direction. |
| 03:26Z | EF1 | KDMX | IA | Cerro Gordo | Clear Lake Jct | This QLCS tornado developed to the southwest of the intersection of 43rd Street SW and South Federal Avenue. The tornado crossed Federal Avenue and produced EF1 damage to several commercial buildings on the east side of the road. The tornado continued northeast and damaged another commercial building along 245th Street near the Union Pacific railroad. Additional damage occurred to trees along S Kentucky Avenue and eventually near 4th Street SE near Yorktown Pike. The tornado lifted before encountering Buena Vista University - Mason City Campus. |
| 03:34Z | EF1 | KMPX | IA | Worth | Grafton | Tornado developed south of Highway 9 and west of Warbler Avenue and moved northeast. The tornado encountered a farmstead on the south side of Highway 9 producing EF1 damage to trees and an outbuilding. The tornado continued northeast and remained in rural farmland the rest of its path. |
| 03:41Z | EF0 | KSHV | AR | Nevada | Prescott | An EF-0 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 85 mph briefly touched down on the west side of Highway 371 about one mile south of Prescott, where a number of trees were uprooted. The tornado crossed Highway 371 where additional trees were uprooted, before the tornado lifted. |
| 03:41Z | EF0 | KDMX | IA | Floyd | Rudd | An EF0 tornado developed northeast of Nora Springs and moved northeast across rural parts of Floyd County before moving into Mitchell County. Damage appeared to be limited and mainly to trees. |
| 03:46Z | EF2 | KARX | MN | Mower | Taopi | This EF2 tornado formed southwest of Taopi and quickly intensified and caused significant damage in Taopi. Most buildings were damaged and 10 were destroyed. Cars were tossed, grain bins destroyed, and numerous trees and power lines downed. Two people were injured seeking shelter from the storm when they became trapped under debris. Just outside of Taopi, part of the roof was removed from a farmhouse, several outbuildings were damaged, and several head of cattle were missing. |
| 03:46Z | EF0 | KDMX | IA | Mitchell | Meroa | This EF0 tornado developed in Floyd County and moved into Mitchell County southwest of Osage. The tornado moved to the northeast across rural parts of southern Mitchell County before dissipating south of Osage. Damage was primarily limited to trees. |
| 03:57Z | EF1 | KARX | IA | Mitchell | New Haven | This EF1 tornado developed south of New Haven and tracked northeast before moving into Howard County, passing south of Riceville. Along the path, numerous farm buildings, grain bins, and trees were damaged or destroyed. |
| 03:57Z | EF1 | KARX | IA | Mitchell | Brownvlle | This EF1 tornado developed southwest of Brownville and proceeded to move northeast through the small community before dissipating northeast of town. Farm outbuildings and trees were damaged along the path. |
| 04:05Z | EF1 | KARX | IA | Howard | Riceville | This EF1 tornado moved into Howard County south of Riceville and moved to the northeast before dissipating southeast of Riceville. Damage was mainly limited to trees. |
| 04:08Z | EF1 | KARX | MN | Fillmore | Ostrander | An EF1 tornado formed southwest of Spring Valley and moved almost due north before dissipating west of Spring Valley. The tornado blew down a barn and damaged several other farm buildings along its path. Several new power poles along County Highway 1 were leaning after the storm. |
| 04:10Z | EF0 | KARX | IA | Howard | Saratoga | An EF0 tornado developed southwest of Saratoga and tracked to the northeast before dissipating southeast of town. The tornado damaged trees and some farm outbuildings along its path. |
| 04:36Z | EF0 | KARX | IA | Winneshiek | Ridgeway | An EF0 tornado touched down just outside of Ridgeway and moved into the very northwest side of town before dissipating. A few farm outbuildings were damaged along the path, and a livestock trailer was flipped onto its top. |
| 04:40Z | EF0 | KARX | MN | Winona | Fremont | This EF0 tornado moved across rural parts of southwest Winona County in the Shelton Hill area. The tornado only caused some tree damage as it moved across farm fields. |
| 04:41Z | EF0 | KARX | MN | Winona | Fremont | This EF0 tornado developed just southeast of the Fremont area in southwest Winona County and moved north across Interstate 90 before dissipating. Damage was limited to trees. |
Storm reports are derived from "The Storm Events Database" (National Centers for Environmental Information) and/or "Past Storm Reports" (Storm Prediction Center).