Storm survey statements from Texas including an F2...

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1000 PM CST FRI MAR 5 2004


...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TEAMS SURVEY STORM DAMAGE...


EARLY THIS MORNING...YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE...LOCATED
IN SAN ANGELO TEXAS...ASSEMBLED AND DEPLOYED THREE TEAMS TO SURVEY
STORM DAMAGE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. ON THURSDAY MARCH 4 2004 AND
WITHIN A SPAN OF ONLY A FEW HOURS...A VERY STRONG UPPER-LEVEL STORM
SYSTEM PRODUCED NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MOVED QUICKLY
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS AND PRODUCED DAMAGE IN SEVERAL COMMUNITIES.

ONE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM TRAVELED TO NOLAN COUNTY
AND JONES COUNTY TO SURVEY STORM DAMAGE. AT LAKE SWEETWATER...
SOUTHEAST OF SWEETWATER...THE TEAM OBSERVED STORM DAMAGE AND DEBRIS
DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS CONSISTENT WITH AN F1 TORNADO ON THE FUJITA
TORNADO DAMAGE SCALE. FARTHER NORTH IN NORTHWESTERN JONES
COUNTY...THE TEAM SURVEYED SIGNIFICANT STORM DAMAGE IN HAMLIN.
DURING THEIR HAMLIN SURVEY...THE TEAM OBSERVED STORM DAMAGE AND
DEBRIS DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS CONSISTENT WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DOWNBURST WINDS...ALSO KNOWN AS STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS...WHICH LIKELY
EXCEEDED 80 MPH.

ANOTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM DROVE TO CENTRAL AND
NORTHEASTERN JONES COUNTY AND TO SOUTHEASTERN HASKEL COUNTY. IN
CENTRAL JONES COUNTY...THE TEAM OBSERVED STORM DAMAGE AND DEBRIS
DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS IN ANSON CONSISTENT WITH STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS
WHICH LIKELY EXCEEDED 80 MPH. NORTH OF ANSON IN STAMFORD...THE
SURVEY TEAM ALSO NOTED STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE. FARTHER NORTH...AT
LAKE STAMFORD IN SOUTHEASTERN HASKEL COUNTY...THE SURVEY TEAM
OBSERVED AND PHOTOGRAPHED CONSIDERABLE TORNADO DAMAGE WHICH INCLUDED
A COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED MOBILE HOME. BASED ON THIS LEVEL OF
DESTRUCTION...THE SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED AN F2 TORNADO STRUCK THE
ANCHOR TRAILER PARK ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF LAKE STAMFORD.

YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALSO SURVEYED STORM DAMAGE IN TAYLOR
COUNTY AND SHACKELFORD COUNTY. IN FAR SOUTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY...AN F0
TORNADO PRODUCED DAMAGE IN THE COMMUNITY OF BRADSHAW. IN
BRADSHAW...A TORNADO UPROOTED LARGE TREES AND DOWNED UTILITY
POLES. NORTHEAST OF BRADSHAW...THE COMMUNITY OF TUSCOLA SUSTAINED
STORM DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH AN F1 TORNADO ON THE FUJITA TORNADO
DAMAGE SCALE. IN TUSCOLA...TORNADIC WINDS DAMAGED SEVERAL SHEDS AND
THE JIM NED SCHOOL COMPLEX. IN EASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY...NEAR THE
COMMUNITY OF POTOSI...AN F0 TORNADO DAMAGED SEVERAL METAL ROOFS. IN
SOUTHEASTERN SHACKELFORD COUNTY...NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF
MORAN...ANOTHER F0 TORNADO DAMAGED SEVERAL LARGE TREES AND SPREAD
DEBRIS OVER A WIDE AREA.

YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS
FORECASTING...WATCH...AND WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR 24 COUNTIES
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. WE ARE ALWAYS WATCHING THE WEATHER FOR
YOU 24 HOURS A DAY...7 DAYS A WEEK. YESTERDAY REMINDED US HOW
IMPORTANT PREPAREDNESS IS TO OUR SAFETY. PLEASE DEVELOP A WEATHER
PREPAREDNESS PLAN AND EXERCISE THAT PLAN.

WORKING TOGETHER TO SAVE LIVES

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http://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJT

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
745 PM CST FRI MAR 5 2004

...SURVEY OF DAMAGE IN ELLIS AND KAUFMAN COUNTIES...

THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON...STAFF FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE IN FORT WORTH SURVEYED THE STORM DAMAGE IN ELLIS AND
KAUFMAN COUNTIES. THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY ARE BELOW.

IN ELLIS COUNTY...ANALYSIS OF THE DAMAGE AND DOPPLER RADAR DATA
SUGGESTS TWO TORNADOES OCCURRED IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.
THE FIRST TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES SOUTH OF ITALY.
A MOBILE HOME WAS UN-ROOFED SOUTHEAST OF ITALY AND NUMEROUS BARNS AND
OUTBUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED ALONG THE PATH. SEVERAL HOUSE ROOFS LOST
SHINGLES AND SHEATHING. SOUTHWEST OF THE AVALON COMMUNITY...A
HIGH-TENSION TOWER WAS BENT DOWN. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED JUST
SOUTHEAST OF AVALON. BASED ON THE DAMAGE TO THE TOWER...THIS TORNADO
IS RATED F1 ON THE FUJITA SCALE.

THE SECOND TORNADO DEVELOPED APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE SOUTH OF THE
BARDWELL COMMUNITY. THE TORNADO DAMAGED TREES AND STORAGE BUILDINGS
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF BARDWELL. AS THE TORNADO MOVED INTO ENNIS...A
MOBILE HOME WAS UN-ROOFED AND SEVERAL SEMI TRAILERS WERE OVERTURNED
IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CITY. THE TORNADO REMOVED MOST OF THE
ROOF OF A WAREHOUSE/OFFICE BUILDING ALONG INTERSTATE 45 AND
OVERTURNED ANOTHER SEMI TRACTOR TRAILER ON THE INTERSTATE. THE
TORNADO DISSIPATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF ENNIS. BASED ON THE DAMAGE TO
THE WAREHOUSE BUILDING...THIS TORNADO IS ALSO RATED F1 ON THE FUJITA
SCALE.

IN KAUFMAN COUNTY...A POWERFUL DOWNBURST MOVED FROM 3 MILES WEST OF
KAUFMAN TO THE SOUTHEASTERN EDGE OF TERRELL. THE DOWNBURST DESTROYED
A STORAGE BUILDING AND PARTIALLY UN-ROOFED A HOME WEST OF KAUFMAN.
SEVERAL HOMES IN THE SAME AREA RECEIVED LESSER AMOUNTS OF ROOF
DAMAGE. IN THE POST OAK BEND COMMUNITY...SEVERAL TREES AND A MOBILE
HOME WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED...ONE HOME WAS PARTIALLY UN-ROOFED...AND
SEVERAL STRUCTURES SUFFERED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE. SEVERAL TREES WERE
BROKEN AND A HOME RECEIVED ROOF DAMAGE. BASED ON THE DAMAGE WEST OF
KAUFMAN AND IN POST OAK BEND...MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS WERE IN THE
70-75 MPH RANGE.

WEATHER SERVICE STAFF WILL CONTINUE ANALYZING THE DATA AND
ADDITIONAL DAMAGE REPORTS OVER THE COMING DAYS. ANY ADDITIONS OR
CORRECTIONS WILL BE RELAYED IN LATER STATEMENTS.

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WOODALL/SHOEMAKER





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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
742 PM CST FRI MAR 5 2004

...SURVEY OF DAMAGE IN COLLIN COUNTY...

THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON...STAFF FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE IN FORT WORTH SURVEYED THE MARCH 4TH 2004 STORM
DAMAGE IN EASTERN COLLIN COUNTY...WHICH EXTENDED FROM NEAR LAKE
LAVON TO SEVERAL MILES NORTHEAST OF FARMERSVILLE. THE RESULTS OF THE
SURVEY ARE BELOW.

THE FIRST DAMAGE WAS FOUND ON THE EAST SIDE OF LAVON LAKE...ABOUT 2
AND 1/2 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF COPEVILLE. DAMAGE EXTENDED TO THE
NORTH-NORTHEAST INTO FARMERSVILLE. THE LAST DAMAGE WAS FOUND SEVERAL
MILES NORTHEAST OF THE TOWN.

THE OVERALL DAMAGE TRACK WIDTH VARIED FROM 1/4 TO 1/2 OF A MILE IN
WIDTH. ALONG THE FIRST 3 MILES OF THE TRACK...THERE WERE A NUMBER OF
INDICATIONS OF CONVERGENCE IN THE DEBRIS PATTERN (OF ITEMS THAT WERE
DAMAGED OR DESTROYED) INCLUDING TREES...MOBILE HOMES ...HOMES...ROAD
SIGNS...AND POWER POLES. MOREOVER...SEVERAL EYE WITNESS ACCOUNTS OF
"SWIRLING DEBRIS" WERE RECEIVED IN THIS AREA. OUR CONCLUSIONS
CURRENTLY ARE THAT A TORNADO WITH A TRACK LENGTH OF ABOUT 3 MILES
AND A WIDTH OF 100 TO 200 YARDS FORMED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE
LAKE...AND DISSIPATED ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF COPEVILLE. IN
ADDITION...A BROADER AREA OF DOWNBURST WINDS ACCOMPANIED THE TORNADO
TO ITS IMMEDIATE EAST...THEN EXTENDED INTO THE FARMERSVILLE AREA
...BEYOND WHERE THE TORNADO DISSIPATED.

THIS BROADER DOWNBURST AREA PROBABLY RESULTED IN THE EXTENSIVE
DAMAGE TO A SCHOOL COMPLEX ON THE NORTH SIDE OF FARMERSVILLE...
INCLUDING SEVERE DAMAGE TO A SCHOOL GYM...ATHLETIC FIELD...AND
SEVERAL CINDER BLOCK BUILDINGS. NO EVIDENCE WAS FOUND OF TORNADIC
ROTATION IN FARMERSVILLE. HOWEVER...SEVERAL EYEWITNESSES REPORTED
SEEING ROTATION DURING THE WIND EVENT. WE ARE AWAITING FURTHER
INFORMATION ...OR PHOTOGRAPHY...THAT MIGHT INDICATE TORNADIC WINDS
WERE INVOLVED WITH DAMAGE IN FARMERSVILLE. DOPPLER RADAR DID
INDICATE WEAK...ELEVATED ROTATION WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM...CLOSELY
LINKED TO THE DAMAGE PATH.

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MOLLER/SARDI





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TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-061200-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
600 PM CST FRI MAR 5 2004

...SURVEY OF DAMAGE IN COLLIN COUNTY...

THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON...STAFF FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE IN FORT WORTH SURVEYED THE MARCH 4TH 2004 STORM
DAMAGE IN EASTERN COLLIN COUNTY...WHICH EXTENDED FROM NEAR LAKE
LAVON TO SEVERAL MILES NORTHEAST OF FARMERSVILLE. THE RESULTS OF THE
SURVEY ARE BELOW.

THE FIRST DAMAGE WAS FOUND ON THE EAST SIDE OF LAVON LAKE...ABOUT 2
AND 1/2 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF COPEVILLE. DAMAGE EXTENDED TO THE
NORTH-NORTHEAST INTO FARMERSVILLE. THE LAST DAMAGE WAS FOUND SEVERAL
MILES NORTHEAST OF THE TOWN.

THE OVERALL DAMAGE TRACK WIDTH VARIED FROM 1/4 TO 1/2 OF A MILE IN
WIDTH. ALONG THE FIRST 3 MILES OF THE TRACK...THERE WERE A NUMBER OF
INDICATIONS OF CONVERGENCE IN THE DEBRIS PATTERN (OF ITEMS THAT WERE
DAMAGED OR DESTROYED) INCLUDING TREES...MOBILE HOMES ...HOMES...ROAD
SIGNS...AND POWER POLES. MOREOVER...SEVERAL EYE WITNESS ACCOUNTS OF
"SWIRLING DEBRIS" WERE RECEIVED IN THIS AREA. OUR CONCLUSIONS
CURRENTLY ARE THAT A TORNADO WITH A TRACK LENGTH OF ABOUT 3 MILES
AND A WIDTH OF 100 TO 200 YARDS FORMED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE
LAKE...AND DISSIPATED ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF COPEVILLE. IN
ADDITION...A BROADER AREA OF DOWNBURST WINDS ACCOMPANIED THE TORNADO
TO ITS IMMEDIATE EAST...THEN EXTENDED INTO THE FARMERSVILLE AREA
...BEYOND WHERE THE TORNADO DISSIPATED.

THIS BROADER DOWNBURST AREA PROBABLY RESULTED IN THE EXTENSIVE
DAMAGE TO A SCHOOL COMPLEX ON THE NORTH SIDE OF FARMERSVILLE...
INCLUDING SEVERE DAMAGE TO A SCHOOL GYM...ATHLETIC FIELD...AND
SEVERAL CINDER BLOCK BUILDINGS. NO EVIDENCE WAS FOUND OF TORNADIC
ROTATION IN FARMERSVILLE. HOWEVER...SEVERAL EYEWITNESSES REPORTED
SEEING ROTATION DURING THE WIND EVENT. WE ARE AWAITING FURTHER
INFORMATION ...OR PHOTOGRAPHY...THAT MIGHT INDICATE TORNADIC WINDS
WERE INVOLVED WITH DAMAGE IN FARMERSVILLE. DOPPLER RADAR DID
INDICATE WEAK...ELEVATED ROTATION WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM...CLOSELY
LINKED TO THE DAMAGE PATH.

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Definitely a huge severe wx outbreak given this was the first one of the year. There will likely be more of them.

Jim