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Austin, Texas Tornado

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
251 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012

...PRELIMINARY STORM DAMAGE SURVEY FOR NORTHEAST AUSTIN TX...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM DAMAGE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED THIS
MORNING IN THE AREA ALONG SPRINGDALE ROAD IN NORTHEAST AUSTIN.  THE
FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN DETERMINED...

EVENT DATE: JANUARY 25 2012
EVENT RATING: AWAITING FINAL DATA
ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS (MPH): AWAITING FINAL RATING
INJURIES/FATALITIES: 0
EVENT START TIME/LOCATION COORDINATES: 30.3221/-97.6536 AT 258 AM
EVENT END TIME/LOCATION COORDINATES:   30.3381/-97.6551 AT 305 AM
DAMAGE PATH LENGTH (IN MILES): 1.14
DAMAGE PATH WIDTH (IN YARDS): 50

THE TORNADO PATH BEGAN AT THE INTERSECTION OF COMMERCIAL PARK DRIVE
AND OLD MANOR ROAD...WITH RADAR INDICATING A TOUCHDOWN TIME NEAR
2:58 AM. DAMAGE CONTINUED NORTH THROUGH AN INDUSTRIAL PARK...THEN
ACROSS U.S. 290...BEFORE ENTERING THE WALNUT PLACE SUBDIVISION.
FURTHER DAMAGE OCCURRED TO HOMES ON THE WEST SIDE OF HAPPY TRAIL...
WITH TREES ON THE EAST SIDE OF HAPPY TRAIL LAYING DOWN TOWARD THE
WEST AND CONVERGING WITH THE DAMAGE TO THE HOMES.  DEBRIS WAS NOTED
ALONG FERGUSON LANE...WITH THE TORNADO PATH ENDING JUST WEST OF THE
INTERSECTION OF FERGUSON LANE AND SANSOM ROAD.;

Courtesy of City of Austin Homeland Security and Emergency Management – Tornado Track Map

San Antonio, Texas Tornado

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
331 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012

...PRELIMINARY STORM DAMAGE SURVEY FOR SOUTHWEST SAN ANTONIO TX...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM DAMAGE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED THIS
AFTERNOON IN THE AREA ALONG DEER PARK (STREET) IN SOUTHWEST SAN
ANTONIO.  THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN DETERMINED...

EVENT DATE: JANUARY 25 2012
EVENT RATING: AWAITING FINAL DATA
ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS (MPH): AWAITING FINAL RATING
INJURIES/FATALITIES: 0
EVENT START TIME/LOCATION COORDINATES: 29.4556/-98.6645 AT 415 AM
EVENT END TIME/LOCATION COORDINATES:   29.4545/-98.6603
DAMAGE PATH LENGTH (IN MILES): 0.27
DAMAGE PATH WIDTH (IN YARDS): 30

THE TORNADO PATH BEGAN AT THE INTERSECTION OF DEER PARK AND RICHLAND
HILLS DRIVE...AND CONTINUED ALONG DEER PARK TO THE INTERSECTION OF
DEER PARK AND LEANDER.  THE PRIMARY DAMAGE WAS A CARPORT BEING
THROWN INTO A HOME AND CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

Estimated Tornado Track (This was created using the damage survey. This meant to only be an estimation of the exact track of the tornado.)

Pearland, Texas Tornado

Pearland, TX Damaging Wind and Tornado Track (From NWS Houston)

THE SURVEY TEAM FOUND A SWATH OF STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE
BEGINNING AROUND HATFIELD ROAD AND EXTENDED EAST NORTHEAST AROUND
2 MILES WHICH CONSISTED OF FENCES BLOWN DOWN AND SPORADIC TREE
DAMAGE. THE DAMAGE SWATH WAS BETWEEN 1/10 AND 1/4 MILE WIDE.
WITHIN THAT SWATH IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A SHORT LIVED TORNADO
ALSO TOUCHED DOWN AT HIGHWAY 35 AND PLUM STREET. A CHEVRON
STATION HAD ITS ITS GAS PUMP AWNING DESTROYED AND THE BUSINESS TO
THE SOUTH OF PLUM STREET HAD ITS ROOF PEELED BACK. TORNADO PATH
WAS APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS LONG AND WAS 75 YARDS WIDE. IT WAS
RATED AN EF-0 WITH 65 TO 85 MPH WINDS.

Brenham, Texas Tornado

STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED WITHIN THE TOWN OF BRENHAM
EXTENDING TO AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF FM 50 TO NEAR INDEPENDENCE.
THIS EVENT WAS FROM APPROXIMATELY 700 AM TO 725 AM. WINDS WERE
ESTIMATED BETWEEN 60 AND 75 MPH WHICH DOWNED POWERLINES AND
NUMEROUS TREES. THE DAMAGE WAS SPORADIC AND NOT CONTINUOUS. THE
ASSOCIATED LINE OF STORMS ALSO DROPPED A TORNADO DOWN WEST OF
COUNTY ROAD 50 JUST TO THE NORTH OF BRENHAM MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND
TRAVELED EASTWARD TO THE INTERSECTION OF FM262 AND COUNTY ROAD 65.
THIS TORNADO DESTROYED SEVERAL METAL OUTBUILDINGS AND REMOVED THE
ROOF FROM A BARN. IT ALSO PRODUCED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO A HOUSE
AND SNAPPED NUMEROUS LARGE TREES. THIS TORNADO WAS RATED AN EF-0
WITH ESTIMATED 85 MPH WINDS. DAMAGE PATH WAS 2.5 MILES LONG AND 50
YARDS WIDE.

Caldwell, Texas Tornado

EVENT TIME…6:43 AM
EVENT TYPE…EF1 TORNADO
ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS (MPH)…90 to 100
INJURIES/FATALITIES…0

AN EF1 TORNADO CUT A DAMAGE SWATH THAT EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTHEAST OF DEANVILLE TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF CALDWELL. DAMAGE APPEARED TORNADIC ALONG THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THAT AREA WITH NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONE HOUSE WAS PUSHED OFF A CINDER BLOCK BASE THEN DRAGGED ALONG A CURVED PATH FOR ABOUT 100 FEET. A FEED TRAILER WAS LIFTED OVER A FENCE THEN ROLLED ABOUT 150 FEET. SEVERAL SHEDS AND BARNS WERE DESTROYED. STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE ALSO FOUND IN THE AREA.

Madison County, Texas Tornado

EVENT TIME…8:00 AM
EVENT TYPE…EF0 TORNADO
ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS (MPH)…65 to 85
INJURIES/FATALITIES…0
DAMAGE PATH LENGTH… 1/3 MILE
DAMAGE WIDTH… 50 YARDS

TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG A NARROW PATH. BARN DESTROYED WITH TIN FROM ROOF FANNED OUT IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AND THROWN IN SOME CASES ABOUT 200 YARDS. MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO HOME. STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE ALSO FOUND IN THE AREA.

Huntsville, Texas Tornadoes

EVENT TIME…9:06 AM
EVENT TYPE…EF0 TORNADO
ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS (MPH)…65 to 85
INJURIES/FATALITIES…0
DAMAGE PATH LENGTH… 0.36 MILES
DAMAGE WIDTH… 50 YARDS

TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT CAR DEALERSHIP, LIFTED METAL AWNING AND MOVED IT 100 YARDS AWAY ON TOP OF TWO CARS. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE TWO CARS.

EVENT TIME…9:10 AM
EVENT TYPE…EF0 TORNADO
ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS (MPH)…65 to 85
INJURIES/FATALITIES…0
DAMAGE PATH LENGTH… 50 YARDS
DAMAGE WIDTH… 25 YARDS

TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN IN A RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF HUNTSVILLE CAUSING SIGINIFICANT TREE DAMAGE. ONE OF THE TREES DID FALL ON A NEARBY HOUSE CAUSING SOME ROOF DAMAGE. TREES IN THE AREA WERE BLOWN DOWN IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS GIVING INDICATION OF A STRONG CIRCULATION IN THE AREA.

ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WAS FOUND IN THE HUNSTVILLE AREA WITH NUMEROUS TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THERE WAS ONE INJURY AT SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY FROM A FALLING TREE LIMB.

Houston NWS: Huntsville, TX Tornado Track