9 Confirmed Tornadoes, 3 Probable Tornadoes from Tuesday's Storms
Here is the update on the tornado count from Tuesday's storm from the National Weather Service. There have been 9 confirmed with 3 more likely tornadoes yet unconfirmed. So the official total will probably end up being 12 total from Tuesday's storms.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
922 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
...UPDATE ON PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEYS FOR MAY 24TH STORMS...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE SURVEY TEAMS WILL CONTINUE TO ASSESS DAMAGE FROM THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY 24 2011. AS EARLIER STATED...A SURVEY TEAM FOUND EVIDENCE OF A TORNADO IN IRVING THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN A PRELIMINARY DAMAGE RATING OF EF-1. FURTHER ASSESSMENT CONDUCTED THIS AFTERNOON WILL UPDATE THE INFORMATION FOR THE TORNADO TO INCLUDE A PATH LENGTH OF APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES AND A PATH WIDTH OF APPROXIMATELY 250 YARDS.
IN ALL...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TEAMS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
CONFIRM 9 TORNADOES IN NORTH TEXAS ON TUESDAY MAY 24TH.
THE ADDITIONAL TORNADO REPORTS INCLUDE:
A BRIEF TORNADO WAS OBSERVED BY SPOTTERS 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST. JO. THIS TORNADO HAS BEEN GIVEN A PRELIMINARY DAMAGE RATING OF EF-0.
A BRIEF TORNADO WAS OBSERVED BY SPOTTERS 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF NOCONA...NEAR LAKE NOCONA. THIS TORNADO HAS BEEN GIVEN A PRELIMINARY DAMAGE RATING OF EF-0.
A TORNADO WAS OBSERVED AND PHOTOGRAPHED 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GAINESVILLE. THIS TORNADO HAS BEEN GIVEN A PRELIMINARY DAMAGE RATING OF EF-0.
A TORNADO WAS OBSERVED BY SPOTTERS 3 MILES NORTH OF RHOME IN WISE COUNTY. THIS TORNADO HAS NOT YET BEEN RATED. THE DAMAGE WILL BE ASSESSED AND RATED IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
A TORNADO WAS OBSERVED AND PHOTOGRAPHED TO THE WEST OF ARGYLE. THIS TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BUT HAS NOT YET BEEN RATED. THE DAMAGE WILL BE ASSESSED AND RATED IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
A TORNADO WAS OBSERVED AND PHOTOGRAPHED OVER SOUTHERN DENTON. THIS TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BUT HAS NOT YET BEEN RATED. THE DAMAGE WILL BE ASSESSED AND RATED IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
A TORNADO WAS OBSERVED BY SPOTTERS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF I-20 AND I-45 IN SOUTHEAST DALLAS COUNTY...ALONG THE TRINITY RIVER BOTTOM. THIS TORNADO HAS BEEN GIVEN A PRELIMINARY RATING OF EF-0.
A TORNADO WAS OBSERVED BY SPOTTERS NEAR CEDARVILLE IN KAUFMAN COUNTY. THIS TORNADO HAS BEEN GIVEN A PRELIMINARY RATING OF EF-0.
WITH THE IRVING EF-1 TORNADO...THIS BRINGS THE NUMBER OF CONFIRMED TORNADOES TO 9 FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ADDITIONALLY...THERE ARE 3 OTHER AREAS TO BE SURVEYED TO DETERMINE WHETHER DAMAGE OCCURRED DUE TO A TORNADO OR BY DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THESE AREAS ARE NEAR SPRINGTOWN...AZLE...AND AVONDALE. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY CREWS WILL BE SURVEYING THIS DAMAGE ON THURSDAY. CREWS WILL THEN ASSESS THE DAMAGE IN WISE AND DENTON COUNTIES TO DETERMINE PRELIMINARY RATINGS FOR THE KNOWN TORNADOES.
THE PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT ISSUED AT 317 PM CDT MENTIONED A BRIEF TORNADO NEAR LOVE FIELD. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION...IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THE KDAL OBSERVATION THAT INCLUDED A TORNADO WAS THE TORNADO THAT IMPACTED THE CITY OF IRVING. THEREFORE...ALL OF THE DAMAGE IN THE LOVE FIELD AREA HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2011 SO FAR...THERE HAVE NOW BEEN 38 CONFIRMED TORNADOES IN THE 46 COUNTIES IN THE WFO FORT WORTH AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY.
