Thunderstorm Wind — Fannin, Texas

2024-05-23 · near Leonard, Fannin, Texas

Event narrative

Emergency management reported significant damage in Leonard with downed trees, trees on vehicles, and damages to the Leonard ISD campuses. Damage estimates to the school facilities were near 1.5 million.

Wider weather episode

With a highly unstable airmass in place, a meandering front, a dryline, and a shortwave trough all worked together to generate multiple rounds of thunderstorms May 23 and 24. In addition to large hail and damaging winds, multiple tornadoes also occurred along with a few instances of flash flooding. A total of 6 tornadoes occurred in Central and East Texas: 2 EF-1s, 3 EF-0s, and 1 EF-U.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1185617. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.