EF1 Tornado — Red River, Texas

2024-11-04 · near Boxelder, Red River, Texas

Event narrative

An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 90 mph touched down northwest of the Boxelder community, just west of Crystal Lake. The damage was very sporadic and consisted entirely of damage to hardwood and softwood trees, which had large limbs downed and a few trunks snapped. The tornado traveled northeast crossing FM 44 and FM 1701, and eventually across County Roads 4310 and 4315, resulting in more sporadic tree damage. The tornado crossed Highway 82 and snapped more tree limbs along County Road 3322 before lifting.

Wider weather episode

An upper trough of low pressure traversed the Southern Plains on November 4th, which reinforced a cold front southeast into the region during the evening through the early morning hours of the 5th. Abnormally warm and humid conditions had spread north into Northeast Texas and Southeast Oklahoma ahead of the front, resulting in increased instability across the area along with ample wind shear generated near and ahead of the approaching trough. As a result, scattered strong to severe thunderstorms developed ahead of the front across portions of extreme Northeast Texas and Southeast Oklahoma during the late afternoon through the early evening hours.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1223777. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.