Thunderstorm Wind in Van Zandt County, Texas

Thunderstorm Wind March 8, 2025 · Van Zandt County, Texas

81 mph

Estimated gust (70 kt)

$45K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Social media pictures showed damaged wooden/metal buildings (side of one collapsed, the other partially collapsed and lifted off of its foundation), a bent metal tower, and a wooden structure housing tractors destroyed.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms formed near and behind a slow moving cold front as an upper trough worked its way through the Plains. Storms produced a combination of large hail and very intense damaging winds up to 85-90 mph. One person was killed in Ellis County when the RV he was in was blown over and rolled several times.

Began near Canton (32.5500, -95.8600).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1243760. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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