EF3 tornado in Parker County, Texas

This is a continuation of the EF-3 tornado that began in Palo Pinto County. The tornado continued damaging homes and businesses southeast of Country Club Parkway producing damage consistent with 100 to 130 mph winds. A commercial building with a personal weather station measured 100 mph winds before the sensor failed. The tornado then intensified as it moved through the Fort Wolters Historical Park and Holiday Hills Estates. Multiple homes in Holiday Hills Estates had significant roof and window damage, producing damage consistent with 130 mph winds.

Significant damage was observed to numerous World War II era warehouse structures in the Fort Wolters Historical area. Several warehouses fully collapsed, while others only partially collapsed. All of the warehouses were built similarly with wood frames and large open spaces. The roofs were initially built similar to a residential home with plywood decking and asphalt shingles and covered with either tar and single-ply roofing membrane or sheet metal. Two warehouses also contained a brick parapet wall within the structure. One of these walls remained standing despite the entire structure around it being blown off the foundation while the other wall collapsed with the structure. Due to these factors and others surrounding the construction and structural integrity of the warehouses, it is most likely that the damage to the warehouses is consistent with 120 to 145 mph winds.

The tornado continued southeast, producing tree damage along US-180 from Washington Road to High Point Road. It then moved south of US-180 and lifted at an unknown location south of Cool.

A shortwave trough, slow moving cold front, and continued presence of a dryline resulted in additional severe thunderstorm development on April 28 and 29. Large hail was the primary severe weather occurrence. Destructive hail damaged several locations in North and Central Texas with hail sizes ranging up to 3.5-4 inch hail in Johnson County. On April 28th 4 tornadoes occurred including an EF-3 tornado in Mineral Wells.