EF1 tornado in Morris County, Texas
Tornado April 9, 2009 · Morris County, Texas
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Morris County → Cass County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
This storm developed about 100 yards inside the Morris County line, very near the Cass County line, about 5 miles northwest of Hughes Springs. This tornado first touched down just west of County Line Road near FM 130 in eastern Morris County, continuing east across CR 2865, before lifting near FM 250 north of FM 130. Numerous trees were uprooted and snapped, with power lines downed as well. This tornado was rated an EF1, with winds of around 90 mph.
The wider storm
A strong upper level storm system along with a surface dry line/front
over northeast Texas moved east during the evening hours of April 9th into the early morning hours of April 10th causing long lived supercell thunderstorms. These thunderstorms caused long track tornadoes to occur across southeast Oklahoma, southwest Arkansas, northeast Texas, and north Louisiana.
Began near Veals (33.0621, -94.6860).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
4 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 154445. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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