EF1 Tornado — Harrison, Texas

2009-04-09 · near Jonesville, Harrison, Texas

Event narrative

This storm developed over eastern Harrison County about 6 miles northwest of Waskom. This tornado first touched down about one half mile west of FM 134, continuing east across FM 9 about 3 miles north of Waskom, before entering western Caddo Parish. Numerous trees were uprooted and snapped, especially east of FM 9, and across Highway 169.

There were some homes damaged from fallen trees and also from the tornado itself near Masters Road in east central Harrison County.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 154452. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.