EF1 tornado in Rusk County, Texas

A few trees were snapped at their base and had large limbs broken off with the initial touchdown along FM 2138. The tornado continued northeast causing various tree damage along and intersecting path across FM 2142 and FM 1716. It continued along a northeast path where it destroyed a storage outbuilding and uprooted several trees at FM 2187 and Hwy. 149. The tornado continued northeast where it uprooted several trees and ripped off the tops of several more along FM 2216 and FM 2221. The tornado then briefly crossed into Panola County. Maximum winds were estimated at 86-95 mph.

A very volatile atmosphere developed during the late afternoon...evening and overnight hours of April 26th across the Four State Region. An area of low pressure moved from the Texas Hill Country into Northeast Texas during the afternoon. Meanwhile, a warm front had moved northward from central Louisiana and was oriented west to east near the Arkansas/Louisiana state line. A dry line had moved just east of the I-35 corridor of North Central Texas and a strong cold front trailed the dry line. Very strong speed and directional shear was noted in the low and mid levels of the atmosphere such that supercells developed. Many of these produced tornadoes across the region. Other storms produced strong straight line wind gusts with bowing segments and large hail.