EF1 tornado in Red River County, Texas

A NWS Storm Survey team determined that a brief tornado touchdown occurred northwest of Bogata, Texas. This tornado briefly developed near the intersection of FM 411 and County Road 1245. The trunks of some trees were snapped and an outbuilding was completely destroyed before the tornado lifted.

A strong upper level trough moved into the Central and Southern Plains during the morning and afternoon hours of December 12th. This trough ejected into the plains with a slight negative tilt which was indicative of strong jet dynamics in association with this trough. Likewise, low level and deep level shear was quite strong with this trough across Northeast Texas during the late afternoon and evening hours of the 12th as well as the morning hours of the 13th. While instability was very weak, the strong shear made up for the development of strong to severe thunderstorms, some of which produced tornadoes across Northeast Texas. Training of storm echoes also occurred which resulted in widespread flash flooding across the region as well.