EF3 tornado in Houston County, Texas
Tornado April 13, 2019 · Houston County, Texas
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Houston County → Cherokee County → Nacogdoches County → Rusk County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 800 yards (0.45 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
The EF-3 tornado damage mainly consisted of snapped pine trees indicative of high end EF-1 damage but much more severe EF-3 damage was discovered northeast of Weches. The most severe damage occurred to a double wide trailer that was destroyed and thrown over 150 years from its original foundation. The one female occupant of the trailer was killed. The path width was as wide as a half mile in places. The tornado continued into Cherokee County and was on the ground for more than 40 miles.
The wider storm
A storm system moving eastward across the state produced several tornadoes, some wind damage and large hail.
Began near Center (31.4280, -95.2718).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 807386. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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