1/20/2010 DISC: TX

[Bryan Draper]

This is the only pictures so far that i've seen of the actual funnel/wall could from the Canton tornado

http://www2.wnct.com/nct/news/national/article/caught_on_tape_canton_texas_tornado/98986/

 

[W. Grant Dade]

So far at least 10 tornado tracks have been found across East Texas from Wed night. I surveyed the Flint, TX tornado with the NWS. The link below is of a time lapse from the Flint, TX supercell. The last frame is the funnel. It touched down 2000' past the photographer.

Time Lapse

 

[W. Grant Dade]

http://www.kltv.com/global/story.asp?s=11865131

I put it on our website. You can watch it full screen here.

 

[John Peters]

2 EF-0s, 2 EF-1s, and an EF-3 in Texas

000
NOUS44 KSHV 220941 CCA
PNSSHV
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-
TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-230000-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
345 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2010

...STORM SURVEYS FOR TORNADOES THAT OCCURRED ON JANUARY 20...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COMPLETED A DAMAGE SURVEY IN SABINE
COUNTY...TEXAS...NEAR GENEVA. AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG FM
330 TOPPLING AND UPROOTING SEVERAL LARGE TREES. ONE HOME HAD MINOR
ROOF DAMAGE ALONG WITH MOST OF ITS SHINGLES STRIPPED OFF...WHILE
ANOTHER HAD ITS OUTSIDE STORAGE SHED DESTROYED. WINDS WERE
ESTIMATED TO BE FROM 95 TO 105 MPH. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 500
YARDS...AND THE WIDTH WAS 150 YARDS.

&&

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COMPLETED A DAMAGE SURVEY IN
NATCHITOCHES PARISH...LOUISIANA...NEAR HAGEWOOD. AN EF0 TORNADO
TOUCHED DOWN ALONG POSEY ROAD...5 MILES WEST OF THE POSEY ROAD
EXIT ON INTERSTATE 49...AND THEN TRAVELED NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS
INTERSTATE 49. SEVERAL LARGE TREES WERE TOPPLED OR
UPROOTED...ALONG WITH NUMEROUS LARGE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. SEVERAL
TREES HAD THEIR TOPS SNAPPED OFF ALONG THE PATH. WINDS WERE
ESTIMATED TO BE FROM 70 TO 75 MPH. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 5
MILES...AND THE WIDTH WAS 150 YARDS WIDE.

&&

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COMPLETED A DAMAGE SURVEY IN SMITH
COUNTY...TEXAS...NEAR NOONDAY. A WEAK EF0 TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN
IN A SUBDIVISION ALONG SOUTHERN TRACE CIRCLE WHERE SHINGLES WERE
PEELED OFF SEVERAL HOMES AND A TRAMPOLINE WAS THROWN UP ONTO A HOME.
SEVERAL FENCES WERE ALSO BLOWN DOWN. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST ONTO
WALNUT HILL DRIVE WHERE SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED AS WELL AS
MINOR DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES ALONG THE STREET. MAXIMUM WINDS WERE
65-70 MPH. PATH LENGTH WAS 1.5 MILES WITH A PATH WIDTH OF 75 YARDS.

&&

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COMPLETED A DAMAGE SURVEY IN HARRISON
COUNTY TEXAS...AND CADDO PARISH LOUISIANA. AN EF3 TORNADO FIRST
TOUCHED DOWN NEAR WASKOM...TEXAS IN A WOODED AREA WEST OF IRELAND
WILLIAMS ROAD. THE TORNADO QUICKLY INTENSIFIED AS IT APPROACHED
INTERSTATE 20 NEAR MILE MARKER 628 WHERE 2 BUSINESSES WERE DESTROYED
ON BOTH THE SOUTH AND NORTH SERVICES ROADS. ONE OF THE BUSINESSES
WAS A METAL BUILDING AND THE OTHER WAS A MOBILE HOME. ONE HOME WAS
COMPLETELY DESTROYED WITH ONLY A FEW INTERIOR WALLS REMAINING. A
SECOND HOME SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE ROOF AND CARPORT. DEBRIS
WAS SCATTERED ACROSS INTERSTATE 20 AND HWY 80. SEVERAL OTHER HOMES
WERE DAMAGED FURTHER EAST ALONG BOTH SIDES OF THE SERVICE ROAD. MANY
TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED IN THE AREA...SOME WERE SNAPPED DOWN
CLOSE TO THE BASE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST...CROSSING
BELLVIEW ROAD INTO JONESVILLE...TEXAS WHERE A GROCERY STORE ROOF WAS
PEELED BACK AND WALLS WERE BLOWN OUT OF A LARGE WAREHOUSE. THE
TORNADO ALSO DAMAGED SOME METAL BUILDINGS NORTH OF JONESVILLE ALONG
FM 134. THE TORNADO TRACKED EAST ACROSS A WOODED AREA...SNAPPING AND
UPROOTING TREES CROSSING FM 9...AND THEN HEADED EAST INTO CADDO PARISH
IN LOUISIANA. A WEAKENED TORNADO CONTINUED EAST...CROSSING GREENWOOD
MOORINGSPORT ROAD WHERE SEVERAL TREES WERE UPROOTED AND CONTINUED
EAST OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN CROSS LAKE BEFORE LIFTING SOUTHWEST OF
BLANCHARD...LOUISIANA. MAXIMUM WINDS WERE ESTIMATED BETWEEN 150-160
MPH WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 15.6 MILES AND A PATH WIDTH OF 0.75 MILES.

&&

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COMPLETED A DAMAGE SURVEY IN HARRISON
COUNTY TEXAS NEAR HARLETON...TEXAS. AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN
ALONG CENTRAL AVENUE...UPROOTING TREES AND CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO
AWNINGS ON HOMES ALONG THE STREET. THE TORNADO TRAVELED NORTHEAST
AND UPROOTED MORE TREES AND CAUSED MINOR ROOF AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
TO 2 BRICK BUILDINGS AND ONE METAL BUILDING ALONG HWY 154. THE TORNADO
LIFTED JUST ACROSS HWY 154. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 95 TO 105 MPH.
THE PATH LENGTH WAS 0.5 MI...AND THE WIDTH WAS 50 YARDS.

ADDITIONAL SURVEYS WILL BE CONDUCTED TODAY TO ACCESS OTHER PORTIONS
OF THE FOUR STATE REGION FOR POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED ON
WEDNESDAY...JANUARY 20TH.

$$

BERRY

 

[W. Grant Dade]

An update on my blog with radar images of all tornadic storms. Also a photo of the funnel which became the Flint tornado.

http://gdadeblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/look-back-at-wednesdays-tornadoes.html