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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
854 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 05/06/2025 TORNADO EVENT
CORRECTED TO ADD 1 INJURY TO FRANKSTON TORNADO FROM TREE FALLING
ONTO HOME.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST
TEXAS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS OF MAY 6 SPAWNED 5 TORNADOES
ACROSS MILAM, ROBERTSON, LEON, AND ANDERSON COUNTIES.
CAMERON EF-0 TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 9.27 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 250 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/06/2025
START TIME: 12:15 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 SE CAMERON / MILAM COUNTY / TX
START LAT/LON: 30.8329 / -96.9448
END DATE: 05/06/2025
END TIME: 12:26 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 10 SW CALVERT / MILAM COUNTY / TX
END LAT/LON: 30.8889 / -96.8048
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EF-0 TORNADO FORMED SOUTHEAST OF CAMERON APPROXIMATELY AT THE
STATE HIGHWAY 36 BRIDGE OVER THE LITTLE RIVER. SUBSTANTIAL TREE
DAMAGE WAS NOTED IN THIS VICINITY, AS WELL AS SOME MINOR
OUTBUILDING DAMAGE. THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST, PRODUCING
INTERMITTENT TREE DAMAGE AND LIGHT OUTBUILDING DAMAGE AS IT
PARALLELED MILAM COUNTY ROAD 229 FOR A COUPLE OF MILES BEFORE
CROSSING COUNTY ROADS 228 AND 227. THE TORNADO CONTINUED
NORTHEAST BEYOND CR227, PRODUCING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO LARGE TREE
BRANCHES AND TRUNKS. SOME ISOLATED DAMAGE TO A RECREATIONAL
VEHICLE AND SOME OUTBUILDINGS ALSO OCCURRED ALONG THIS EASTERN
PORTION OF THE TRACK. THE TORNADO EVENTUALLY REACHED FM485 NEAR
ITS INTERSECTION WITH HART CREEK IN EASTERN MILAM COUNTY. THE
TORNADO DISSIPATED IN AN OPEN FIELD IMMEDIATELY EAST OF FM485.
DAMAGE ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE TRACK WAS CONSISTENT WITH
ESTIMATED WINDSPEEDS OF 65 TO 75 MPH, WITH A SMALL NUMBER OF
TREES EXHIBITING DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER EF-0
SPEEDS OF 75 TO 85 MPH.
FRANKLIN EF-0 TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.79 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/06/2025
START TIME: 12:57 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 S FRANKLIN / ROBERTSON COUNTY / TX
START LAT/LON: 30.9956 / -96.4816
END DATE: 05/06/2025
END TIME: 01:01 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 ESE FRANKLIN / ROBERTSON COUNTY / TX
END LAT/LON: 31.0159 / -96.441
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF HENRY PRAIRIE RD SOUTH
OF FRANKLIN AND MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS FM 46 AND MCNUTT ROAD
BEFORE LIFTING NEAR OLD HICKORY GROVE ROAD. SEVERAL TREES AND
LARGE TREE LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG THE PATH, WITH MINOR
DAMAGE TO A FEW HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS. MAX WINDS WERE ESTIMATED
AT 80 MPH.
JEWETT EF-1 TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.67 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/06/2025
START TIME: 01:12 PM CDT
START LOCATION: JEWETT / LEON COUNTY / TX
START LAT/LON: 31.3645 / -96.1478
END DATE: 05/06/2025
END TIME: 01:13 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 E JEWETT / LEON COUNTY / TX
END LAT/LON: 31.3624 / -96.1367
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN WEST OF JEWETT NEAR WALTMAN STREET
AND HARRISON STREET AND MOVED EAST-SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE TOWN
BEFORE LIFTING EAST OF TOWN. IN JEWETT, SEVERAL TREES WERE
DAMAGED OR BLOWN DOWN AND SOME HOMES SUFFERED ROOF AND MINOR
EXTERIOR DAMAGE ON HARRISON STREET, DASHIEL STREET, AND BROADWAY
STREET. THE WORST DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG HWY 79 WHERE AN AUTO
REPAIR SHOP LOST ITS ROOF, AND EAST OF HWY 79 WHERE MANY TREES
WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED NEAR ROBINSON LANE. THIS AREA WAS RATED
EF-1 WITH 105 MPH MAX WINDS. VISUALLY, TREE DAMAGE COULD BE SEEN
EXTENDING EAST OF ROBINSON LANE, BUT THE AREA WAS INACCESSIBLE TO
THE SURVEY TEAM.
FLO EF-1 TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.11 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/06/2025
START TIME: 01:24 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 5 SE BUFFALO / LEON COUNTY / TX
START LAT/LON: 31.4047 / -95.9934
END DATE: 05/06/2025
END TIME: 01:29 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 9 ESE BUFFALO / LEON COUNTY / TX
END LAT/LON: 31.407 / -95.924
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A SECOND TORNADO OCCURRED IN LEON COUNTY, SOUTHEAST OF BUFFALO
AND WEST OF FLO. THE TORNADO LIKELY BEGAN WEST OF CR 275,
DAMAGING TREES AND A METAL OUTBUILDING ON CR 275. THE TORNADO
TRAVELED EAST OVER INACCESSIBLE LAND BUT WAS TRACKED AGAIN ALONG
FM 831 NEAR CRS 283 & 285. NOTABLE TREE DAMAGE AND SNAPPED TRUNKS
WERE FOUND IN THIS AREA. ONE MANUFACTURED HOME SUFFERED MINOR
ROOF DAMAGE. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED JUST EAST OF THIS AREA.
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WINDS WERE 90 MPH.
FRANKSTON EF-0 TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.83 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 300 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 1
START DATE: 05/06/2025
START TIME: 01:26 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 W FRANKSTON / ANDERSON COUNTY / TX
START LAT/LON: 32.053 / -95.5294
END DATE: 05/06/2025
END TIME: 01:31 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 SSE BERRYVILLE / ANDERSON COUNTY / TX
END LAT/LON: 32.0665 / -95.4489
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EF-0 TORNADO STARTED WEST OF THE TOWN OF FRANKSTON, CLOSE TO
HWY 175 AND ANDERSON CR 303. INITIALLY THE TORNADO DAMAGED TREES
AT A FEW HOMES ALONG HWY 175. AS THE TORNADO MOVED INTO TOWN, IT
CONTINUED TO CAUSE TREE DAMAGE, BREAKING LARGE LIMBS FROM TRUNKS
AND UPROOTING TREES. SOME OF THE LIMBS AND TREES FELL ON HOMES
CAUSING DAMAGE TO ROOFS. ONE TREE FELL THROUGH THE END OF A HOME
CAUSING A NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURY. IN THE TOWN OF FRANKSTON,
THE TORNADO WAS RATED EF-0 WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 85 MPH. MANY OF
THE UPROOTED TREES OCCURRED IN ALREADY SATURATED SOILS, AND THIS
WAS FACTORED INTO THE FINAL WIND SPEED DETERMINATION. THE
TORNADO CONTINUED EAST OF TOWN AND WAS TRACKED BY SCATTERED TREE
DAMAGE ALONG CRS 3051 AND 309. THE TORNADO LIKELY DISSIPATED
BEFORE REACHING LAKE PALESTINE.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
BRADSHAW/GUDMESTAD/JLDUNN/REED/SHAMBURGER
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