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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
929 AM CDT THU APR 11 2024
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/10/2024 KATY TORNADO
NWS SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMED A SMALL EF1 TORNADO IN KATY FROM EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THE TORNADO OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 02:47AM WITH AN INITIAL TOUCHDOWN NEAR OR OVER
MASON RD AND IMMEDIATELY PRODUCED WINDS OF APPROXIMATELY 90 MPH AS IT DESTROYED A
FIRESTONE COMMERCIAL BUILDING AND SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED THE COMMERCIAL STRIP MALL IN
THE VICINITY. THE BUILDING ROOM AND SOUTHERN OUTER WALL APPEARED TO FAIL WHEN TORNADIC
WINDS BLEW OUT THE WEST FACING WINDOWS IN THE LOBBY. A LARGE, COMMERCIAL AC UNIT WAS
THROWN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH INTO THE PARKING LOT, WITH THE FIRESTONE BUILDING AND MAJORITY
OF THE DEBRIS WAS PUSHED/THROWN MORE EAST TO WEST.
IMMEDIATELY UPON LEAVING THIS TOUCHDOWN POINT THE CIRCULATION APPEARED TO HAVE BROADENED
AND FORTUNATELY WEAKENED TO EF0 AS IT MOVED ANOTHER 1.5 MILES OR SO THROUGH THE ADJACENT
NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE EAST. MANY TREES WERE DAMAGED WITH LARGE LIMBS AND SOME UPROOTING.
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, OUTSIDE OF THAT CAUSED BY DOWNED TREES AND BRANCHES, APPEARED MOSTLY
MINOR. WINDS WERE GENERALLY 65-75 MPH ACROSS THIS TRACK.
KATY TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.67 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 300 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/10/2024
START TIME: 02:47 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 ESE KATY / HARRIS COUNTY / TX
START LAT/LON: 29.7715 / -95.7522
END DATE: 04/10/2024
END TIME: 02:49 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 6 ESE KATY / HARRIS COUNTY / TX
END LAT/LON: 29.7729 / -95.7249
SURVEY SUMMARY:
EF1 DAMAGE CONFINED TO START OF THE TORNADO. REST OF DAMAGE ACROSS NEIGHBORHOODS IS EF0
WITH WINDS MOSTLY 65-75 MPH.
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 EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
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