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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
706 PM CDT MON APR 6 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/04/2026 TORNADO EVENT
TORNADO #1: EAST OF LINDALE, TX
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 97 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.62 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 32 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/04/2026
START TIME: 10:20 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 ENE LINDALE / SMITH COUNTY / TX
START LAT/LON: 32.5131 / -95.3839
END DATE: 04/04/2026
END TIME: 10:28 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 NE LINDALE / SMITH COUNTY / TX
END LAT/LON: 32.5434 / -95.3612
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A MINI-SUPERCELL DEVELOPED AND PRODUCED A SHORT-LIVED, SMALL, BUT
INTENSE EF1 TORNADO EAST AND NORTHEAST OF LINDALE, TX. THE TORNADO
BEGAN IN A FIELD JUST SOUTH OF FM 16 W DOWNING SOME SMALL TREE
LIMBS AND SNAPPING THE TRUNK OF A PECAN TREE. AT THIS SAME LOCATION,
SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE, CONSISTING OF SHINGLE AND ROOF DECKING
LOSS, OCCURRED TO A SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE, RESULTING IN A
RATING OF EF1. THE TORNADO DOWNED A FEW MORE TREE LIMBS BEFORE
CROSSING FM 16 W. A COUPLE OF HOMES IN THE WOODCREST SUBDIVISION
SUSTAINED MINOR SHINGLE DAMAGE. HOME SECURITY CAMERAS IN THIS
SUBDIVISION RECORDED THE TORNADO'S PASSAGE.
THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST AND CROSSED LEGION HILLS ROAD.
IN THIS LOCATION, A SECOND SINGLE-FAMILY HOME SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT
ROOF DAMAGE CORRESPONDING TO A RATING OF EF1. A LARGE OAK TREE WAS
ALSO UPROOTED ON THIS PROPERTY. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST
SPORADICALLY DOWNING LARGE TREE LIMBS. A FEW MORE TREE LIMBS WERE
DOWNED BEFORE THE TORNADO LIFTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF FM
2710 AND COUNTY ROAD 4107.
THIS TORNADO WAS INITIALLY CONFIRMED VIA MULTIPLE VIDEOS POSTED TO
SOCIAL MEDIA BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. MANY THANKS GO TO THE TEXAS
DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THE SMITH COUNTY OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE LOCATING DAMAGE.
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.
09/19
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