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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
754 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/24/2026 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EVENT
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IMPACTED MANY AREAS OF THE OF THE FOUR STATE
REGION IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF FRIDAY, APRIL 24TH, 2026.
ONE PARTICULAR LONG-TRACKED SUPERCELL MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST FROM
TITUS COUNTY TO NORTHERN UPSHUR COUNTY PRODUCED A SWATH OF STRAIGHT-
LINE WIND DAMAGE AND THE DETAILS OF THE NWS SURVEY OF THAT DAMAGE
ARE DOCUMENTED BELOW.
WIND DAMAGE SWATH - 4/24/2026
RATING: TSTM/WIND
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 33.58 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 8000 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/24/2026
START TIME: 09:30 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 5 NNE MOUNT VERNON / FRANKLIN COUNTY / TX
START LAT/LON: 33.2421 / -95.1691
END DATE: 04/24/2026
END TIME: 10:28 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 N GILMER / UPSHUR COUNTY / TX
END LAT/LON: 32.7919 / -94.9493
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A LARGE AND VIGOROUS SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM TRACKED SOUTH
SOUTHEAST FROM CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY TO NORTHERN UPSHUR COUNTY
ON THE EVENING OF APRIL 25TH, 2026, PRODUCING A WIDE SWATH OF
STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE ALONG ITS PATH. THE STORM DID EXHIBIT
ROTATION, BUT THE NWS SURVEY TEAM COULD FIND LITTLE EVIDENCE OF A
TRUE TORNADIC CIRCULATION IN THE SWATH OF WIND DAMAGE AND A
OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THE FALL PATTERN OF TREES, TREE LIMBS,
AND STRUCTURES IMPACTED WAS IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION. DAMAGE WAS
MOSTLY TO TREES IN THE DAMAGE SWATH WHERE WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO
RANGE FROM 60 TO 80 MPH. SOME STRUCTURES RECEIVED GENERALLY MINOR
DAMAGE DUE TO WINDS OR SECONDARILY DUE TO TREES OR TREE LIMBS
FALLING UPON SAID STRUCTURES. DAMAGE WAS MOST CONCENTRATED AROUND
THE COMMUNITY OF WINFIELD IN WEST-CENTRAL TITUS COUNTY. IN
PARTICULAR IN THIS AREA, A TRUCK STOP JUST NORTH OF INTERSTATE
TWENTY HAD A GAS STATION CANOPY BLOWN ABOUT 150 FEET TO THE SOUTH
SOUTHWEST AFTER THE CANOPY ANCHORAGES FAILED. UPON CLOSE INSPECTION,
THE NATURE OF THE ANCHORING ALLOWED THE SURVEY TEAM TO GO WITH A
MAXIMUM WIND SPEED ESTIMATE OF 90 MPH FOR THIS LOCATION. AT THIS
SPOT THERE WERE ALSO A FEW TALL CONVENIENCE STORE SIGNS RECEIVING
DAMAGE. THE MAXIMUM WIDTH OF THE WIND DAMAGE SWATH WAS AROUND
8000 YARDS WITH A SWATH LENGTH OF AROUND 36 MILES.
A SPECIAL THANKS GOES TO THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMUNITIES IN
THE IMPACTED COUNTIES IN EAST TEXAS 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.
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