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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1259 PM CDT WED APR 29 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR THE 04/25/2026 TORNADO EVENT
UPDATE
THIS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT (PNS) UPDATES THE CONFIRMED
TORNADOES FROM THE SEVERE STORMS THAT OCCURRED ON 04/25/2026. TWO
ADDITIONAL TORNADOES WERE CONFIRMED: AND EF-0 WITH MAX WINDS OF
80 MPH, AND AN EF-1 WITH MAX WINDS OF 90 MPH, BOTH OCCURRING IN
JACK COUNTY. THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TORNADOES FOR THIS
EVENT UP TO 4. THE INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS PNS IS STILL
CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
OVERVIEW
AN INTENSE SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM THAT TRACKED FROM JACK THROUGH
PARKER COUNTIES ON THE EVENING OF APRIL 25TH PRODUCED 4 TORNADOES:
2 IN JACK COUNTY, 1 IN WISE COUNTY, AND 1 IN PARKER COUNTY. ONE
FATALITY WAS CONFIRMED WITH THE WISE COUNTY TORNADO. ANOTHER
FATALITY OCCURRED IN PARKER COUNTY, BUT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH VERY
STRONG RFD WINDS AND NOT THE TORNADO ITSELF.
.PUDDING VALLEY TEXAS TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.36 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 250 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/25/2026
START TIME: 07:43 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 5 SE SHANNON / JACK COUNTY / TX
START LAT/LON: 33.4112 / -98.2002
END DATE: 04/25/2026
END TIME: 07:52 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 9 SE SHANNON / JACK COUNTY / TX
END LAT/LON: 33.3778 / -98.1433
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO FORMED WEST OF US HIGHWAY 148 AND ITS INTERSECTION WITH
PUDDIN VALLEY ROAD, IN NORTHERN JACK COUNTY. THIS TORNADO TRACKED
SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH OPEN COUNTRY, PRODUCING SCATTERED TREE
DAMAGE AND LIGHT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO ONE RESIDENCE. THE TORNADO
DISSIPATED SHORTLY AFTER CROSSING POST OAK ROAD. THE DAMAGE WAS
CONSISTENT WITH HIGH-END EF-0 WINDSPEEDS OF 75-80 MPH.
.MARYETTA TEXAS TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 7.68 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 500 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/25/2026
START TIME: 07:52 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 9 SE SHANNON / JACK COUNTY / TX
START LAT/LON: 33.3614 / -98.1633
END DATE: 04/25/2026
END TIME: 08:13 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 7 NE JACKSBORO / JACK COUNTY / TX
END LAT/LON: 33.2971 / -98.0576
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A SECOND TORNADO FORMED IN NORTHERN JACK COUNTY IN ASSOCIATION
WITH THE INTENSE SUPERCELL WHICH TRACKED ACROSS THE COUNTY INTO
WISE AND PARKER COUNTIES. THIS SECOND TORNADO FORMED WEST OF POST
OAK ROAD, JUST NORTH OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH CAMPSEY ROAD. THE
TORNADO MOVED SOUTHEAST IN OPEN TERRAIN PRODUCING SUBSTANTIAL TREE
DAMAGE AS IT PARALLELED CAMPSEY ROAD. MOST OF THESE TREES
EXHIBITED DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH HIGH-END EF-0 WINDS ON THE ORDER
OF 70-80 MPH. HOWEVER, A NUMBER OF TREES EXHIBITED MORE
SIGNIFICANT SNAPPING AND TWISTING ALONG THIS PART OF THE TRACK,
COMMENSURATE WITH LOW END EF-1 WIND SPEEDS OF APPROXIMATELY 90
MPH. THE TORNADO CONTINUED SOUTHEAST FOR APPROXIMATELY 4-5 MORE
MILES PRODUCING ADDITIONAL HIGH END EF-0 AND LOW END EF-1 DAMAGE
TO TREES, A COUPLE OF OIL STORAGE TANKS, AND A FEW HOMES AND
OUTBUILDINGS. THE TORNADO CROSSED STATE HIGHWAY 59 WEST OF CUNDIFF
AND DISSIPATED SHORTLY THEREAFTER.
.RUNAWAY BAY TEXAS TORNADO
RATING: EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 130 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.41 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 0 YARDS
FATALITIES: 1
INJURIES: UNKNOWN
START DATE: 04/25/2026
START TIME: 09:03 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 SW RUNAWAY BAY / WISE COUNTY / TX
START LAT/LON: 33.163 / -97.884
END DATE: 04/25/2026
END TIME: 09:07 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 WSW RUNAWAY BAY / WISE COUNTY / TX
END LAT/LON: 33.1634 / -97.9081
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN FORT
WORTH CONDUCTED A DAMAGE SURVEY IN RUNAWAY BAY, TEXAS FOLLOWING A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EVENT WHICH IMPACTED WISE COUNTY THE EVENING
OF APRIL 25TH, 2026. THE SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT AN EF- 2
TORNADO OCCURRED ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF RUNAWAY BAY WITH PEAK
WINDS ESTIMATED TO BE 130 MPH. THIS TORNADO FORMED JUST SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 380 NEAR PORT O CALL DRIVE AND PINTO COURT WHERE A 100 TO
200 YARD WIDE SWATH OF EF-0 TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. THE TORNADO
THEN CONTINUED TOWARDS THE WEST, UPROOTING SOME TREES AND SNAPPING
LARGE BRANCHES AS IT APPROACHED CIMMARRON TRAIL. BY THIS TIME THE
TORNADO WAS NEARLY A THIRD OF A MILE WIDE, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL
TREE DAMAGE AND MINOR ROOF DAMAGE BEFORE MOVING INTO A RESIDENTIAL
AREA BETWEEN CIMMARRON TRAIL AND JASPER CREEK ROAD. MOST HOMES IN
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SUSTAINED HIGH-END EF-0 AND EF-1 DAMAGE WITH
HEAVILY DAMAGED MANUFACTURED HOMES, BROKEN WINDOWS, FAILED GARAGE
DOORS, UPROOTED TREES, AND SUBSTANTIAL ROOF DAMAGE TO SINGLE
FAMILY HOMES. WITHIN THE BROADER AREA OF EF-0/EF-1 DAMAGE, SMALL
VORTICES EMBEDDED IN THE TORNADO PRODUCED NARROW CORRIDORS OF EF-2
DAMAGE. THE FIRST INSTANCE WAS A TWO-FLOOR RESIDENCE ON THE
NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE CACTUS CANYON DRIVE AND BROOKVIEW DRIVE
INTERSECTION. HERE, THE HOME LOST A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF ROOFING
ALONG WITH SOME EXTERIOR WALLS ON THE SECOND FLOOR. TWO SINGLE-
WIDE MANUFACTURED HOMES IN THE VICINITY OF THIS HOUSE WERE
COMPLETELY DESTROYED WITH DEBRIS DISPLACED AWAY FROM THEIR
ORIGINAL LOCATION. A SECOND HOME IN THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD ON CACTUS CANYON DRIVE LOST NEARLY ALL OF ITS
ROOFING. WIND ESTIMATES OF THIS DAMAGE RANGED FROM 120-125 MPH.
THE MOST INTENSE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED WITH A DOUBLE-WIDE
MANUFACTURED HOME NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF OVERLAND TRAIL AND
CUMBERLAND TRAIL. THE METAL FRAME WAS FOUND 100 YARDS DOWNWIND OF
THE ORIGINAL HOME SITE, WITH ADDITIONAL DEBRIS SEVERAL HUNDRED
YARDS TO THE WEST. SEVERE TREE DAMAGE WAS ALSO NOTED JUST ON THE
WEST SIDE OF JASPER CREEK ROAD. THIS DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH A
HIGH-END EF-2 INTENSITY TORNADO CONTAINING ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS
OF UP TO 130 MPH. A FATALITY OCCURRED IN THIS DESTROYED RESIDENCE.
THE TORNADO WAS ALSO AT ITS PEAK WIDTH DURING THIS TIME, JUST OVER
HALF A MILE WIDE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED INTO A FORESTED AREA
DISSIPATING APPROXIMATELY 600 YARDS WEST OF JASPER CREEK ROAD,
COMPLETING ITS 1.4 MILE LONG PATH.
SPRINGTOWN, TX TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 9.81 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 1150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: UNKNOWN
START DATE: 04/25/2026
START TIME: 09:38 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 WNW SPRINGTOWN / PARKER COUNTY / TX
START LAT/LON: 32.9844 / -97.7297
END DATE: 04/25/2026
END TIME: 10:10 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 SW SANCTUARY / PARKER COUNTY / TX
END LAT/LON: 32.8758 / -97.6227
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EF-1 TORNADO OCCURRED IN PARKER COUNTY STARTING WEST-NORTHWEST
OF SPRINGTOWN AND TRACKING 7.5 MILES SOUTHEAST. THE WIDTH OF THE
TORNADO DAMAGE IS LISTED AS 2/3RD OF A MILE, BUT THE DISTINCTION
BETWEEN THE TORNADO TRACK AND NEARBY RFD WINDS OF 80-90 MPH IS
TOUGH TO DETERMINE; THE ACTUAL TORNADO WASN'T LIKELY THAT WIDE AND
ANALYSIS OF THE TRACK WILL CONTINUE. DAMAGE ALONG THE PATH OF THE
TORNADO WAS MAJORITY LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWNED AND DAMAGE TO
LIGHTWEIGHT/METAL BUILDINGS AND ROOFS. TWO HOMES SUSTAINED MORE
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE SECOND STORY OF THE HOME. THESE TWO
HOMES WERE THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THE 105 MPH MAX WINDS.
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.
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