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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
338 PM CDT WED APR 29 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/28/2026 TORNADO EVENT
A LONG TRACKED SUPERCELL ACROSS JOHNSON COUNTY PRODUCED 3
RELATIVELY SHORT TRACK TORNADOES. AT THIS TIME, ONE TORNADO
REMAINS UNRATED, ONE IS RATED EF-0, AND THE THIRD IS RATED EF-1.
IN ADDITION, VIDEO EVIDENCE SHOWS A BRIEF TORNADO IN SOUTHWEST
MONTAGUE COUNTY, BUT THIS TORNADO ALSO REMAINS UNRATED AT THIS
TIME.
SOUTHWEST MONTAGUE TORNADO
RATING: N/A
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 0 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.40 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 0 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/28/2026
START TIME: 02:56 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 6 SW BOWIE / MONTAGUE COUNTY / TX
START LAT/LON: 33.5118 / -97.9513
END DATE: 04/28/2026
END TIME: 02:57 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 6 SW BOWIE / MONTAGUE COUNTY / TX
END LAT/LON: 33.5134 / -97.9446
SURVEY SUMMARY:
VIDEO EVIDENCE CONFIRMS A BRIEF TORNADO DEVELOPED EAST OF HIGHWAY
59 NEAR THE MONTAGUE/CLAY COUNTY LINE. TREE DAMAGE CAN BE SEEN IN
THE VIDEO BUT NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
CRESSON TORNADO
RATING: N/A
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 0 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 0 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/28/2026
START TIME: 06:17 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 7 NW GODLEY / JOHNSON COUNTY / TX
START LAT/LON: 32.5386 / -97.6034
END DATE: 04/28/2026
END TIME: 06:18 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 6 NW GODLEY / JOHNSON COUNTY / TX
END LAT/LON: 32.5245 / -97.6001
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A BRIEF TORNADO WAS CAPTURED ON VIDEO ON THE EAST SIDE OF
CRESSON. A DAMAGE PATH COULD NOT BE FOUND AND FURTHER ANALYSIS OF
THIS TORNADO IS NEEDED.
.LAKE PAT CLEBURNE TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.49 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/28/2026
START TIME: 06:50 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 WSW CLEBURNE / JOHNSON COUNTY / TX
START LAT/LON: 32.3311 / -97.4494
END DATE: 04/28/2026
END TIME: 07:00 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 S CLEBURNE / JOHNSON COUNTY / TX
END LAT/LON: 32.2986 / -97.4082
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO FORMED IN BYRON STEWART PARK, WEST OF CLEBURNE, CROSSED
ONTO LAKE PAT CLEBURNE, AND EXITED THE LAKE ON THE SOUTHEAST
SIDE. TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED IN THE PARK, AND VIDEO EVIDENCE
SHOWS THE TORNADO MOVE OVER THE LAKE. ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE
LAKE ALONG LAKESHORE DR, A SMALL PORCH WAS DAMAGED AND OVERHEAD
DOORS WERE DAMAGED IN AN RV STORAGE GARAGE. THIS TORNADO WAS
RATED EF-0 WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 80 MPH.
RIO VISTA TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.03 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/28/2026
START TIME: 07:10 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 NNE RIO VISTA / JOHNSON COUNTY / TX
START LAT/LON: 32.2524 / -97.3654
END DATE: 04/28/2026
END TIME: 07:15 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 E RIO VISTA / JOHNSON COUNTY / TX
END LAT/LON: 32.2376 / -97.3355
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A SECOND TORNADO FROM THE SAME STORM NEAR LAKE PAT CLEBURNE
IMPACTED A SMALL AREA EAST OF RIO VISTA. MOSTLY SCATTERED TREE
DAMAGE AND DAMAGE TO LIGHTWEIGHT METAL OBJECTS WAS OBSERVED ALONG
THE PATH OF THE TORNADO. THE TORNADO STARTED NEAR HILL CT,
NORTHEAST OF RIO VISTA. ONE MANUFACTURED HOME OFF CR 1205 LOST
MOST OF ITS ROOF COVERING, AND THE ROOF OF A NEARBY HOME ON CR
1107 WAS ALSO PARTIALLY REMOVED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED SOUTHEAST
CROSSING FM 916 AND DISSIPATED NEAR CR 1204 AND 1104. THIS TORNADO
WAS RATED A LOW-END EF-1 WITH WINDS OF 90 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 EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
JLDUNN/REED
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