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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
508 PM CDT WED APR 29 2026
..UPDATED NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/28/2026 TORNADO EVENT
A LONG-TRACKED SUPERCELL MOVED ACROSS WESTERN NORTH AND CENTRAL
TEXAS ON THE EVENING OF APRIL 28TH. WE CAN CONFIRM 5 TORNADOES AT
THIS TIME. THE TORNADO NEAR MINERAL WELLS IS CURRENTLY RATED EF-3.
THREE RELATIVELY SHORT-TRACKED TORNADOES OCCURRED IN JOHNSON COUNTY.
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: N/A
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: N/A
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: N/A
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.
MINERAL WELLS TORNADO
RATING: EF3
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 145 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: TBD
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: TBD
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 5
START DATE: 04/27/2026
START TIME: 05:05 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 NNE MINERAL WELLS / PALO PINTO COUNTY / TX
START LAT/LON: 32.8339 / -98.0717
END DATE: 04/27/2026
END TIME: TBD
END LOCATION: TBD
END LAT/LON: TBD
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NORTH OF MINERAL WELLS NEAR SUNDOWN ROAD
AND FM 1821, PRODUCING MINOR TREE AND FENCE DAMAGE. THE TORNADO
THEN CONTINUED SOUTHEAST CROSSING ELLIS WHITE ROAD BEFORE MOVING
INTO THE COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD. MULTIPLE TREES WERE
UPROOTED, MULTIPLE CARPORTS COLLAPSED, AND MULTIPLE HOMES WERE
DAMAGED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THE MOST NOTABLE WAS A HOME THAT
HAD ITS ENTIRE ROOF AND TRUSS STRUCTURE REMOVED AND DISPLACED
APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET, CONSISTENT WITH 120 MPH WINDS.
THE TORNADO CONTINUED SOUTHEAST DAMAGING HOMES AND BUSINESSES
SOUTHEAST OF COUNTRY CLUB PARKWAY PRODUCING DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH
100 TO 130 MPH WINDS. A COMMERCIAL BUILDING WITH A PERSONAL
WEATHER STATION MEASURED 100 MPH WINDS BEFORE THE SENSOR FAILED.
THE TORNADO THEN INTENSIFIED AS IT MOVED THROUGH THE FORT WOLTERS
HISTORICAL PARK AND HOLIDAY HILLS ESTATES. MULTIPLE HOMES IN
HOLIDAY HILLS ESTATES HAD SIGNIFICANT ROOF AND WINDOW DAMAGE,
PRODUCING DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH 130 MPH WINDS.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED TO NUMEROUS WORLD WAR II ERA
WAREHOUSE STRUCTURES IN THE FORT WOLTERS HISTORICAL AREA.
SEVERAL WAREHOUSES FULLY COLLAPSED, WHILE OTHERS ONLY PARTIALLY
COLLAPSED. ALL OF THE WAREHOUSES WERE BUILT SIMILARLY WITH WOOD
FRAMES AND LARGE OPEN SPACES. THE ROOFS WERE INITIALLY BUILT
SIMILAR TO A RESIDENTIAL HOME WITH PLYWOOD DECKING AND ASPHALT
SHINGLES AND COVERED WITH EITHER TAR AND SINGLE-PLY ROOFING
MEMBRANE OR SHEET METAL. TWO WAREHOUSES ALSO CONTAINED A BRICK
PARAPET WALL WITHIN THE STRUCTURE. ONE OF THESE WALLS REMAINED
STANDING DESPITE THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE AROUND IT BEING BLOWN OFF
THE FOUNDATION WHILE THE OTHER WALL COLLAPSED WITH THE STRUCTURE.
DUE TO THESE FACTORS AND OTHERS SURROUNDING THE CONSTRUCTION AND
STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE WAREHOUSES, IT IS MOST LIKELY THAT THE
DAMAGE TO THE WAREHOUSES IS CONSISTENT WITH 120 TO 145 MPH WINDS.
THE TORNADO CONTINUED SOUTHEAST, PRODUCING TREE DAMAGE ALONG
US-180 FROM WASHINGTON ROAD TO HIGH POINT ROAD. IT THEN MOVED
SOUTH OF US-180 AND LIFTED AT AN UNKNOWN LOCATION SOUTH OF COOL.
THIS DAMAGE ASSESSMENT IS STILL PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
ADDITIONAL REVIEW. WE WILL ALSO REVIEW AERIAL FOOTAGE TO ATTAIN A
MORE ACCURATE ENDING LOCATION AND UPDATE THIS REPORT WITH UPDATED
INFORMATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
CRESSON TORNADO
RATING: N/A
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: N/A
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: N/A
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: N/A
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 EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
JLDUNN/REED/GORDON/ELLIS/BONNETTE
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