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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
515 PM CST SUN FEB 15 2026
..PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 02/14/26 TORNADO EVENT
TORNADO #1: NORTHEAST SHELBY COUNTY TX TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.0834 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 275.0 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 02/14/2026
START TIME: 07:03 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 6 NNE CENTER / SHELBY COUNTY / TX
START LAT/LON: 31.8731 / -94.1195
END DATE: 02/14/2026
END TIME: 07:05 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 6 NE CENTER / SHELBY COUNTY / TX
END LAT/LON: 31.8651 / -94.1036
SUMMARY: THIS BRIEF EF-1 TORNADO BEGAN ALONG COUNTY ROAD 3156,
WHERE A FEW TREES WERE DOWNED, AND THEN IT TRAVELED SOUTHEAST TO
CROSS HIGHWAY 7 WHERE IT INTERSECTED WITH COUNTY ROAD 3153. MOST
OF THE DAMAGE HERE WAS ALSO TO TREES WITH A CONSOLIDATED AREA OF
SNAPPED SOFTWOOD TREES GIVING THE TORNADO ITS ESTIMATED MAXIMUM
WINDSPEED RATING OF 95 MPH. THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED TO THE
SOUTHEAST AND WAS JUDGED TO HAVE ENDED JUST AFTER CROSSING COUNTY
ROAD 3215. ONE OUTBUILDING WAS DESTROYED AT THIS LOCATION, BUT
OTHERWISE THE SURVEY TEAM COULD VERIFY ONLY MINOR DAMAGE DONE TO
A FEW BUILDINGS HERE AND EARLIER WHEN THE TORNADO CROSSED HIGHWAY
7. LOCALIZED SNAPPING OF TREE TRUNKS WAS ALSO QUITE EVIDENT
AROUND A POND JUST TO THE WEST OF COUNTY ROAD 3215. FORTUNATELY,
THERE WERE NO HUMAN INJURIES OR FATALITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
BRIEF AND SHORT-LIVED TORNADO.
MANY THANKS TO TDEM AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS THE SHELBY
COUNTY FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE LOCATING THE DAMAGE.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO
THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES.
EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH
EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200MPH
EF5...VIOLENT...>200MPH
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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