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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
849 PM CDT MON MAY 6 2024
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 05/02/24 TORNADO EVENT NEAR HAWLEY, TEXAS
..CORRECTED TO ADD DETAILS TO SUMMARY
HAWLEY TORNADO
RATING: EF3
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 165 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.29 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 210 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 4
START DATE: 05/02/2024
START TIME: 07:06 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 NNE HODGES / JONES COUNTY / TX
START LAT/LON: 32.6241 / -99.8609
END DATE: 05/02/2024
END TIME: 07:33 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 E HODGES / JONES COUNTY / TX
END LAT/LON: 32.5873 / -99.8339
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO WAS PART OF A CYCLICAL SUPERCELL MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD
THROUGH JONES COUNTY JUST WEST OF US-277. THE TORNADO THAT
PRODUCED DAMAGE DROPPED JUST NORTH OF CR-460 AND MOVED SOUTHEAST
BEFORE CAUSING DAMAGE TO METAL OUTBUILDINGS ON TWO PROPERTIES. IT
CONTINUED SOUTHEAST THEN TURNED TO THE SOUTH- SOUTHWEST WHERE IT
DAMAGED A HOME AND SNAPPED SOME TREES AND WOODEN POWER POLES. IT
CONTINUED SOUTHWESTWARD BEFORE COMPLETELY DESTROYING A HOME THAT
WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. IT ALSO THREW SEVERAL TRUCKS AND A TRAILER
ABOUT 100 YARDS BEFORE CROSSING CR-458. CONTINUING SOUTHWESTWARD,
THE TORNADO COMPLETELY DESTROYED ANOTHER HOUSE AND INJURED A
FAMILY OF FOUR. THE TORNADO MADE ONE MORE TURN SOUTHEASTWARD WHERE
IT HIT A SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD. IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IT CAUSED ROOF
DAMAGE TO A FEW HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS. BEFORE EXITING THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, IT TOOK MOST OF THE ROOF OFF OF A HOUSE AND CAUSED
SOME OF THE WALLS TO COLLAPSE. IT ALSO DESTROYED A METAL GARAGE
AND HEAVILY DAMAGED AN ATTACHED METAL OUTBUILDING. THE TORNADO
CROSSED FM-605 BEFORE DISSIPATING SHORTLY THEREAFTER.
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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