Here is the statement from the National Weather Service on Wednesday’s tornado that hit between Queen City and Domino.
…NWS Damage Survey for 6/14/23 Tornado Event Update…
.Overview…In a very unstable and unusually strongly sheared
June environment, a large and long-lived supercell thunderstorm
developed near a frontal boundary. The storm produced large
hail, damaging winds, and a tornado. Another storm survey will
occur on Thursday in Miller County, Arkansas.
.Tornado #1…Domino in Cass County, TX
Rating: EF2
Estimated Peak Wind: 120 mph
Path Length /statute/: 8.99 miles
Path Width /maximum/: 500 yards
Fatalities: 0
Injuries: 0
Start Date: 06/14/2023
Start Time: 12:43 PM CDT
Start Location: 6 W Domino / Cass County / TX
Start Lat/Lon: 33.244 / -94.2162
End Date: 06/14/2023
End Time: 12:54 PM CDT
End Location: 4 NNW Bloomburg / Cass County / TX
End Lat/Lon: 33.1972 / -94.0723
Survey Summary:
The tornado initially produced damage along the shore of Wright
Patman Lake. It snapped and uprooted hundreds of hardwood and
softwood trees along its path, first crossing CR-3555. After it
crossed CR-3555, it peeled part of a roof off of a single family
home. The tornado continued to snap and uproot trees as it
paralleled CR-3555 and crossed CR-3551 and CR-3554. The tornado
strengthened to EF-2 intensity as it crossed CR-3659 and produced
more widespread snapping of trees. As the tornado continued on,
its most intense damage was at a two-story industrial facility
along US-59. The tornado tore off the roof and damaged walls of
the facility, bending and breaking parts of metal frame of its
roof structure.
After crossing US-59 and tossing vehicles, the tornado snapped
more trees on the other side of the road. The tornado weakened
some with more uprooting and sporadic tree snaps as it crossed
FM-2327, CR-3781, CR-3778, FM-3129, and CR-3886. It finally
lifted as it crossed CR-3889 as damage transitioned to all
straight-line wind damage with winds estimated at 80 to 90 mph
as the storm continued to the border of Cass County, Texas and
Miller County, Arkansas.
A special thanks goes out to the Texas Division of Emergency
Management (TDEM) for their assistance in locating damage during
the survey.
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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 200 mph
EF5…Violent…>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.