Public Information Statement 10:44:22.5903

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER
University Operations Center (UOC)

This is an automatically generated special information alert from the UT Tyler Office of Emergency Management:

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1047 AM CST THU FEB 12 2009

...STORM SURVEY CONDUCTED ON WEDNESDAY IN SMITH AND WOOD COUNTIES TEXAS AS A
RESULT OF A TORNADO WHICH OCCURRED TUESDAY NIGHT...

...EF1 TORNADO CAUSES DAMAGE IN SMITH COUNTY TEXAS NORTHWEST OF
LINDALE AND IN WOOD COUNTY EAST OF MINEOLA...

A STORM SURVEY IN SMITH AND WOOD COUNTIES CONFIRMS THAT DAMAGE
WHICH OCCURRED WAS THE RESULT OF AN EF1 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WINDS
OF 85 TO 90 MPH. THE TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 482 AND COUNTY ROAD 483 IN SMITH
COUNTY WHERE A BARN WAS DESTROYED DAMAGING A NEARBY FENCE. NUMEROUS
CEDAR TREES WERE ALSO SNAPPED ALONG THE ROAD. THE TORNADO CROSSED
OLD DALLAS SHREVEPORT ROAD AND OLD MINEOLA HWY DAMAGING A COUPLE
METAL OUTBUILDINGS AND SNAPPING TREES. THE TORNADO CROSSED HWY 69
UPROOTING AND SNAPPING TREES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HWY AS WELL AS
DAMAGING A METAL BUILDING. FURTHER NORTHEAST IN WOOD COUNTY...THE
TORNADO CROSSED COUNTY ROAD 2600 DAMAGING NUMEROUS TREES AND A
SMALL SHED. SEVERAL HOMES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HWY 80
EAST OF MINEOLA SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE WHERE SECTIONS OF
ROOF WERE PEELED EXPOSING THE HOMES. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED
AND UPROOTED AS WELL. THE TORNADO CROSSED FM 1801 DAMAGING SEVERAL
TREES WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO A FEW HOMES BEFORE WEAKENING.

THE TORNADO IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE TOUCHED DOWN AT 1116 PM AND WAS
ON THE GROUND FOR 9 MINUTES. THE PATH WAS GENERALLY 100 TO 200
YARDS WIDE BUT WAS 300 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT AND 6.8
MILES LONG.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MEDIA...OFFICIALS
IN BOTH TYLER AND WOOD COUNTY AS WELL AS LOCAL RESIDENTS FOR THEIR
ASSISTANCE AND STORIES DURING THE SURVEY.

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STELLMAN

P. Low/UOC
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