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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
609 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR MARCH 7TH AND 8TH TORNADOES...

.OVERVIEW...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH NORTH TEXAS DURING
THE EVENING HOURS OF MARCH 7TH...AND A SQUALL LINE MOVED THROUGH
NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS DURING THE MORNING HOURS OF MARCH 8TH.
WHILE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS AND DAMAGE ACROSS THE
AREA WERE CAUSED BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...A FEW EMBEDDED TORNADOES
WERE NOTED.

THE FIRST TORNADO WAS NEAR COOL...IN WESTERN PARKER COUNTY. THIS TORNADO WAS FAIRLY 
WIDE AND PRODUCED A DAMAGE PATH OF NEARLY 2 MILES. SEVERAL HOMES WERE DAMAGED
OR DESTROYED ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 180. THE NEXT TORNADO OCCURRED IN 
STEPHENVILLE...BEGINNING IN THE CITY NEAR HIGHWAY 377 AND MOVING
NORTH-NORTHEAST. THIS TORNADO DAMAGED SEVERAL BUSINESSES...AND
HEAVILY DAMAGED AN APARTMENT COMPLEX JUST SOUTH OF WASHINGTON
STREET. SEVERAL OTHER AREAS IN STEPHENVILLE WERE DAMAGED BY A
LARGE SWATH OF 80 TO 90 MPH STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE THIRD TORNADO
WAS JUST EAST OF TOLAR...WHERE 6 MANUFACTURED HOMES WERE HEAVILY
DAMAGED. TWO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AT THIS LOCATION ALONG US 377.

ADDITIONAL DAMAGE FROM THIS SERIES OF STORMS WAS REPORTED IN A FEW AREAS ACROSS THE 
REGION...AND ADDITIONAL AREAS WILL BE INVESTIGATED TOMORROW. 

.COOL TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    95-105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  2 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   300 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               N/A

START DATE:             MAR 07 2016 
START TIME: 			608 PM CST 
START LOCATION: 		1E COOL / PARKER / TEXAS

END DATE:               MAR 07 2016
END TIME:               612 PM CST
END LOCATION:           2 NE COOL / PARKER / TEXAS 

.STEPHENVILLE TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    90-100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  1 MILE
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   100 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               1

START DATE:             MAR 08 2016
START TIME:             655 AM CST
START LOCATION:         STEPHENVILLE / ERATH / TEXAS

END DATE:               MAR 08 2016
END TIME:               657 AM CST
END LOCATION:           STEPHENVILLE / ERATH / TEXAS

.TOLAR TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    85-95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  1 MILE
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   160 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               2

START DATE:             MAR 08 2016
START TIME:             721 AM CST
START LOCATION:         1E TOLAR / HOOD / TEXAS

END DATE:               MAR 08 2016
END TIME:               723 AM CST
END LOCATION:           2E TOLAR / HOOD / TEXAS
 
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 EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA. 

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