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048 NOUS44 KFWD 310150 CCB PNSFWD TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-311100- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED START TIME OF EMORY TORNADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 749 PM CST WED DEC 30 2015 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR DECEMBER 26 2015 TORNADO EVENT... *.UPDATE...UPDATED INFORMATION ABOUT TWO ADDITIONAL TORNADOES...ONE IN HILL COUNTY AND ANOTHER IN SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTY. THESE TORNADOES WERE ACTUALLY CONFIRMED DURING THE EVENT...ONE BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE OTHER BY STORM SPOTTERS. THESE TORNADOES HAVE NOT YET BEEN INCLUDED IN ANY PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS. ADDITIONALLY...WE HAVE DETERMINED WE HAD AN INCORRECT TIME ON THE EMORY TORNADO...WHICH OCCURRED AROUND 3:15 PM ON THE AFTERNOON OF THE 26TH. *.OVERVIEW...SEVERAL TORNADOES WERE OBSERVED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF SATURDAY DECEMBER 26TH. THE STRONGEST TORNADO PRODUCED EF4 DAMAGE IN THE CITY OF GARLAND...AS WELL AS EF3 DAMAGE IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT. THIS TORNADO PRODUCED A CONTINUOUS PATH OF DAMAGE FOR APPROXIMATELY 13 MILES IN DALLAS AND ROCKWALL COUNTIES. THE TORNADO CAUSED 8 FATALITIES MOST OF WHICH NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE 30 AND THE PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE. TWO TORNADOES WERE CONFIRMED IN COLLIN COUNTY...NEAR COPEVILLE...WHERE EF2 DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED BY NWS SURVEY CREWS. TORNADO DAMAGE WAS ALSO OBSERVED NEAR BLUE RIDGE...WHERE EF1 DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. TWO FATALITIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN COPEVILLE...AND ONE FATALITY WAS REPORTED IN BLUE RIDGE. IN TOTAL...THERE ARE NOW TWELVE CONFIRMED TORNADOES AND 11 FATALITIES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF THE 26TH. FOR THE WFO DALLAS/FORT WORTH COUNTY WARNING AREA...THERE HAVE NOW BEEN 76 CONFIRMED TORNADOES DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 2015. THIS IS THE MOST ON RECORD FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS...SINCE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS BEEN KEEPING DETAILED RECORDS ABOUT TORNADOES IN 1950. .HUBBARD TORNADO... RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 70-80 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: DEC 26 2015 START TIME: 203 PM CST START LOCATION: 3 N HUBBARD / HILL / TEXAS END DATE: DEC 26 2015 END TIME: 207 PM CST END LOCATION: 6 N HUBBARD / HILL / TEXAS .EUSTACE TORNADO... RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 70 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 40 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: DEC 26 2015 START TIME: 2:44 PM CST START LOCATION: 2 NE EUSTACE / HENDERSON / TEXAS END DATE: DEC 26 2015 END TIME: 2:46 PM CST END LOCATION: 3 NE EUSTACE / HENDERSON / TEXAS .EMORY TORNADO... RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 70 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.0 MILE PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: DEC 26 2015 START TIME: 5:26 PM CST START LOCATION: 3 NE EMORY / RAINS / TEXAS END DATE: DEC 26 2015 END TIME: 5:27 PM CST END LOCATION: 3 NE EMORY / RAINS / TEXAS SURVEY_SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO WAS OBSERVED AND REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTERS. .HILLSBORO TORNADO... RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.0 MILE PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 80 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: DEC 26 2015 START TIME: 5:10 PM CST START LOCATION: 1 W HILLSBORO / HILL / TEXAS END DATE: DEC 26 2015 END TIME: 5:12 PM CST END LOCATION: 1 NW HILLSBORO / HILL / TEXAS SURVEY_SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO WAS OBSERVED AND REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTERS AND WAS CONFIRMED IN TORNADO WARNING NUMBER 141. .SULPHUR SPRINGS TORNADO... RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 70 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.5 MILE PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 25 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: DEC 26 2015 START TIME: 5:33 PM CST START LOCATION: 3 S SULPHUR SPRINGS / HOPKINS / TEXAS END DATE: DEC 26 2015 END TIME: 5:34 PM CST END LOCATION: 2 S SULPHUR SPRINGS / HOPKINS / TEXAS SURVEY_SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO WAS OBSERVED AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY TRAINED SPOTTERS. .MAYPEARL TORNADO... RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.5 MILE PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: DEC 26 2015 START TIME: 5:43 PM CST START LOCATION: 1 N MAYPEARL / ELLIS / TEXAS END DATE: DEC 26 2015 END TIME: 5:44 PM CST END LOCATION: 1 N MAYPEARL / ELLIS / TEXAS SURVEY_SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO WAS OBSERVED AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY TRAINED SPOTTERS AND WAS CONFIRMED IN TORNADO WARNING NUMBER 144. .MIDLOTHIAN /OVILLA /GLENN HEIGHTS TORNADO... RATING: EF-3 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 145-155 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 8.5 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 125 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: N/A START DATE: DEC 26 2015 START TIME: 601 PM CST START LOCATION: 5 E MIDLOTHIAN / ELLIS / TEXAS END DATE: DEC 26 2015 END TIME: 613 PM CST END LOCATION: GLENN HEIGHTS / DALLAS / TEXAS SURVEY_SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO PRODUCED A LONG AND NARROW DAMAGE PATH FROM JUST NORTHEAST OF THE MID-WAY REGIONAL AIRPORT NEAR MIDLOTHIAN TO THE BORDER OF DESOTO AND GLENN HEIGHTS. THERE WERE SEVERAL HOMES WITH DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WITH SEVERAL HOMES SUFFERING WALL FAILURE DAMAGE. ADDITIONALLY...TWO CHURCHES AND ONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUFFERED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. .SUNNYVALE / GARLAND / ROWLETT... RATING: EF-4 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 170-180 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 13 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 550 YARDS FATALITIES: 8 INJURIES: 7+ START DATE: DEC 26 2015 START TIME: 6:45 PM CST START LOCATION: SUNNYVALE / DALLAS / TEXAS END DATE: DEC 26 2015 END TIME: 7:02 PM CST END LOCATION: LAKE RAY HUBBARD / ROCKWALL / TEXAS .ENNIS / ROSSER TORNADO... RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1 MILE PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: DEC 26 2015 START TIME: 7:00 PM CST START LOCATION: 6 NE ENNIS / ELLIS / TEXAS END DATE: DEC 26 2015 END TIME: 7:02 PM CST END LOCATION: 7 NE ENNIS / ELLIS / TEXAS SURVEY_SUMMARY: TRAINED SPOTTERS OBSERVED A TORNADO APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF ENNIS ON THE EVENING OF THE 26TH. .COPEVILLE TORNADO... RATING: EF-2 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 115-125 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 5.5 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS FATALITIES: 2 INJURIES: N/A START DATE: DEC 26 2015 START TIME: 7:09 PM CST START LOCATION: 1 N LAVON / COLLIN / TEXAS END DATE: DEC 26 2015 END TIME: 7:15 PM CST END LOCATION: 3 N COPEVILLE / COLLIN / TEXAS .FARMERSVILLE TORNADO... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95-105 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 300 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 1 START DATE: DEC 26 2015 START TIME: 7:17 PM CST START LOCATION: 2 W FARMERSVILLE / COLLIN / TEXAS END DATE: DEC 26 2015 END TIME: 7:23 PM CST END LOCATION: 4 NW FARMERSVILLE / COLLIN / TEXAS .BLUE RIDGE TORNADO... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90-100 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 5 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 250 YARDS FATALITIES: 1 INJURIES: N/A START DATE: DEC 26 2015 START TIME: 7:33 PM CST START LOCATION: 3 SE BLUE RIDGE / COLLIN / TEXAS END DATE: DEC 26 2015 END TIME: 7:38 PM CST END LOCATION: 5 NE BLUE RIDGE 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: NOTE: THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. $$ BAIN/CAVANAUGH/DUNN/FOX/MARTELLO/