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800 NOUS44 KHGX 151530 PNSHGX TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-160330- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1030 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/13/14 LOVELADY TORNADO... .LOVELADY TORNADO... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.78 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 20 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 1 START DATE: APRIL 13 2014 START TIME: 445 PM CDT START LOCATION: LOVELADY TX START LAT/LON: 31.1251 -95.4477 END DATE: APRIL 13 2014 END TIME: 447 PM CDT END LOCATION: 1 N LOVELADY TX END LAT/LON: 31.1365 -95.4479 SURVEY_SUMMARY: SEVERAL WITNESSES OBSERVED A TORNADO TO TOUCH DOWN IN LOVELADY TEXAS AND TRACK FOR JUST UNDER A MILE BEFORE LIFTING NEAR THE LOVELADY SCHOOL...ABOUT 1 MILE NORTH OF THE CENTER OF TOWN. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR AN AREA WITH MOBILE HOMES...THEN TRACKED TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST WITH AN INTERMITTENT DAMAGE PATH. TORNADO LIFTED JUST BEYOND THE LOVELADY SCHOOL. THE WORST DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE MOBILE HOMES. TWO LARGE TREES WERE UPROOTED AND FELL INTO ONE MOBILE HOME WHICH SUSTAINED SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STRUCTURE. THIS MOBILE HOME WAS MOVED OFF ITS FOUNDATION BUT REMAINED UPRIGHT. RESIDENT WAS AT HOME BUT SUFFERED ONLY MINOR INJURIES AS SHE WAS NOT IN THE PART OF THE HOME THAT WAS MOST SEVERELY DAMAGED. ANOTHER SINGLE WIDE TRAILER ADJACENT TO THAT STRUCTURE WAS ROLLED OFF ITS FOUNDATION. THIS DID NOT APPEAR TO BE AS WELL TIED DOWN. A THIRD TRAILER ABOUT 50 YARDS TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST HAD ITS ROOF PEELED OFF. THE DAMAGE WAS RATED EF1 IN THIS AREA BASED ON NUMEROUS LARGE TREES BEING UPROOTED AND THE DAMAGE TO THE TRAILERS. SOME MINOR DAMAGED OCCURRED AT THE SCHOOL WHERE SOME CEILING PANELS WERE LIFTED OFF NEAR AN ENTRANCE TO THE SCHOOL AND NUMEROUS LARGE LIMBS WERE STRIPPED OFF TREES. THE DAMAGE WAS RATED EF0 IN THE SCHOOL AREA. THE TIME OF THE EVENT IS ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 445 AND 450 PM. WITNESSES INTERVIEWED WERE NOT CERTAIN OF THE EXACT TIME...WITH SOME SAYING AROUND 5 PM...OTHERS BETWEEN 430 AND 5 PM. RADAR SIGNATURES WERE NOT VERY STRONG AND NOT DEFINITIVE EITHER IN TERMS OF FIXING A TIME...BUT DID SHOW A SHOWER NEAR LOVELADY AROUND 445 PM...SO DID GO WITH 445 PM FOR TIME OF TOUCHDOWN. IF WE CAN FIX A MORE EXACT TIME...THIS REPORT WILL BE UPDATED. 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. $$