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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
420 PM CDT MON JUN 1 2015

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 5/23/15 TORNADO EVENT IN WILLIAMSON
COUNTY...

.LIBERTY HILL TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  3.1 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   200 YARDS
FATALITIES:             NONE
INJURIES:               NONE

START DATE:             MAY 23 2015 
START TIME:             922 PM CDT
START LOCATION:         2.1 NW LIBERTY HILL / WILLIAMSON COUNTY / TX
START LAT/LON:          30.6909 / -97.9411

END DATE:               MAY 23 2015
END TIME:               934 PM CDT
END LOCATION:           4.6 N LIBERTY HILL / WILLIAMSON COUNTY / TX
END_LAT/LON:            30.7338 / -97.9272

SURVEY SUMMARY: THE NWS SURVEY TEAM FOUND AN EF-1 TORNADO INITIALLY 
TOUCHED DOWN NEAR COUNTY ROAD 201 JUST WEST OF COUNTY ROAD 200. THE 
TORNADO TRAVELED TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST THROUGH THE INDIAN OAKS AND
CARRIAGE OAKS SUBDIVISIONS BEFORE CROSSING COUNTY ROAD 200 AND 
LIFTING NEAR EAST BEAR CREEK ROAD. DAMAGE WAS PRIMARILY TO LARGE OAK 
TREES...BUT ABOUT 7 TO 10 HOMES SUFFERED DAMAGE MAINLY TO ROOFS. THE 
MOST SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS A COMPLETE LOSS OF A CHIMNEY. ALSO...A
BARN LOST PART OF ITS ROOF. 

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. 

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