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547 NOUS44 KHGX 150101 PNSHGX TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-300-313-335>338- 436>438-151315- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 801 PM CDT Sun Apr 14 2019 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/13/19 TORNADO EVENT... Severe thunderstorms impacted Southeast Texas on April 13, 2019. In addition to numerous straight-line wind damage and hail reports, three tornadoes have been confirmed at this time. These storms were the initial portion of a much broader severe weather event that stretched across the Southeastern states through April 13 and continued into the Mid-Atlantic on April 14. A damage survey team went to Houston County on April 14, and surveyed damage tracks from three tornadoes. Two of those surveys were done jointly with WFO Shreveport, as the tracks crossed the boundary between the two offices' areas of responsibility. More details on the portions of the tracks not in the Houston/Galveston County Warning Area will be released by WFO Shreveport. .Tornado #1 - Weches Tornado... RATING: EF-3 PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.9 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 880 YARDS FATALITIES: 1 INJURIES: 0 The ending point of this tornado is in Angelina County, Texas. This is in the County Warning Area of WFO Shreveport. That office also surveyed damage for that portion of the track. The data in this PNS refers only to the portion of the tornado's track in the Houston/Galveston County Warning Area. .Tornado #2 - Lovelady Tornado... RATING: EF-2 PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.8 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 .Tornado #3 - Ratcliff TORNADO... RATING: EF-1 PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 8.4 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 4 The ending point of this tornado is in Angelina County, Texas. This is in the County Warning Area of WFO Shreveport. That office also surveyed damage for that portion of the track. The data in this PNS refers only to the portion of the tornado's track in the Houston/Galveston County Warning Area. 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. $$