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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
455 PM CDT Sun May 17 2020

...NWS Damage Survey For 05/16/2020 Malakoff and Mabank Tornado 
   Events...


.Overview...a pair of brief tornadoes occurred over eastern North
Texas Saturday afternoon in a weakly unstable, moderately sheared
environment. One tornado occurred over western Malakoff in 
Henderson County, producing a small area of EF-1 damage and a
broader area of EF-0 damage. Another tornado developed later 
northeast of Mabank, near the southwest corner of Van Zandt County
and southeast corner of Kaufman County. This tornado produced a 
path of intermittent high end EF-0 damage. Both tornadoes were 
atypical in that they formed and moved generally due west, which 
is unusual for most tornadoes in North Texas in May. 

.Malakoff Tornado...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    100 mph
Path Length /statute/:  1.03 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   150.0 yards
Fatalities:             0 
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             05/16/2020
Start Time:             12:36 PM CDT
Start Location:         1 WSW Malakoff / Henderson County / TX
Start Lat/Lon:          32.1659 / -96.0283

End Date:               05/16/2020
End Time:               12:38 PM CDT 
End Location:           2 WSW Malakoff / Henderson County / TX 
End Lat/Lon:            32.1637 / -96.0456

Summary: This tornado developed on the west side of Malakoff,
south of Highway 31, in a residential area west of the post office.
A number of trees were blown onto homes and cars, causing minor 
roof and vehicular damage. Farther west, the tornado impacted a 
nursing home, causing significant roof damage. The tornado then 
crossed Highway 31, completely destroying a propane supply 
business building, and causing significant large tree damage. The
degree of damage to this metal building was consistent with EF-1 
tornado winds, peaking at approximately 100 mph. Immediately to 
the west of the propane building, the tornado produced modest roof
damage to a hotel on the north side of Highway 31, before 
dissipating. 


.Mabank Tornado..

Rating:                 EF0
Estimated Peak Wind:    85 mph
Path Length /statute/:  2.19 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   250.0 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             05/16/2020
Start Time:             01:47 PM CDT
Start Location:         3 NE Mabank / Van Zandt County / TX
Start Lat/Lon:          32.4071 / -96.0645

End Date:               05/16/2020
End Time:               01:50 PM CDT
End Location:           3 N Mabank / Kaufman County / TX
End Lat/Lon:            32.4097 / -96.1015

Summary: A little more than an hour after the Malakoff tornado
occurred, a second tornado developed over extreme southwest Van
Zandt County, approximately 3 miles northeast of Mabank. This
tornado touched down along VZ County Road 2718 just east of the
intersection with VZ County Road 2719. The tornado moved almost
due west along VZ CR 2718, producing intermittent tree and power 
line damage, as well as roof damage to several manufactured homes,
site built homes, and a couple of farm outbuildings. The tornado 
continued westward, moving into extreme southeast Kaufman County 
and producing additional intermittent tree and outbuilding 
damage. The tornado dissipated near the intersection of Kaufman 
County Road 4007 and Farm to Market Road 90. 

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 TO165 mph
EF4...Violent...166 TO 200mph
EF5...Violent...>200mph

NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pendingfinal review of the events and publication in NWS 
Storm Data.

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Bradshaw