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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Tue Dec 31 2002 - 21:00:17 EST
FULL AP ARTICLE:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030101/ap_on_re_us/southern_storms_4
QUOTES:
"Thunderstorms rolled across the South with tornadoes, heavy rain and
pounding hail, killing one person, knocking out power and causing street
flooding.
During the night, emergency officials in southwestern Louisiana's Calcasieu
Parish reported that a tornado touched down in the town of Iowa, where the
roof was blown off a restaurant.
Louisiana also had scattered street flooding as nearly 2 inches of rain
fell at Shreveport and New Orleans got about 1 1/2 inches.
The storms blew through Texas late Monday, dumping nearly 3 inches of rain
near Dallas and hail up to 1 1/2 inches in diameter near Austin. Tornadoes
touched down north of Dallas, the National Weather Service said, but no
severe damage was reported. "
NWS REPORTS:
0410 PM LOCKHART TX TORNADO
12/30/02 CALDWELL TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT
358 PM. LOCATION 4 NW OF
LOCKHART MOVING EAST.
REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTER IN COORDINATION
WITH NWS FORT WORTH.
0455 PM UNKNOWN TX FUNNEL CLOUD
12/30/02 CALDWELL FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED OVER
CALDWELL COUNTY BETWEEN 86
AND FM 3158. REPORTED BY
SPOTTER.
0920 PM TEXAS CITY TX WIND DAMAGE
12/30/02 GALVESTON EXTENSIVE WIND DAMAGE
FROM INTERSECTION OF SH
348 AND LOOP 197 TO THE
TEXAS CITY DIKE. ROOF
BLOWN OFF CONVENIENCE
STORE AND BUILDING
BEHIND IT. NUMEROUS
SIGNS AND LARGE TREES
BLOWN DOWN. SEVERAL
POWER POLES DOWN ON
TEXAS CITY DIKE WITH
VEHICLE HIT BY POLES.
REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
0615 PM 6 SW BEEVILLE TX FX TORNADO
12/30/02 BEE UNCONFIRMED REPORT OF A
TORNADO NEAR FM ROAD 796
AND HWY 59 AT 515 PM CST.
0225 PM HELOTES TX TORNADO
12/30/02 BEXAR UNCONFIRMED TORNADO
REPORTED BY BEXAR COUNTY
FIRE ALARM BETWEEN HELOTES
AND LEON SPRINGS.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1245 PM CDT TUE DEC 31 2002
...DAMAGE SURVEY REVEALS TWO SMALL TORNADOES TOUCHDOWN IN
HOUSTON/GALVESTON AREA...
AT APPROXIMATELY 920PM A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN TEXAS CITY NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF SH 348 AND LOOP 197. THE STORM MOVED EAST NORTHEAST
EVENTUALLY CROSSING THE TEXAS CITY DYKE. SEVERAL BUSINESSES WERE
DAMAGED AT THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN. NUMEROUS POWER POLES WERE KNOCKED
DOWN ON THE TEXAS CITY DYKE. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR A
LITTLE OVER ONE MILE BEFORE MOVING OVER GALVESTON BAY AS A
WATERSPOUT. MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS F0 WITH A LITTLE F1 DAMAGE AT THE
INITIAL TOUCHDOWN POINT.
AT APPROXIMATELY 925 PM A SECOND TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN IN
SHOREACRES NEAR THE HOUSTON YACHT CLUB. THIS TORNADO WAS ONLY ON THE
GROUND FOR ABOUT ONE HALF OF A MILE BEFORE IT MOVED OVER GALVESTON
BAY AS A WATERSPOUT. MOST DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO TREES EXCEPT AT THE
HOUSTON YACHT CLUB. SEVERAL BOATS WERE OVERTURNED IN THE PARKING LOT
AND A LARGE SECTION OF A METAL ROOF WAS DESTROYED AND TOSSED ONTO
BOATS FURTHER DOWNWIND. THE DAMAGE FROM THIS SHORT LIVED TORNADO WAS
F0.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION YOU MAY CONTACT THE HOUSTON/GALVESTON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 281-337-5074.
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