[STORMREPORTS] Injuries from Houston Tornadoes Tuesday
About two dozen people were injured by flying glass and debris when a tornado
Full story from the Houston Chronicle:
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1000 AM TORNADO WHARTON 29.32N 96.10W
*** 6 INJ *** STRONG F1 TORNADO FORMED JUST OUTSIDE CITY
1005 AM TORNADO WHARTON 29.32N 96.10W
THIS TORNADO FORMED JUST EAST OF THE FIRST STORM ALONG A
...DAMAGE SURVEY CONFIRMS TWO TORNADOES IN THE WHARTON AREA...
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE SURVEY CONFIRMS THAT TWO TORNADOES
THE FIRST...AND STRONGEST OF THE TWO TORNADOES FORMED JUST OUTSIDE THE
ANOTHER TORNADO FORMED AROUND 1005 AM JUST EAST OF THE FIRST STORM
A THIRD TORNADO OCCURRED IN THE BRENHAM AREA IN WASHINGTON COUNTY
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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (ferrell{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Wed Jun 09 2004 - 06:58:05 EDT
tore through Wharton about 10 a.m. today, authorities said. All of the
injuries were minor, said city spokeswoman Lisa Stavena.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2616132
http://www.weathermatrix.net/stormmatrix/tornado/
06/08/2004 F1 WHARTON TX NWS STORM SURVEY
LIMITS. TORNADO CAUSED DAMAGE TO A STRIP MALL
ROOF...TURNED OVER A MOBILE HOME. WEAKENED SLIGHTLY AS IT
MOVED INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS. ALL 6 INJURIES MINOR WITH
PATIENTS TREATED AND RELEASED ON THE SCENE. PATH LENGTH 6
MILES...WIDTH 40 YARDS...NON-CONTINUOUS PATH.
06/08/2004 F1 WHARTON TX NWS STORM SURVEY
PARALLEL PATH. 3-4 FOOT DIAMETER TREES SNAPPED IN HALF.
PATH LENGTH 4 MILES...WIDTH 40 YARDS...NON-CONTINUOUS
PATH.
OCCURRED IN THE WHARTON AREA THIS MORNING AROUND 1000 AM.
CITY LIMITS. THE TORNADO CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE ROOF OF A SHOPPING
CENTER...DAMAGED SEVERAL HOMES...AND OVERTURNED A PUMP-HOUSE. THE
TORNADO FLIPPED OVER A MOBILE HOME WITH SEVEN PEOPLE INSIDE...BUT
NONE WERE INJURED. SEVERAL OUT-BUILDINGS INCLUDING A BARN AND
SEVERAL VEHICLES WERE ALSO DAMAGED. THE TORNADO WEAKENED SLIGHTLY AS
IT MOVED INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS BUT REMAINED F1 INTENSITY. NUMEROUS
TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS. SIX MINOR
INJURIES WERE REPORTED WITH THIS TORNADO...MOST FROM FLYING GLASS. ALL
THE INJURED WERE TREATED AND RELEASED ON THE SCENE. THE TORNADO HAD A
NON-CONTINUOUS PATH...WITH A LENGTH OF 6 MILES AND A WIDTH OF 40
YARDS.
WITH A PARALLEL PATH. THIS TORNADO WAS ALSO RATED AN F1 BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY. THE TORNADO SNAPPED SEVERAL 3
TO 4 FOOT DIAMETER TREES IN HALF AND KNOCKED DOWN POWER LINES. IT
HAD A NON-CONTINUOUS PATH WITH A LENGTH OF 4 MILES AND A WIDTH OF 40
YARDS.
AROUND 1152 AM. THIS TORNADO DOWNED TREES AT THE LATIUM COMMUNITY ON
BRANDT ROAD. NO STORM SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED HERE...BUT THE STORM IS
ESTIMATED TO HAVE BEEN AN F0 TORNADO.
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