The National Weather Service in Fort Worth believes, based on damage evidence, that 14 tornadoes touched down in North and Central Texas over the weekend.
Storms produced an estimated 14 tornadoes in North and Central Texas between Friday and Sunday, according to the National Weather Service in Fort Worth.The earlier tornadoes were spread throughout McLennan, Hill and Navarro counties while the latter occurred in Limestone, Freestone and Milam counties.The strongest tornado was an EF-2 southeast of West and southwest of Penelope. Winds from the twister topped 115 mph and it lasted from 12:48 to 1:05 p.m. Friday.
Though Monday provided a reprieve from storms and rain for all of North Texas, chances for precipitation returned to western parts of the region Tuesday.The rain will likely linger throughout the rest of the week with the highest chances of storms late Wednesday into Thursday then again late Saturday into Sunday, according to the weather service. A few strong storms are possible.Partly to mostly cloudy, breezy and warm with a 30% chance of showers and storms, mainly late in the day. Low: 69.
Deadly tornadoes across Oklahoma left a trail of destruction, leveling buildings and knocking out power for tens of thousands of residents., Breaking News Reporter. Lana Ferguson joined The Dallas Morning News after reporting in South Carolina's Lowcountry for The Island Packet & Beaufort Gazette newspapers. She graduated from the University of Mississippi where she studied journalism and Southern studies. She's a Virginia native but her work has taken her all over the U.S.
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