Texas tornadoes, including damage to school in Corsicana

Looks like an EF-1 tornado in Corsicana, Texas wreaked some havoc, tearing the roof off a school there yesterday. Thankfully, no injuries were reported.

431 PM CDT MON APR 27 2009

...PRELIMINARY SURVEY RESULTS FROM STORM DAMAGE IN CORSICANA THIS MORNING...

STAFF FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH SURVEYED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE IN CORSICANA THIS MORNING AND DETERMINED THAT A TORNADO CAUSED THE MOST CONCENTRATED DAMAGE IN WEST-CENTRAL CORSICANA AROUND 830 AM CDT. THE TORNADO HAD A PRELIMINARY PATH LENGTH OF AROUND FOUR-TENTHS OF A MILE... WITH A PATH WIDTH OF APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET. APPROXIMATELY TEN STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED... INCLUDING THE LEE ACADEMY SCHOOL...WHERE PART OF THE ROOF WAS REMOVED. SEVERAL TREES AND LARGE LIMBS WERE ALSO DOWNED. THIS TORNADO WILL BE RATED EF-1 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE WITH MAXIMUM WINDS ESTIMATED AT 90 MPH.

There is also this information out of Austin/San Antonio NWS regarding a tornado that touched down near Jonah, but nothing of the one in Yorktown.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
440 PM CDT MON APR 27 2009

...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE SURVEY HAS CONCLUDED THAT A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN EARLY THIS MORNING AROUND 415 AM JUST A FEW MILES WEST OF JONAH IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY. AT ITS PEAK...THE TORNADO WAS 50 YARDS WIDE AND HAD WINDS OF 85-95 MPH WHICH RATES THE TORNADO AS A EF1 TORNADO. OVER 20 HOMES WERE DAMAGED...WITH THE MAJORITY OF DAMAGE IN THE WAY OF ROOFING MATERIAL, OUTBUILDINGS, AND CAMPERS. MANY TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED OFF ALONG THE PATH. INFLOW WINDS OF 50-60 MPH INTO THE TORNADO CAUSED ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO.

It was the Lake Charles NWS site that really impressed me. As I was looking for information about the possible tornado in Jasper, TX, I noticed they have a comprehensive analysis of the weather they experienced on March 25-27, including pictures of damage and extra large hail. I didn't find anything about Jasper, but they are pretty tied up in the flooding they are now experiencing in that area. Houston has had a record of 15" if rain over this past month after months of extreme drought. Water rescues have commensed as flood warnings are issued. There was even an avalanche report in Port Arthur. Did I read that right???Locally... nothing but hot weather... but at least, I am not in the northeast where temperatures are about 30° above normal.

Have a lovely day!
~Dewdrop