The National Weather Service out of Shreveport spent the day surveying Bowie and Red River Counties storm damages for signs of tornados. They did find signs of two tornado touchdowns in western Bowie County.
According to the survey, damage done in eastern Bowie County was caused by straight line winds of 85-95 MPH.
According to the survey, both tornadoes in Bowie County were near Spring Hill north of DeKalb along U.S. 259. They were both EF-1 tornadoes with winds from 85-95 MPH.
TORNADO #1 IN BOWIE COUNTY TEXAS
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85-95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 390 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: MAY 9 2016
START TIME: 859 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 0.21 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRING HILL
START LAT/LON: 33.6108 / -94.6584
END DATE: MAY 9 2016
END TIME: 903 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2.2 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF SPRING HILL
END_LAT/LON: 33.6399 / -94.6522
SURVEY_SUMMARY: TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG FM 2735 JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 259 BEFORE LIFTING ALONG CR 3313. ALTHOUGH THE PRIMARY DAMAGE WAS SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREESONE HOME HAD MINOR SIDING LOSS AND ONE OUTBUILDING WAS DAMAGED.
.TORNADO #2 IN BOWIE COUNTY TEXAS
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85-95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.25 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 120 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: MAY 9 2016
START TIME: 906 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3.44 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRING HILL
START LAT/LON: 33.6413 / -94.6154
END DATE: MAY 9 2016
END TIME: 907 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3.55 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRING HILL
END_LAT/LON: 33.6434 / -94.6153
SURVEY_SUMMARY: TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AND LIFTED ALONG CR 3303 SNAPPING AND UPROOTING SEVERAL TREES.
STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE IN BOWIE COUNTY IN HOOKS
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85-95 MPH
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
EVENT DATE: MAY 9 2016
EVENT TIME: 1043 PM CDT
LOCATION: 1 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF HOOKS
SURVEY_SUMMARY: WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE STARTED APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE EAST NORTHEAST OF HOOKS AND CONTINUED ALMOST TO LEARY. SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. A NUMBER OF HOMES LOSS SHINGLES WITH ONE MOBILE HOME LOSING AN ENTIRE ROOF STRUCTURE SUSPENDED OVER THE HOME. SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS WERE DAMAGE OR DESTROYED.
STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE IN NORTHERN RED RIVER COUNTY
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80-90 MPH
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
EVENT DATE: MAY 9 2016
EVENT TIME: 809 PM CDT
LOCATION: 8.66 MILES NORTH OF CLARKSVILLE
SURVEY_SUMMARY: TWO TREES UPROOTED ALONG HIGHWAY 37 APPROXIMATELY
BETWEEN 8 AND 9 MILES NORTH OF CLARKSVILLE.
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA.
