A tornado briefly touched down in Rockwall County early Wednesday, the National Weather Service in Fort Worth confirmed. The tornado, categorized as an EF-1,...
The tornado, categorized as an EF-1, touched down for two minutes about 4:35 am Wednesday in McLendon-Chisholm, the National Weather Service in Fort Worth said.
The tornado created a hole in the attic of Frances Brown's home, and tore off a large portion of her roof.A tornado briefly touched down in Rockwall County early Wednesday, the National Weather Service in Fort Worth confirmed. The tornado, categorized as an EF-1, touched down for two minutes around 4:35 am in McLendon-Chisholm. Winds reached a maximum of 100 mph, and the storm tracked for less than half a mile before lifting, the weather service said.An EF-1 tornado touched down briefly in Rockwall County overnight, damaging several homes.
Images from the area show portions of roofs torn off of several homes and debris scattered in fields., the weather service said poles were also bent around a basketball court, several trailers were moved and a few trees were damaged. Frances Brown was awake inside her home when the tornado hit. The storm created a hole inside her attic and tore off a large piece of her roof.“That little noise all of the sudden was big, huge banging noises,” Brown told NBC5 about hearing the storm roll in. “I sat up straight in bed and said ‘Oh my god, we’re hit by a tornado.’ I’m thankful the house didn’t come down.”, with a category EF-0 being the least severe and a category EF-5 being the most severe.
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