Prelim tornado ratings
Prelim tornado ratings
Prelim tornado ratings EF3 in Porter....WOW! This literally missed one of my oldest friends by 2 blocks. She was at home with her kids and they live in an old trailer home - it would have been bad. 😠...... TORNADO RATINGS for the December 28 Tornado Outbreak -An EF-2 tornado moved from the southwest end of County Road 172 to the eastern edge of Hillcrest, covering a path length of 8.8 miles.
-The maximum damage was observed at Walt Disney Elementary School.
-There was one fatality and several injuries. -An EF-1 tornado briefly touched down in a neighborhood east of Dickinson High School, with a path length of approximately 250 yards.
-Significant roof damage was reported to a few homes in the area.
-Additionally, an EF-0 tornado occurred near Bayshore Park. -An EF-3 tornado struck the Porter Heights area, causing widespread damage, with numerous locations in the vicinity experiencing EF-2 damage as well. -A high end EF-3 tornado occurred along Highway 124 just south of FM 1941.
-There was some EF-4 damage between Smith Point and the Chambers-Jefferson County line. -Tornado continued into southwest Jefferson County from Chambers County where It snapped off power poles at French Rd before continuing northeast.
-An area of trees were snapped off and uprooted just south of the Big Hill Strategic Oil Reserve. -Tornado continued northeast where it destroyed the top floor of the Sabine Ranch Lodge, stripped metal from a nearby industrial building, flipped a car into a side yard, and damaged the roofs of two homes; the car contained two people, one sustained a minor injury.
-The tornado crossed hwys 87 and 82 where it snapped transmission poles. Finally, it moved overtop Sabine Lake. The tornado continued into Cameron Parish Louisiana.
BRAZORIA COUNTY:
-The maximum damage was observed at Walt Disney Elementary School.
-There was one fatality and several injuries.
GALVESTON COUNTY:
-Significant roof damage was reported to a few homes in the area.
-Additionally, an EF-0 tornado occurred near Bayshore Park.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY:
CHAMBERS AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES...
-There was some EF-4 damage between Smith Point and the Chambers-Jefferson County line. -Tornado continued into southwest Jefferson County from Chambers County where It snapped off power poles at French Rd before continuing northeast.
-An area of trees were snapped off and uprooted just south of the Big Hill Strategic Oil Reserve. -Tornado continued northeast where it destroyed the top floor of the Sabine Ranch Lodge, stripped metal from a nearby industrial building, flipped a car into a side yard, and damaged the roofs of two homes; the car contained two people, one sustained a minor injury.
-The tornado crossed hwys 87 and 82 where it snapped transmission poles.
Jeepinbear : No sirens 🤬. I thought that was so strange when we moved here- esp for the night tornadoes. I can't tell you how many times the sirens would go off at night in Ohio waking us up. THAT saves lives
Jeepinbear : No sirens ?. I thought that was so strange when we moved here- esp for the night tornadoes. I can't tell you how many times the sirens would go off at night in Ohio waking us up. THAT saves lives
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Wow, I just finished my last day of PEAK season and I was driving through the storms and getting to work while those were coming through. Does anyone in Houston have tornado sirens here? How are people supposed to even know? We got an alert 4 minutes after it was over. (not helpful when you need to evacuate employees to a safe area)
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Jeepinbear : I agree that the Houston area does get a lot of tornados; my point was that it is not "considered" part of tornado alley, or at least wasn't historically. Harris County alone is bigger than the state of Rhode Island, and when you add in the surrounding counties, the area is nearly the size of the state of Massachusetts. The effective range of a tornado siren is about 1 square mile; Harris County would need almost 2000 sirens. Doable - yes. But not practical or taking advantage of modern technology, using cell phone towers to issue alerts to all cell phones contacting that tower.
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Prelim tornado ratings EF3 in Porter....WOW! This literally missed one of my oldest friends by 2 blocks. She was at home with her kids and they live in an old trailer home - it would have been bad. 😠...... TORNADO RATINGS for the December 28 Tornado Outbreak **BRAZORIA COUNTY:** -An EF-2 tornado moved from the southwest end of County Road 172 to the eastern edge of Hillcrest, covering a path length of 8.8 miles. -The maximum damage was observed at Walt Disney Elementary School. -There was one fatality and several injuries. **GALVESTON COUNTY:** -An EF-1 tornado briefly touched down in a neighborhood east of Dickinson High School, with a path length of approximately 250 yards. -Significant roof damage was reported to a few homes in the area. -Additionally, an EF-0 tornado occurred near Bayshore Park. **MONTGOMERY COUNTY:** -An EF-3 tornado struck the Porter Heights area, causing widespread damage, with numerous locations in the vicinity experiencing EF-2 damage as well. **CHAMBERS AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES...** -A high end EF-3 tornado occurred along Highway 124 just south of FM 1941. -There was some EF-4 damage between Smith Point and the Chambers-Jefferson County line. -Tornado continued into southwest Jefferson County from Chambers County where It snapped off power poles at French Rd before continuing northeast. -An area of trees were snapped off and uprooted just south of the Big Hill Strategic Oil Reserve. -Tornado continued northeast where it destroyed the top floor of the Sabine Ranch Lodge, stripped metal from a nearby industrial building, flipped a car into a side yard, and damaged the roofs of two homes; the car contained two people, one sustained a minor injury. -The tornado crossed hwys 87 and 82 where it snapped transmission poles. Finally, it moved overtop Sabine Lake. The tornado continued into Cameron Parish Louisiana.
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