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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 
526 PM CDT THU APR 24 2008 

..RESULTS OF THE ERATH AND PALO PINTO COUNTY DAMAGE SURVEY 

ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON...STAFF FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN 
FORT WORTH TOURED SOME OF THE DAMAGE AREAS IN ERATH AND PALO PINTO 
COUNTIES. THE SURVEY TEAM FOUND TWO DAMAGE SWATHS IN NORTHERN ERATH 
AND SOUTHERN PALO PINTO COUNTY. 

THE FIRST DAMAGE SWATH BEGAN SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY 
ROAD 120 AND COUNTY ROAD 125...IN FAR NORTH CENTRAL ERATH COUNTY. 
A SHED WAS DESTROYED AND ROOF PANELS WERE REMOVED FROM A MOBILE 
HOME. DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS CONTINUED ACROSS COUNTY ROAD 118. THIS 
WILL LIKELY BE RATED AS AN EF-0 TORNADO. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED IN THE 
65 MPH RANGE. PATH LENGTH WAS APPROXIMATELY 2.2 MILES AND 
AVERAGE PATH WIDTH WAS ROUGHLY 50 YARDS. 

THE SECOND DAMAGE SWATH BEGAN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROADS 
140 AND 141...NORTH OF MORGAN MILL. LARGE TREE LIMBS WERE SNAPPED 
ALONG COUNTY ROAD 140 AND FARM ROAD 3208. TREE AND SPORADIC ROOF 
DAMAGE CONTINUED ACROSS FARM ROAD 2603 TO NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 
FARM ROAD 4 AND U.S. HIGHWAY 281 IN SOUTHEASTERN PALO PINTO COUNTY. 
THIS TORNADO WILL BE RATED AS A HIGH EF-0 TORNADO. WINDS WERE 
ESTIMATED IN THE 80 TO 85 MPH RANGE. PATH LENGTH WAS ROUGHLY 5.2 
MILES AND PATH WIDTH WAS APPROXIMATELY 125 YARDS. 

WITH BOTH SWATHS...LARGE AREAS OF WIND DAMAGE WERE OBSERVED 
TO THE SOUTH OF THE TORNADO TRACKS. THESE LARGER AREAS OF DAMAGE 
WERE LIKELY CAUSED BY REAR FLANK DOWNDRAFTS. REAR FLANK 
DOWNDRAFTS OFTEN OCCUR WITH ROTATING THUNDERSTORMS...CALLED 
SUPERCELLS...AND CAN PRODUCE SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. 

THE SURVEY OF THESE EVENTS IS STILL IN ITS PRELIMINARY STAGE. 
CONTINUED COORDINATION WITH THE COUNTY OFFICIALS MAY YIELD 
ADDITIONAL DETAILS REGARDING THESE STORMS. MONITOR OUR WEBSITE... 
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/FORTWORTH...AND LATER STATEMENTS FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION. 

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