Snook Tornadoes

The National Weather Service completed their damage assessment in Snook and confirmed two tornadoes from Friday's storms.

Here is what they had to say....

First Tornado:

  TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN SNOOK DAMAGING NUMEROUS HOMES
  UPROOTING TREES AND DESTROYING SEVERAL BARNS AND METAL
  SHEDS. STORM WAS ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT 2MILES AND A
  PATH WIDTH AROUND 75 YARDS. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AN EF1.

Second Tornado:

            TORNADO TOUCHED ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF SNOOK AND DID
            MAJOR DAMAGE TO A LARGE METAL BUILDING. THE TORNADO ALSO
            MOVED AND FLIPPED AN AUTOMOBILE ABOUT 50 YARDS. 5
            EIGHTEEN WHEELER TRAILERS WERE TOSSED ABOUT 100 YARDS
            INTO A PECAN PLANTATION. A PICTURE OF THE TORNADO WAS
            TAKEN FROM ABOUT 3 MILES TO THE WNW. THE WIDTH OF THE
            TORNADO WAS ABOUT 75 YARDS WAS ON THE GROUND ABOUT 2
            MILES. IT IS RATED AS AN EF2.



For your reference the following is the Enhanced Fujia Scale for the ratings of each tornado: