Three F0's and one F3......
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
836 PM CST WED APR 17 2002
...SURVEY OF THE APRIL 16 TORNADOES IN TARRANT COUNTY...
...F3 DAMAGE IN EAST FORT WORTH...
ON APRIL 17...A TEAM OF METEOROLOGISTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN FORT WORTH CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE
TORNADOES IN TARRANT COUNTY. A TOTAL OF FOUR SEPARATE TORNADO TRACKS
WERE FOUND AS THE STORM TRACKED FROM NEAR EVERMAN TO EAST FORT WORTH.
THE FIRST TORNADO DEVELOPED AT 545 PM...NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
NOBLE ROAD AND HANSBARGER ROAD IN EVERMAN. DAMAGE TO FENCES...
CARPORTS...AND TREES WAS NOTED AS THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST. THE
TORNADO THEN MOVED THROUGH THE BONAVENTURE MOBILE HOME PARK. ONE
MOBILE HOME IN THE PARK LOST MOST OF ITS ROOF. NUMEROUS OTHERS
SUFFERED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE AND LOST SKIRTING AROUND THEIR BASES.
TREES WERE ALSO DAMAGED. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED AT APPROXIMATELY 548
PM ALONG LON STEPHENSON ROAD AND EAST OF FOREST HILL DRIVE. THIS
TORNADO WAS RATED F0 ON THE FUJITA SCALE...WITH WINDS ESTIMATED NEAR
70 MPH. PATH LENGTH WAS 1.6 MILES AND AVERAGE PATH WIDTH WAS 100
YARDS.
THE SECOND TORNADO DEVELOPED AT APPROXIMATELY 551 PM...NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF ANGLIN DRIVE AND SOUTHEAST LOOP 820. TREES WERE
UPROOTED JUST NORTH OF LOOP 820 AND ANGLIN...AND SHINGLES WERE
PEELED FROM ROOFS NEAR ALANDALE AND SUELLEN ROAD. THE TORNADO
DISSIPATED AT APPROXIMATELY 553 PM BETWEEN MELINDA ROAD AND
MANSFIELD HIGHWAY. THIS TORNADO WAS RATED F0 ON THE FUJITA
SCALE...WITH ESTIMATED WINDS OF 60 MPH. PATH LENGTH WAS 0.6 MILES
AND PATH WIDTH WAS 50 YARDS.
THE THIRD TORNADO DEVELOPED AT APPROXIMATELY 554 PM...ALONG REDWOOD
BLVD AND NORTH OF COLLETT LITTLE ROAD. THE TORNADO DOWNED TREES AND
DAMAGED MOBILE HOMES ALONG REDWOOD NORTH AND REDWOOD EAST STREETS.
THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST...BREAKING LARGE TREE LIMBS ALONG
MOSSON AND SAUNDERS ROADS. THE TORNADO CROSSED EAST LOOP 820 NEAR
SUN VALLEY DRIVE AND DISSIPATED NORTH OF LASTER ROAD...JUST EAST OF
LOOP 820. THIS TORNADO WAS RATED F0 ON THE FUJITA SCALE...WITH
ESTIMATED WINDS OF 70 MPH. PATH LENGTH WAS 0.8 MILES AND AVERAGE
PATH WIDTH WAS 70 YARDS.
AS THE THIRD TORNADO WAS IN PROGRESS...THE STORM DEVELOPED A NEW
AREA OF ROTATION WEST OF LAKE ARLINGTON. THIS AREA SPAWNED THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT TORNADO OF THE FOUR. THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED AT 559 PM
JUST SOUTH OF RAMEY AVENUE AND JUST EAST OF LOOP 820 IN EAST FORT
WORTH. THE TORNADO DAMAGED A STRIP MALL AND HEAVILY DAMAGED A DUPLEX
ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF RAMEY. A LARGE SIGN FROM THE MALL WAS CARRIED
NEARLY 100 FEET. THE DUPLEX HAD ITS ROOF REMOVED AND PORTIONS OF THE
WALLS WERE BLOWN DOWN. SEVERAL HOMES ALONG CARRUTHERS...FELDER...
DEBRA...AND VEL ROADS HAD THEIR ROOFS PARTIALLY REMOVED.
THE TORNADO MOVED NORTH-NORTHEAST TOWARD THE INTERSECTION OF HANDLEY
DRIVE AND ROSEDALE STREET...JUST MISSING THE POWER GENERATION
STATION ON THE NORTHWEST SHORE OF LAKE ARLINGTON. THE TORNADO SEEMED
TO REACH ITS MAXIMUM INTENSITY IN THIS AREA. JUST WEST OF THE
HANDLEY-ROSEDALE INTERSECTION...A METAL-SUPPORTED BILLBOARD SIGN WAS
BENT TO THE GROUND. TWO BUSINESSES...ONE OF BRICK CONSTRUCTION AND
ONE OF METAL...WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED ALONG HANDLEY DRIVE BETWEEN
ROSEDALE AND LANCASTER AVENUE. THE BRICK BUILDING HAD PART OF ITS
ROOF REMOVED...PART OF ITS ROOF COLLAPSED...AND EXTERIOR WALLS WERE
BLOWN DOWN. THE METAL BUILDING WAS COMPLETELY REMOVED FROM ITS
FOUNDATION AND DEPOSITED 50 FEET TO THE NORTHWEST.
THE TORNADO TURNED TO THE NORTH AFTER IT CROSSED LANCASTER AVE. ROOF
AND TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED BETWEEN HANDLEY AND FOREST...TO THE
NORTH OF LANCASTER. A CHURCH SUFFERED ROOF DAMAGE TO THE SANCTUARY
AND AUXILIARY BUILDINGS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CRAIG AND FOREST.
THE TORNADO WEAKENED AS IT CONTINUED NORTH...AND DISSIPATED BETWEEN
FOREST AND HAYNIE STREETS...TO THE SOUTH OF GREENLEE STREET. BASED
ON THE DAMAGE TO THE DUPLEX ALONG RAMEY AVENUE...AND TO THE
BUSINESSES ALONG HANDLEY DRIVE...THIS TORNADO WILL BE RATED F3 WITH
MAXIMUM WINDS ESTIMATED NEAR 160 MPH. PATH LENGTH WAS 2.1 MILES WITH
A PATH WIDTH OF 80 YARDS.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STAFF IN FORT WORTH WILL CONTINUE
ANALYZING THE DAMAGE AND DATA FROM THIS EVENT. INFORMATION FROM THIS
EVENT WILL BE POSTED ON THE FORT WORTH FORECAST OFFICE WEB SITE IN
THE NEAR FUTURE. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON NORTH TEXAS WEATHER...VISIT
THE WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/FWD.
WOODALL/VESCIO
Ronnie
KD5KKJ
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