Heat Builds in the West; Extremely Critical Fire Weather in the Northwest

A heat wave over the Southwest will intensify this week, peaking and expanding into the Intermountain West and northern High Plains this weekend. Critical to extremely critical fire weather conditions are forecast from the Northwest and the northern Great Basin this weekend. Particularly Dangerous Situation Red Flag Warnings have been issued. Read More >

April 3rd 2012 Severe Weather Outbreak

Summary	Local Storm Reports Map	DFW Airport Hailstorm	Forney
Johnson County	Kennedale/Arlington	Lancaster/Dallas	Rockwall/Hunt County

Johnson County Tornado

Meteorologists from the National Weather Service in Fort Worth have given portions of the damage near Joshua a preliminary rating of EF-1, with estimated wind speeds up to 100 mph. The tornado had a path length of 1.1 miles and a maximum width of 60 yards. Additional information will be added to this page as it becomes available.


	This residential structure is located along FM-3048 east of Hwy 174, or 3 miles south southeast of Joshua in northern Johnson County. This EF-1 damage is near the beginning of the tornado's path.

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