NWS Ft. Worth

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
505 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

...INITIAL RESULTS FROM DAMAGE SURVEY IN COLLIN AND GRAYSON COUNTIES
FROM STORMS ON MAY 9TH 2006...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO SURVEY DAMAGE
FROM TUESDAY EVENING`S TORNADOES ACROSS COLLIN AND GRAYSON COUNTIES.
THE SURVEY TEAM FOUND DAMAGE FROM APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES
EAST-NORTHEAST OF ANNA IN COLLIN COUNTY TO 2 MILES SOUTH OF
WHITEWRIGHT IN SOUTHEAST GRAYSON COUNTY. A SMALL BREAK IN THE
DAMAGE PATH EAST OF ANNA WAS RECENTLY FOUND...SUPPORTING SPOTTER
REPORTS OF TWO SEPARATE TORNADOES. THE WORST DAMAGE TO SINGLE FAMILY
HOMES...JUST NORTH OF WESTMINSTER NEAR AND EAST OF FM 3133...HAS
BEEN RATED UPPER F3 ON THE FUJITA SCALE.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO SURVEY THE
DAMAGE NEAR AND WEST OF ANNA TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS
AN ADDITIONAL TORNADO TRACK.

A MORE DETAILED DAMAGE ANALYSIS AND SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY LATE
WEDNESDAY EVENING.