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Tornado Near Rice, Texas |
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INFORMATION FROM THE DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM THAT EVALUATED THE TORNADO DAMAGE NEAR RICE, TX IN NAVARRO COUNTY. THE TORNADO IN NORTHERN NAVARRO COUNTY THAT PASSED NEAR THE TOWN OF RICE HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE A STRONG EF-2 TORNADO WITH ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS OF 135 MPH. THE TORNADO TRAVELED ALONG A 6 MILE PATH AND WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS WIDE. FIVE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED AND ESSENTIALLY DESTROYED IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. THREE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES ALSO SUSTAINED DAMAGE. THE RICE SCHOOL DISTRICT CAMPUS SOUTH OF TOWN NEAR INTERSTATE 45 ALSO RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. THE DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM WILL VISIT THE LONE OAK AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND UPDATES WILL BE PROVIDED AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE. |
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