National Weather Service Storm Damage Survey for May 18, 2017 at Cross Cut

Severe Thunderstorm and Tropical Storm Bertha Impacts

Numerous severe thunderstorms are expected across a broad region from the Ohio Valley to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast States today into tonight. Swaths of damaging wind gusts are expected and some tornadoes are possible. Bertha is expected to bring tropical storm conditions to portions of the Gulf Coast from the Florida Panhandle westward to southeastern Louisiana later today and Wednesday. Read More >

...NWS Damage survey for 05/18/17 tornado event... .OVERVIEW... During the evening of Thursday, May 18, a severe thunderstorm moved across northern Brown county, with a confirmed tornado touchdown near the community of Cross Cut in northwestern Brown county. A survey team from the National Weather Service found damage consistent with an EF-1 tornado. The tornado lifted roof decking off of some homes, destroyed some small sheds and lifted some metal roof panels off of some barns. In addition, numerous trees limbs and some tree trunks were snapped, with debris blown over 250 yards. RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 107 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.3 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 450 YARDS FATALITIES: NONE INJURIES: NONE START DATE: MAY 18 2017 START TIME: 741 PM CST START LOCATION: 1 E Cross Cut/ Brown/ TX START LAT/LON: 32.0355/-99.1190 END DATE: MAY 18 2017 END TIME: 755 PM CST END LOCATION: 3 NE Cross Cut/ Brown/ TX END_LAT/LON: 32.0571/-99.0786 EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES. EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH NOTE: THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA.