Storm Events Database

Storm Events Database

Event Details:

Event Tornado
-- Scale EF0
-- Length 0.54 Miles
-- Width 50 Yards
State TEXAS
County/Area BOWIE
WFO SHV
Report Source NWS Storm Survey
NCEI Data Source CSV
Begin Date 2018-01-21 21:43 CST-6
Begin Location 1WSW LIBERTY HILL
Begin Lat/Lon 33.5655/-94.5114
End Date 2018-01-21 21:45 CST-6
End Location 0W LIBERTY HILL
End Lat/Lon 33.57/-94.5037
Deaths Direct/Indirect 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...)
Injuries Direct/Indirect 0/0
Property Damage 50.00K
Crop Damage 0.00K
Episode Narrative A deep upper level trough moved out of the Inter Mountain West and into the Southern Plains on January 21st. This trough allowed for the return of much warmer temperatures and a return of Gulf of Mexico moisture, replacing a cold continental arctic air mass the Southern Plains had been under the influence of the week before. By afternoon, dewpoints were in the lower 60s as far north as the Middle Red River Valley of Northeast Texas, Southeast Oklahoma and Southwest Arkansas. This yielded CAPE values around 500 J/KG but very strong Deep Layer Shear was present along with strong low level directional shear. Storms ignited during the late afternoon and early evening hours of January 21st across Northern Texas and Southern Oklahoma along and just ahead of a dryline. Later in the evening, low level directional shear continued to increase and therefore, storms took on the form of supercells. Some of these storms produced large hail and damaging wind gusts. One long track supercell resulted in a tornado which did damage across portions of Bowie County Texas before crossing the Red River and continuing into Little River County Arkansas. The Pacific cold front in association with the upper level trough eventually caught up with the dryline moving into Northeast Texas and Southeast Oklahoma during the overnight hours of January 21st and into the predawn hours of January 22nd, but this broken line of thunderstorms was not responsible for any additional wind damage, hail, or tornadoes across Northeast Texas.
Event Narrative An EF-0 tornado with maximum estimated winds around 80 mph touched down along County Road 3109 where it damaged the roof of a one story home. This tornadic storm traveled northeast where it damaged the roof of Liberty Hill Church located along County Road 3109. The tornado also uprooted several hardwood trees before dissipating along Highway 992.


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Event Map:

Note: The tornado track is approximate based on the beginning (B) and ending (E) locations. The actual tornado path may differ from a straight line.
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All events for this episode:

Location County/Zone St. Date Time T.Z. Type Mag Dth Inj PrD CrD
Totals: 0 0 2.550M 0.00K
ROCK HILL WOOD CO. TX 01/21/2018 20:00 CST-6 Hail 1.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
YANTIS WOOD CO. TX 01/21/2018 20:00 CST-6 Hail 1.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
WINNSBORO WOOD CO. TX 01/21/2018 20:21 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 65 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
WINNSBORO FRANKLIN CO. TX 01/21/2018 20:21 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 65 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
MT PLEASANT TITUS CO. TX 01/21/2018 20:57 CST-6 Hail 1.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ADBRA TITUS CO. TX 01/21/2018 21:00 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 61 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
GREEN HILL TITUS CO. TX 01/21/2018 21:00 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 61 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
MT PLEASANT TITUS CO. TX 01/21/2018 21:00 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 61 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
COLLEGE HILL BOWIE CO. TX 01/21/2018 21:26 CST-6 Tornado EF2 0 0 2.500M 0.00K
LIBERTY HILL BOWIE CO. TX 01/21/2018 21:43 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 50.00K 0.00K
PRICE RUSK CO. TX 01/21/2018 23:15 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 52 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
Totals: 0 0 2.550M 0.00K