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Event Details:
| Event | Tornado |
| -- Scale | EFU |
| -- Length | 0.85 Miles |
| -- Width | 40 Yards |
| State | TEXAS |
| County/Area | BOWIE |
| WFO | SHV |
| Report Source | NWS Storm Survey |
| NCEI Data Source | CSV |
| Begin Date | 2020-05-16 14:38 CST-6 |
| Begin Location | 4SE REDWATER |
| Begin Lat/Lon | 33.3003/-94.202 |
| End Date | 2020-05-16 14:39 CST-6 |
| End Location | 4SE REDWATER |
| End Lat/Lon | 33.3107/-94.2097 |
| Deaths Direct/Indirect | 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...) |
| Injuries Direct/Indirect | 0/0 |
| Property Damage | 0.00K |
| Crop Damage | 0.00K |
| Episode Narrative | A slow moving upper level low pressure system drifted east across Central and Eastern Texas during the daytime hours of May 16th. Meanwhile, the attendant surface low pressure system over East Central Texas drifted east into Northeast Texas during the afternoon, with a southerly low level jet allowing for a warm front to mix north into East Texas, extreme Northern Louisiana, into Southern Arkansas through the evening. Although daytime heating was limited due to extensive cloud cover and periods of showers, large scale forcing and adequate low level wind shear contributed to the development of numerous low-topped supercell showers and a few thunderstorms, several of which spawned tornadoes and wall clouds across portions of extreme Northeast Texas, Southwest Arkansas, and Southeast Oklahoma throughout the afternoon and evening. As drier air began to entrain ahead of this upper low pressure system, and the warm front had shifted north into the northern sections of Southwest Arkansas by mid-evening, the tornado threat subsided considerably. |
| Event Narrative | This is the continuation of the EF-Unknown tornado (waterspout) on Lake Wright Patman from extreme Northern Cass County. This waterspout was documented on video by a game warden moving northwest across the lake, before lifting prior to reaching the land areas. Due to the lack of damage indicators on the lake, this waterspout was rated as EF-Unknown, with a total path length across Cass and Bowie Counties of 2.63 miles. |
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.
All events for this episode:
| Location | County/Zone | St. | Date | Time | T.Z. | Type | Mag | Dth | Inj | PrD | CrD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 45.00K | 0.00K | |||||||
| FAIRVIEW | FRANKLIN CO. | TX | 05/16/2020 | 12:33 | CST-6 | Tornado | EF0 | 0 | 0 | 25.00K | 0.00K |
| WRIGHT PATMAN LAKE | CASS CO. | TX | 05/16/2020 | 14:37 | CST-6 | Tornado | EFU | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| REDWATER | BOWIE CO. | TX | 05/16/2020 | 14:38 | CST-6 | Tornado | EFU | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| WAMBA | BOWIE CO. | TX | 05/16/2020 | 16:05 | CST-6 | Tornado | EF1 | 0 | 0 | 20.00K | 0.00K |
| OAK GROVE | BOWIE CO. | TX | 05/16/2020 | 17:56 | CST-6 | Flash Flood | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 45.00K | 0.00K |
