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Event Details:
| Event | Tornado |
| -- Scale | EF2 |
| -- Length | 6.39 Miles |
| -- Width | 1300 Yards |
| State | TEXAS |
| County/Area | RUSK |
| WFO | SHV |
| Report Source | NWS Storm Survey |
| NCEI Data Source | CSV |
| Begin Date | 2017-12-19 19:31 CST-6 |
| Begin Location | 3SSE NEW SALEM |
| Begin Lat/Lon | 31.8934/-94.9435 |
| End Date | 2017-12-19 19:37 CST-6 |
| End Location | 2NNW GLENFAWN |
| End Lat/Lon | 31.9237/-94.8406 |
| Deaths Direct/Indirect | 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...) |
| Injuries Direct/Indirect | 0/0 |
| Property Damage | 125.00K |
| Crop Damage | 0.00K |
| Episode Narrative | A warm front lifted north across East Texas and North Louisiana to along the Arkansas/Louisiana border during the afternoon hours of December 19th, focusing showers a large area of rain north of this boundary over portions of extreme Northeast Texas, Southeast Oklahoma, and Southwest Arkansas. Meanwhile, much warmer and humid air was found south of the front across Lower East Texas and Northcentral Louisiana, resulting in moderate surface instability. Meanwhile, a surface low developed during the afternoon over North Texas along a weak cold front, associated with a strong upper level trough of low pressure that progressed east across Westcentral and North Texas during the afternoon and evening. Steep lapse rates aloft enhanced instability across the warm sector south of the warm front, with adequate shear present and strong upper level forcing ahead of the trough leading to the development of stronger, more surface based showers and thunderstorms. These storms became severe as they moved into Southern Cherokee County Texas, with an isolated tornado touching down just south of Rusk. Other reports of wind damage were received with these storms as they slowly marched east northeast across East Texas south of Interstate 20. Locally heavy rainfall also accompanied these showers and thunderstorms, which trained for a few hours over the same areas resulting in flash flooding across portions of Southern Cherokee, Gregg, and Southwest Panola Counties. These storms gradually weakened as they approached the Lower Toledo Bend Country during the late evening hours. |
| Event Narrative | An EF-2 tornado was maximum estimated winds near 115 mph touched down across a heavily wooded areas just south of FM 4251 northeast of Reklaw, where it snapped and uprooted numerous trees. This tornado destroyed a nearby cabin adjacent to a pond where it was lifted off its pier and beam foundation and moved it about 15 yards into a heavily wooded area. A fiberglass fishing boat was lofted and unable to be found. The tornado continued east across a heavily wooded area before crossing County Road 4234 where numerous trees were snapped and uprooted. This tornado lifted after crossing County Road 4232 southwest of the Laneville community. |
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 | 255.00K | 0.00K | |||||||
| CIRCLE | CHEROKEE CO. | TX | 12/19/2017 | 18:53 | CST-6 | Tornado | EF2 | 0 | 0 | 120.00K | 0.00K |
| NEW SALEM | RUSK CO. | TX | 12/19/2017 | 19:31 | CST-6 | Tornado | EF2 | 0 | 0 | 125.00K | 0.00K |
| GLADEWATER | GREGG CO. | TX | 12/19/2017 | 19:35 | CST-6 | Flash Flood | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| REKLAW | RUSK CO. | TX | 12/19/2017 | 19:47 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 78 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 10.00K | 0.00K |
| RUSK | CHEROKEE CO. | TX | 12/19/2017 | 20:00 | CST-6 | Flash Flood | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| MINDEN | RUSK CO. | TX | 12/19/2017 | 20:01 | CST-6 | Funnel Cloud | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| NORTH RUSK | CHEROKEE CO. | TX | 12/19/2017 | 20:06 | CST-6 | Flash Flood | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| CUSHING | NACOGDOCHES CO. | TX | 12/19/2017 | 20:11 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 56 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| REKLAW | RUSK CO. | TX | 12/19/2017 | 20:20 | CST-6 | Flash Flood | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| BECKVILLE | PANOLA CO. | TX | 12/19/2017 | 22:38 | CST-6 | Flash Flood | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 255.00K | 0.00K |
