...TORNADO JUST EAST OF LIVINGSTON TEXAS...
RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75-85 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.6 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 30 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 1
DEPUTY WITNESSED ROTATING FUNNEL CLOUD. TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN NEAR A TRAVEL TRAILER ABOUT 4 MILES EAST OF LIVINGSTON. TRAILER WAS PICKED UP AND LOFTED OVER A PICK UP TRUCK AND POWER LINES THEN WAS DESTROYED AS IT LANDED ABOUT 50 FEET TO THE EAST. DEBRIS FROM TRAILOR ENDED UP IN TREES. ABOUT 2 MILES TO THE EAST TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN WITH SEVERAL LARGE PINE TREES UPROOTED AND FELLED MAINLY TOWARD THE EAST...BUT IN A CONVERGENT PATTERN. SINGLE INJURY WAS OF MAN FLEEING THE TRAILOR AS THE TORNADO HIT. HE SUFFERED A BROKEN COLLAR BONE.
For more information on this event visit: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hgx/?n=severe_2013_02_10
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| Radar image from around the time of tornado touchdown. |
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| Damage to trailer |
