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EF 1 tornadoes ripped through Cypress, Waller County areas at more than 100 mph, NWS reports
The Cypress area tornado had winds of 110 mph. The path size was .77 miles. The Waller tornado peaked at 100 mph.
HOUSTON — Two tornadoes touched down in Southeast Texas during Thursday’s severe weather, according to the National Weather Service. One was in Cypress. The other was in Waller County.
The NWS had teams spread out across the region and Jeff Evans with the organization told KHOU 11’s Victor Jacobo about the Cypress tornado.
“Our third team just reached out to me.,” he said. “They can confirm we did have a tornado in the northwest part, at the beginning of the storm up near Cypress.”
According to a report from the National Weather Service released on Saturday morning, the Cypress tornado was an EF-1 with winds of 110 miles per hour, with a path length of .77 miles. The tornado touched down near the intersection of Tuckerton and Greenhouse Roads then tracked southeast through the Highlands subdivision. Several homes had roof damage and broken windows.
An EF-1 tornado also touched down in Waller County southwest of the city of Waller. That tornado had winds of 100 miles per hour, 100 yards wide, and tracked .71 miles, the NWS said.
A large metal barn was destroyed, trailers rolled over and metal debris was thrown 1,000 yards to the southeast. Trees fell in multiple directions ranging from south to northwest, according to the NWS.
Evans also said straight line wind at 100 miles per hour moved through downtown Houston and winds between 90 and 100 miles per hour went through the southeast part of the county all the way to Baytown.