Archive for October 25, 2007

Tornado in Stewart county in Oct 18th storm.

Public Information Statement from the National Weather Service:

NWS storm survey in Stewart County.

The National Weather Service has determined a tornado struck the Land Between The Lakes State Park around 815 PM CDT Thursday October 18, 2007. The tornado touched down 3.9 miles west of model and ended 3.2 miles west of model. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted. Trees were lying in different directions. The path length of the tornado was 0.67 miles and the path width was about 5oo yards. Winds were estimated to be about 90 mph or in the EF1 category on the Enhanced Fujita scale. Trees were blown down due to straight line winds near the Homeplace section of Land Between The Lakes.

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