WFO SHV - May 7th 2003 East Texas Tornadoes

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Tornado Tracks from supercell that tracked across east Texas on the night of May 6 and 7th.

Damage in Wood County: Numerous pine, oak and other species of trees were either snapped or pushed over along the track. Power lines were taken down across many locations along the track. The tornado moved over a small community of Pine Mills and destroyed one old frame house and 2 old mobile homes while damaging 9 others. This tornado moved into Upshur county.
Tornado rating: F2.
Injuries: Four.

Damage in Upshur County: Numerous pine, oak and other species of trees were either snapped or pushed over along the track. Power lines were taken down across many locations along the track. The only structure in the path of this tornado was a construction trailer which was rolled over several times east of Gilmer, TX. This tornado moved into Harrison county.
Tornado rating: F2.

Damage in Harrison County (long track): Numerous pine, oak and other species of trees were either snapped or pushed over along the track. No structures were along the tornado track in the county. This tornado moved into Marion county.
Tornado rating: F1

Damage in Marion County (long track): Numerous pine, oak and other species of trees were either snapped or pushed over along the track. No structures were along the tornado track in the county.
Tornado rating: F1

Damage in Harrison County (short track): Damage was confined to snapped and pushed over trees. No structures were present. This tornado moved into Marion county.
Tornado rating: F0

Damage in Marion County (short track): Damage was confined to snapped and pushed over trees. No structures were present. This tornado moved into Caddo parish.
Tornado rating: F0

Damage in Caddo Parish (short track): Damage was confined to snapped and pushed over trees. The tornado then moved across Caddo Lake and dissipated before reaching the eastern shore of the lake.
Tornado rating: F0

Radar Loop from 1103 pm CDT to 205 am CDT.

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