National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

PRELIMINARY
SEVERE WEATHER REPORT
FEBRUARY 10 2013

TORNADO SURVEY - LIVINGSTON
POLK COUNTY

EVENT TIME...9:15 AM CST TO 9:20 AM CST
EVENT TYPE...EF-0 TORNADO
ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS (MPH)...75-85
INJURIES/FATALITIES...1/0
EVENT START LOCATION AND TIME...30.7070/-94.8710 AT 9:15 AM
EVENT END LOCATION AND TIME...30.7075/-94.8624 AT 9:20 AM
DAMAGE PATH LENGTH... 0.6 MILES
DAMAGE WIDTH... 30 YARDS

A DEPUTY WITNESSED ROTATING FUNNEL CLOUD. THE TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN NEAR A TRAVEL TRAILER ABOUT 4 MILES EAST OF LIVINGSTON. THE TRAILER WAS PICKED UP AND LOFTED OVER A PICK-UP TRUCK AND POWER LINES WERE THEN DESTROYED AS THE TRAILER LANDED ABOUT 50 FEET TO THE EAST. DEBRIS FROM THE TRAILER ENDED UP IN TREES. ABOUT 2 MILES TO THE EAST...THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN AND UPROOTED SEVERAL LARGE PINE TREES AND FELLED MAINLY TOWARD THE EAST...BUT IN A CONVERGENT PATTERN. THERE WAS A SINGLE INJURY OF A MAN FLEEING THE TRAILOR AS THE TORNADO HIT. HE SUFFERED A BROKEN COLLAR BONE.