UPDATE – 5:10
TORNADO WARNING FOR…WESTERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL TEXAS.. EASTERN NAVARRO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS…
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 457 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KERENS…OR 17 MILES EAST OF CORSICANA…MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD…TORNADO.
SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT…FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO ROOFS…WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR…
KERENS AROUND 515 PM CDT.
TRINIDAD AROUND 530 PM CDT.
CANEY CITY AROUND 540 PM CDT.
GUN BARREL CITY…TOOL…EUSTACE AND ENCHANTED OAKS AROUND 545 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE STAR
HARBOR…LOG CABIN…PAYNE SPRINGS…EUREKA AND GOODLOW.
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National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Watch for Henderson County until 7:45 p.m.
AT 441 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE… ATHENS…GUN BARREL CITY…CANTON…WILLS POINT…GRAND SALINE… MABANK…CHANDLER…VAN…MALAKOFF…TOOL…SEVEN POINTS…EDGEWOOD…EMORY…BROWNSBORO…EUSTACE…BERRYVILLE…TRINIDAD… EAST TAWAKONI…FRUITVALE AND EDOM.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
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Henderson County is under a Tornado Watch until 10 p.m.
Hazardous Weather Outlook for tonight from the NWS: SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON…THEN CONTINUE EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 EARLY THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL…DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS…AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE MAIN THREATS. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL RAPIDLY RUN OFF AND ONLY AGGRAVATE ONGOING RIVER FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA. A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL.
— Be aware of possible flooding.