The National Weather Service confirmed Thursday the tornado was an EF-0 with maximum peak wind of 85 mph. The NWS estimated the twister touched down at 10:51 a.m. the Nature Park Optimist Softball Complex where it damaged a small concession/storage building and toppled a light pole. From there, the tornado stayed on the ground for just under a mile, moving east-northeast where it passed a wooded area before entering a residential area.
It was there the tornado damaged 13 manufactured homes, tearing off roofs, siding and skirting. The tornado dissipated shortly after leaving the mobile home community.
Apparent Tornado Causes Damage in Corsicana
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and last updated 2020-12-21 09:34:02-05
Good morning bloggers,
With just ten days left in 2020, I think we are safe to say that there will not be a Tornado Watch issued for the Kansas City metro area. Did you know we went the entire year without one Tornado Watch issued? There were four days with Tornado Warnings around KC, but they came without a watch, and usually in the middle of the night around 2 AM. This is an incredible statistic, and the fact that we share no tornado watches in all of 2020 with much of Tornado Alley. Take a look: