Rusk County, Texas, tornado watch: Multiple people injured after twister rips through Whispering Pines RV Park
MULTIPLE people are reportedly injured after a twister ripped through an RV Park community.
The destructive tornado touched down in Rusk County, Texas, shortly after 3pm local time on Thursday.
According to Rusk County Sheriff Johnwayne Valdez, multiple injuries have been reported at the Whispering Pines RV Park community.
It’s unclear how many people were injured or the extent of their injuries.
Laneville VFD Chief Samantha Cryer told KLTV there is a lot of damage to the roofs of homes, carports and vehicles.
The Rusk County Office of Emergency Management said many trees were down and reports of debris falling from the sky between Henderson and Tatum.
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The sheriff’s office has asked residents to stay off the road due to falling debris.
The Rusk County EM office has recorded wind speed at 60mph and has measured 1.25-inch hail size in Cherokee and Nacogdoches.
Officials say reports of down trees are also coming from Dirgin.
The EM office believes at least two separate tornadoes ripped through the Church Hill and Mount Enterprise area.
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The latest severe weather episode comes after a group of storm chasers shockingly captured a forming tornado in Crowell, Texas, on Wednesday afternoon.
Storm watcher Wesley James Jackson was live streaming on Facebook when the tornado moved towards him and his group, forcing them to return to their vehicles and drive to safety.
“That’s crazy. It’s coming straight at us. Yup, we gotta get out of here in a second, let’s start going, let’s start going,” Jackson says in the video.
The group of men continued to record the massive twister as they fled the scene in their vehicle.
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“Large tornado, it just got big. It just got f***ing giant. Holy s***. Just got large out of nowhere. We gotta get out of here.”
The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch in eight different counties in northwest Texas on Wednesday.
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