Texas, 1996

Tornado in Texas, September 26, 1996

September 26, 1996 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A brief lived tornado touched down in the small community of Newsome causing heavy damage to one mobile home and destroying a barn. The tornado was observed by a resident of Newsome.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
1
Property damage
$10,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.

A brief lived tornado touched down in the small community of Newsome causing heavy damage to one mobile home and destroying a barn. The tornado was observed by a resident of Newsome. The tornado struck a mobile home injuring a woman with minor cuts and bruises. She was treated at the scene and hospitalization was not required.

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:17 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Camp

When
September 26, 1:20 PM CST to 1:30 PM CST
Where
Camp County, Newsome
Rating
F0
Path length
2 mi
Path width
50 yd
Injuries
1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$10,000
Coordinates
32.970, -95.130

What these are

Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5564789.