Power Outage in Lefors, TX

Multiple large power poles were snapped and some road signs were bent. Report came in over social media with photos of the damage.

A trained spotter reported several power poles down.

The thunderstorm wind gusts blew down power lines and large tree limbs. There were no reports of injuries or fatalities.

The fire department reported that trees and power poles were blown down and that there was some minor structural damage to homes due to the thunderstorm winds.

Another brief tornado occurred along the northeast outskirts of Lefors. The most significant damage was to detached garages. One garage was completely destroyed...with debris from this building found in nearby trees. A travel trailer parked next to the garage was moved forty yards and destroyed. Large tree branches were snapped. |A second well constructed garage with steel roofing beams suffered damage. Roof paneling was peeled southward. At the north side of the garage was an interior room which suffered damage as the ground level wall mounted air conditioner was pulled inward into the room as the garage door failed and blew outward. Power poles were snapped at six foot level along with considerable fence damage. The north facing porch structure was damaged. A large antique car was moved approximately fifteen yards...and rotated cyclonically from its original position. Two large tanks...each weighing two thousand pounds...were moved seventy-five yards. No injuries were reported.

The tornado formed three miles south southwest of Jericho in northwest Donley county at 1839 CST and entered Gray county about one and a half miles west northwest of Jericho at 1848 CST. The tornado then continued moving north northwest for another three miles before dissipating just south of Farm to Market Road 2477 and just east of State Highway 70 four miles northwest of Jericho or about eleven miles southwest of Lefors at 1854 CST.|As highlighted in the Donley County portion of this tornado track...the most significant damage from this tornado occurred to three semi trucks that were caught and badly damaged in the tornado on Interstate 40 on the Donley County and Gray County line. In this area...power poles were snapped near their bases. The cab of one of the semi trucks was reportedly lifted and deposited atop its trailer. The driver and his wife were sucked out of the cab. The driver was completely disrobed some distance away from the truck. His clothing was found tangled in the engine of the truck. The driver and his wife were reported to be in critical and serious condition...respectively. Additionally the cab was crushed to the steering column. The trailer roof appeared to have been pried up and twisted...and at least one of the side walls failed. The contents of the truck were scattered downstream into a field for nearly a mile. In this field...irrigation pivots were overturned. The property owner also reported that irrigation pivot tires weighing three hundred pounds were relocated and a fifteen hundred gallon fertilizer tank that was one quarter full was gone.|Light damage was observed along Vernon Road just east of State Highway 70 and just south of Farm to Market Road 2477 in southwest Gray county...where metal roofing damage was observed to barns...stables...and sheds. A large quantity of metal roofing panels was also found south of these buildings...with several twisted around fence posts and trees. The tornado dissipated just north of this area.