This tornado is officially classified in Storm Data as a waterspout by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and National Centers for Environmental Information.[1] It is noted that the waterspout damaged several docked and anchored boats, before coming onshore and throwing large wooden planks into cars in a parking lot.[1] The official report does not document a rating on the Fujita scale, due to the tornado being classified a waterspout and not a tornado.[1] However, according to the National Centers for Environmental Information's Storm Event Database, which was updated with this tornado in 2014, a brief F0 tornado caused $250,000 (1990 USD) in damage.[2]
Numerous houses were damaged, with 18 sustaining severe damage and six being declared "uninhabitable" following the tornado. Several houses had their roofs completely removed and exterior walls severely damaged or mostly demolished. One person was injured.[3]
This strong tornado first struck Apple Springs, damaging around 20 homes, overturning a mobile home and shifting it around 70 feet, and snapping several power poles. The tornado then moved northeast into Angelina County while intensifying and reaching F3 strength near Hudson. 41 permanent houses and three mobile homes were damaged in Hudson, with nine houses being severely damaged. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted along the path. Several fences and a satellite dish were blown over as well.[4]
Four houses sustained moderate damage, and eight chicken houses and three outbuildings were destroyed. 28 people were injured, with three being critically injured.
A mobile home was pushed off of its foundation, while a church and several houses sustained roof and window damage. Damage was intermittent and mostly limited to trees.
Three mobile homes were completely destroyed with debris scattered for hundreds of yards, while a two-story brick house was severely damaged. Four additional mobile homes in another park roughly one mile to the north sustained minor damage. Additionally, seven trailers were torn off of their foundations, and roughly 50 trees were snapped or uprooted.
^ abcNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service; National Climatic Data Center; National Weather Service (1990). Tanner, Roger W. (ed.). "Storm Data And Unusual Weather Phenomena". Storm Data. 32 (1). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: 1–72. ISSN0039-1972.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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