A tornado watch was issued for parts of Florida on Wednesday morning after the National Weather Service in Tallahassee reported a confirmed tornado near Belair and Four Points, Florida, moving northeast. “A line of strong, severe thunderstorms will progress eastward … into and across this watch area,” National Weather Service Meteorologist Roger Edwards warned. Tornado that hit Houston caused ‘at least EF2 damage’Tuesday’s tornado that hit southeast Houston caused at least EF2 damage, the National Weather Service station in Houston reported Wednesday. EF2 damage from a tornado is characterized as roofs torn from frame houses, mobile homes that are leveled and large trees snapped or uprooted, according to the National Weather Service. The National Weather Service said it was sending a team out to survey damage and confirm tornado strengths across parts of Southeast Texas.
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