Johnson County

At Least 90 Structures Damaged in a Texas County Where Tornado Touched Down

Johnson County Emergency Management says Red Cross has set up a meeting spot at First Baptist Church in Alvarado to help people who may have storm damage

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Monday night's severe weather brought damaging winds to Johnson County where some 90 structures were impacted with various degrees of damage, according to the Johnson County Emergency Management.

The National Weather Service confirmed Tuesday afternoon that an EF-2 tornado caused damage in Johnson County, just north of Egan.

In the town of Venus, Jeff Wilson's home received some damage. He said he's been there for more than 20 years and hasn’t seen a storm quite like the one on Monday night.

“This is the first one that actually hit our place,” he said. “I heard high winds and the hail. Then I heard the metal. I ducked inside the house, figured out that was the safest place for me.”

A carport and other structures on his property were also damaged. He said he’s looking at about $35,000 worth of damage on his property.

“It’s only money,” he said. “No injuries. We all came through it. Nerves are frayed, of course.”

Wilson said his son was shaken up after some of the debris from the carport crashed into his traveling trailer that was parked underneath.

“He lives in a travel trailer and it damaged the trailer pretty badly," said Wilson. "It's going to be a total loss and he was more shook up than I was, but outside of nerves everything is going to be alright.

A man is in the ICU, injured saving his teenage daughter trapped in an RV under a tornado warning in North Texas Monday night.
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