Authorities in Guadalupe County are reacting to what may have been a tornado that happened around 6pm Monday in Kingsbury, damaging several homes and potentially injuring several people.
Patrick Pinder, emergency management coordinator for Guadalupe County, said emergency crews from across the county to Kingsbury responded just before 7pm due to multiple reports of structure damage, injuries and declining power lines.
He could not immediately confirm that a tornado was affected, although Kingsbury was under a tornado warning – meaning a tornado was shown on the radar – between 5.45pm and 6.15pm
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Kingsbury is about an hour northeast of San Antonio.
“We had houses collapsed, and we had damage,” Pinder said. “We’re doing damage assessments now, and we have some crews out there helping people.”
Guadalupe County emergency crews responded to Kingsbury just before 7pm due to multiple reports of structure damage, injuries and declining power lines.
National Weather Service TwitterPinder said there were reports of injuries but that no one had been taken to hospitals yet. He said there was a report of a person trapped inside a house that collapsed, but emergency crews were able to get the person out.
The National Weather Service also could not immediately confirm that a tornado fell on Monday evening. It usually takes a few days to confirm the NWS tornadoes.
The NWS said it had multiple damage reports in Kingsbury on Appling Road, just off Highway 90.
Several tornado warnings were issued Monday night over central Texas as a powerful weather line moved through the area. Tornadoes have been radar-indicated in the Hays, Guadalupe, Travis and Bastrop counties, among others, as the supercells travel east.
Annie Blanks writes for Express News through Report for America, a national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms. ReportforAmerica.org. annie.blanks@express-news.net.
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