NWS confirms at least 3 tornadoes, baseball sized hail in Johnson County

RIO VISTA, Texas - A survey team from the National Weather Service has confirmed that at least three tornadoes hit Johnson County on Tuesday.

The county is also cleaning up damage from hailstones the size of baseballs.

Johnson County Tornadoes

What we know:

According to the NWS, an EF-1 tornado on Tuesday night hit just east of Rio Vista with peak winds of 90 mph.

Survey teams also confirmed an EF-0 tornado with 80 mph winds near Cleburne and an unrated twister near Godley.

Thankfully, no major injuries were reported in the county.

What they're saying:

Ricardo Camas' property near Godley was hit hard. He just closed on the dozen acres about a week ago.

"I finally got my little ranch, had big plans and all of a sudden, we get hit with this," he said. "I run a trucking company so half of this was gonna be a yard for my trucks and the other half was, you know, personal. We were gonna have cattle here."

There's not much left of his new home.

"The living room, master bedroom, doesn't have anything. All the bedrooms are pretty much wide open," he said.

Johnson County officials said they've seen a lot of neighbors helping neighbors.

"That's the fantastic thing about this community. Almost every time we've had – look back at the 2013 tornado, the 2015 tornado – this community comes together," said Jamie Moore with Johnson County Emergency Management.

Freddie Roop was out lending a hand to dismantle a trampoline.

"Just got everything off the road. We're gonna come back later and help these guys out down here," he said. "It's just a devastating time with everybody, so I was just trying to help out. Good thing that everybody's all right."

Baseball-Sized Hail

What we know:

Large hail also damaged homes and vehicles in the community of Cresson, near the Johnson County and Parker County line.

What they're saying:

Jessica Johnston said she and her sister watched the severe weather from inside their house. Both said that given the magnitude of the storm, they are feeling grateful to have made it through uninjured.

"It almost didn’t seem real like whenever it first started, the very first piece of hail was a huge piece. I’ve never seen that big of size before in my life and then it even got bigger after that. It was just horrible and everything blowing everywhere. It was just scary," Johnston said.

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