Tornadoes spare most of Cedar Creek Lake area




Seven tornadoes ripped through Northeast Texas Saturday, April 29, 2017, but most of the Cedar Creek Lake area escaped damage.

Residents of Caney City and Eustace reported damage, but the most severe losses occurred in Canton in Van Zandt County 20 miles away.

Heavy rain, hail and strong winds hammered areas that saw no tornadoes.

The National Weather Service recorded the largest tornado in the North Texas area as an EF-4 with winds in the 166 mph to 200 mph moving from Eustace to Canton. It was estimated to be one-mile wide. An EF-3 tornado with winds up to 165 mph stayed on the ground for 50 miles in Van Zandt and Rains Counties.

The tornadoes were observed between 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., with the most severe striking between 5:45 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Four deaths and more than 50 injuries were recorded with hospitals in the Cedar Creel Lake area as well as Athens and Tyler admitting patients. All of the deaths occurred outside of the Cedar Creek Lake area.

Another storm Wednesday, May 4,  brought more rain and hail to Cedar Creek Lake residents.




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Thursday

Partly Sunny

Hi: 68

Thursday Night

Mostly Cloudy

Lo: 55

Friday

Partly Sunny

Hi: 78

Friday Night

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Lo: 53

Saturday

Rain Showers Likely

Hi: 60

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Hi: 60

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Fishing Report from TPWD (Mar. 5)

GOOD. stained; 54 degrees; 0.11 feet above pool. The hybrid and white bass deadsticking bite will be here for just a few more weeks while the water temperature increases with the warmer weather. The white bass and hybrids will be making their run into the creek arms and will settle in along shallow points and shallower water to lay their eggs for spawning. Use half ounce to 1-1/2 ounce jigs with 4-5 inch plastic flukes depending on what the winds are and drift long lengths of the lake in 22-36 feet of water. Drift at speeds of .2-.6 mph using your drift mode on your trolling motor or using drift socks. If the winds are not too bad you can just drift with the wind. Thumping on the bottom of your boat will attract fish and group them up underneath as you drift. Utilizing a splasher also works well with thumping. Try smaller sized plastics as the bite will be smaller sized baits. Look for Birds and Loons early mornings on shallow flats as the fish will come up to follow the bait and feed early especially on cloudier and colder days. The crappie bite is on docks and in creeks with minnows or jigs. Report by Brent Herbeck, Herbeck’s Lonestar Fishing Guide Service. Catfish can be caught in shallow water near creek mouths, or drifting in deep water with cut shad. Report by Jason Barber, Kings Creek Adventures.

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