LINDALE, Texas (KETK)-- The National Weather Service confirmed Wednesday that an EF1 tornado with winds peaking at 100mph tore through northeast Lindale.

" We've had some straight-line winds, but nothing like this," Sam Turner, a Lindale homeowner, said.

A day later, people could hear chainsaws cutting through fallen limbs and see clouds of wood shavings fill the air.

"We've weathered some pretty bad storms, but nothing like yesterday," Turner said.

Turner continued to pick up the pieces after 100mph winds. His more than 100-year-old tree was pulled out of the ground and lay in front of his lawn.

"Completely unexpected. I walked out of Lowe's in the sunshine and I couldn't believe that there was actually a tornado here," Turner said.

The National Weather Service in Shreveport determi

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