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Rusk County, Texas tornado rips through Whispering Pines RV Park leaving trailers flipped and trees down

A TWISTER ripped through an RV Park community on Thursday, causing severe damage in the area.

The destructive touched down in Rusk County, , shortly after 3pm local time.

A twister ripped through an RV community in Rusk County, Texas, on Thursday
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A twister ripped through an RV community in Rusk County, Texas, on Thursday
The twister ripped through Whispering Pines RV Park in Rusk County
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The twister ripped through Whispering Pines RV Park in Rusk CountyCredit: CBS19
Officials say at least two tornadoes battered through two different counties
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Officials say at least two tornadoes battered through two different countiesCredit: Rusk County Office of Emergency Management
Many RVs in the community were damaged and flipped over
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Many RVs in the community were damaged and flipped overCredit: CBS19

According to Rusk County Sheriff Johnwayne Valdez, no injuries have been reported at the Whispering Pines RV Park community.

However, Valdez said he and his deputies couldn't get to some homes due to the number of downed trees.

Laneville VFD Chief Samantha Cryer told there is a lot of damage to the roofs of homes, carports and vehicles.

The Rusk County Office of Emergency Management said many trees were down and reports of debris falling from the sky between Henderson and Tatum.

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The sheriff's office has asked residents to stay off the road due to falling debris.

The Rusk County EM office has recorded wind speed at 60mph and has measured 1.25-inch hail size in Cherokee and Nacogdoches.

Officials say reports of down trees are also coming from Dirgin.

The EM office believes at least two separate tornadoes ripped through the Church Hill and Mount Enterprise area.

STORM CHASERS CAPTURE TORNADO FORMING

The latest severe weather episode comes after a group of storm chasers shockingly captured a forming tornado in Crowell, Texas, on Wednesday afternoon.

Storm watcher Wesley James Jackson was live streaming on  when the tornado moved towards him and his group, forcing them to return to their vehicles and drive to safety.

"That's crazy. It's coming straight at us. Yup, we gotta get out of here in a second, let's start going, let's start going," Jackson says in the video.

The group of men continued to record the massive twister as they fled the scene in their vehicle.

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"Large tornado, it just got big. It just got f***ing giant. Holy s***. Just got large out of nowhere. We gotta get out of here."

The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch in eight different counties in northwest Texas on Wednesday.

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