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An extended period of tornado activity occurred between April 20–27, 2007. The outbreak sequence is best known for producing a deadly tornado that struck the border cities of Piedras Negras, Coahuila (rated F4), and Eagle Pass, Texas (rated EF3), along the United States-Mexican border on April 24, 2007, killing ten people.
The tornado outbreak of March 28–31, 2007, also known as the Late-March 2007 tornado outbreak, was a tornado outbreak that took place across the central United States. It developed in the High Plains from South Dakota to central Texas on March 28, 2007, which produced most of the tornadoes.
This was the first tornado to result in fatalities since October 1974 and tied the tornado with another tornado in Wagon Mound on May 31, 1930, for the deadliest tornado in state history. [31] The last tornado of the day was another EF2 tornado west of Morton, Texas that destroyed irrigation systems, partially destroyed the Star Route Gin, and ...
However, over the past 74 years, only 44 tornadoes have claimed 72 lives Here is a of the top six deadliest tornadoes in West Texas: May 11, 1970 — an F5 tornado in Lubbock County claimed 26 lives.
Not part of the main outbreak, 3 tornadoes were reported, during the overnight hours of October 16 towards October 17, across Randall County, Texas south of Amarillo on October 16 with one of them confirmed as a high-end EF1; that tornado caused damage to trees, fences, power poles, steel pipes, trailers, and barns.
The second Perryton tornado caused F2 damage to six houses, but caused no injuries. [47] The third tornado caused F1 damage to multiple homes, and no injuries were reported. [48] The event in total caused $2.5 million (1962 USD) in damages. [49] May 28, 1962 – A large F2 tornado caused extensive damage near Fredericksburg. [50]
A tornado ripped through central Texas on Wednesday evening, causing huge damage and destroying homes, as forecasters warn of a potentially record-breaking heat wave in the state.
This twister in Matador occurred less than a week after an EF3 tornado killed three people in Perryton, Texas, and another EF3 tornado pummeled the Mississippi town of Louin.