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On the afternoon of May 27, 1997, a deadly and powerful F5 tornado produced catastrophic damage across portions of the Jarrell, Texas area. The tornado killed 27 residents of the town, many in a single subdivision, and inflicted a total of $40.1 million (1997 USD) in damages in its 13-minute, 5.1 miles (8.2 km) track.
Tornado’s victims are identified 04:00 , Louise Boyle An 11-year-old boy was among the three people killed by the massive tornado which tore through a Texas Panhandle town on Thursday.
Near Union at 4:50 p.m. CDT, footage of the wedge tornado was captured by meteorologist John Oldshue during a storm chase for Birmingham ABC affiliate WBMA-LD/WCFT-TV/WJSU-TV (channels 58, 33, and 40 – "ABC 33/40"), which broadcast Oldshue's live video of the tornado as he was tracking it outside of town.
An EF-4 tornado first touched down in southwestern Tennessee and traveled 165.7 miles to Falls of Rough, Kentucky, tracking through 11 Kentucky counties, according to the National Weather Service.
Many "well built" homes were leveled and farms vanished. Its victims (both people and cattle) were reportedly carried up to half a mile. This is the earliest estimated F5 that can be verified in the U.S. according to Grazulis. (The 1953 Waco tornado is the earliest officially rated - see below.) The F5 rating is widely accepted.
The unique real-time perspective helped the team visualize that they could take a north-south road that would get them lined up right into the path of the tornado.
The weather events caused large-scale damage in the area, with six people killed, the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office said. A Sheriff’s Office spokesperson did not respond to a request for the ...
The tornado then rapidly dissipated as it neared the medical center, [9] uprooting small trees and damaging the siding of an outbuilding before lifting at 1:56 am CST on Laurel Avenue. [4] The tornado was on the ground for 8 minutes, tracked a total of 8.39 mi (13.50 km), and had an average ground speed of 63.1 miles per hour (101.5 km/h).