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On May 27, 1997, a large and slow-moving F5 tornado caused catastrophic damage across portions of the Jarrell, Texas area. The tornado killed 27 residents of the town, mainly in a single subdivision, and inflicted approximately $40 million (1997 USD) in damages in its 13-minute, 5.1 miles (8.2 km) track.
This was the first tornado warning of the day issued for the office's warning area and warned that "the city of Jarrell is in the path of this storm." [71] Local warning sirens went off about 10–12 minutes before the tornado struck. [72] The precise start of the Jarrell tornado was difficult to pinpoint. [28]
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Parts of Texas and Louisiana were under a tornado watch Thursday night as a line of thunderstorms battered the south-central U.S., threatening the region with large hail, damaging winds and heavy ...
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By 10 a.m., Brunswick County’s residents had already experienced two tornado warnings, with meteorologists noting it could just be the beginning as Tropical Storm Debby makes its slow walk ...
The 1997 tornado season was largely defined by two tornado events. The first was a major outbreak on March 1 that resulted in 27 fatalities, 25 of which were in Arkansas. The second was a brutal, slow-moving F5 twister that struck the small town of Jarrell, Texas on May 27 killing 27 people and leaving behind some of the most extreme tornado damage ever se
A small tornado outbreak occurred as a squall line passed over Dixie Alley on the afternoon and evening of January 5, [3] [4] producing at least eleven tornadoes. The first tornado, which has been rated EF1, touched down in Southeast Lincoln County, Arkansas , and was the only tornado of the outbreak to occur in the state.