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On May 27, 1997, a large tornado would produce catastrophic damage across portions of the Jarrell, Texas area. The tornado killed 27 residents of the town, many in a single subdivision, and inflicted approximately $40 million (1997 USD) in damages in its 13-minute, 5.1 miles (8.2 km) track.
File:Tornado damage in Jarrell, 1997.jpg. Add languages. ... English: Aerial view of a slabbed home in Jarrell following the 1997 F5 tornado. Date: 1997: Source:
The Jarrell tornado damage was classified as F5 severity throughout most of the tornado's path. [39]: C3 However, a critique of the Fujita scale published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology suggested that winds between 158–206 mph (254–332 km/h), corresponding to an F3 rating on the scale, were sufficient to explain the ...
10. The Jarrell Tornado, May 27, 1997. This is the last known confirmed F5 tornado in Texas. Twenty-seven people died and 12 people were injured in the storm along with hundreds of cattle.
A devastating, multi-day tornado outbreak leveled entire neighborhoods and businesses starting Friday, upending lives across several states in the American Heartland.
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
Cleanup is now underway, after devastating tornadoes hit Texas on Thursday night. At least four people have died and dozens injured after storms ripped through the South. Tornadoes wreak havoc in ...
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