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This violent, long-tracked, nearly mile-wide wedge tornado produced severe damage along its path of 44.7 miles (71.9 km). The tornado touched down at EF1 strength southwest of Brookston in Lamar County, Texas and moved to the northeast. To the west-northwest of Brookston, it intensified to low-end EF2 strength as it collapsed several metal ...
Parmer Lane between Loop 275 (Lamar Boulevard) and Loop 1 (Mopac Boulevard) was first designated as FM 734 on April 25, 1978. It was extended north to RM 620 on April 23, 1981. The current termini of FM 734 were set on October 24, 1985, when the northern terminus was moved from RM 620 to RM 1431, and on May 16, 1988, when the southern terminus ...
The Fifth Congress established the new county on December 17, 1840, and named it after Mirabeau B. Lamar, [5] who was the first Vice President and the second President of the Republic of Texas. Map of the city in 1885. Lamar County was one of the 18 Texas counties that voted against secession on February 23, 1861. [6]
Wednesday’s tornado outbreak came six days after a tornado left three people dead and more than 100 injured in Perryton in the northern Texas Panhandle. 3 confirmed tornadoes in the line of ...
List of counties in Texas. The U.S. state of Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state. [ 1 ] While only about 20% of Texas counties are generally located within the Houston—Dallas—San Antonio—Austin areas, they serve a majority of the state's population with approximately 22,000,000 inhabitants.
Major damage at the county line on Lone Oak Road. ... New homes on CR 200 west of Lone Star Refuge RV Park in Cooke County, Texas, on Sunday, May 26, 2024, after severe storms moved through the ...
Flooding in Port Arthur from Hurricane Harvey. From 1980 to the present, 81 tropical or subtropical cyclones affected the U.S. state of Texas.According to David Roth of the Weather Prediction Center, a tropical cyclone makes landfall along the coastline about three times every four years, and on any 50 mi (80 km) segment of the coastline a hurricane makes landfall about once every six years.
Midcity, Texas. Coordinates: 33°50′32″N 95°30′52″W. Midcity is an unincorporated community in Lamar County, Texas, United States. [1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 50 in 2000. [2] On November 4, 2022, Midcity was hit by a violent EF4 tornado (albeit at EF3 strength). [3][4][5]