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On May 27, 1997, a large tornado caused 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.
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 ...
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
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.
1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak. 1997 Jarrell tornado; Tornado outbreak of July 1–3, 1997; Tornadoes of 1998. 1998 Kissimmee tornado outbreak; 1998 Gainesville–Stoneville tornado outbreak; 1998 Comfrey–St. Peter tornado outbreak; Tornado outbreak of April 6–9, 1998; Tornado outbreak of April 15–16, 1998; May 15, 1998 Minnesota storms
The term "Dead man walking" is a phrase used to describe the certain look of some multi-vortex tornadoes.The term is most commonly attributed to the 1997 Jarrell F5 tornado, but has been used to describe multiple other tornadoes:
A tornado touched down near Jarrell, Texas, on the afternoon of April 12, the National Weather Service NWS said.This footage, filmed by Twitter user @Williermo77, shows a funnel cloud looming over ...
This included: a Category 3 hurricane hitting New York City, an F4 tornado destroying Washington, D.C., dormant volcano Mount Rainier re-activating and destroying towns in the surrounding valleys, a tsunami flooding the Pacific Northwest coast, an intraplate earthquake impacting Memphis, Tennessee, wildfires spreading into the heart of San ...