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The section of the memorial wall with the path map and victim locations from the deadly tornado. The primary Lubbock tornado – the second of two tornadoes that struck the city on May 11 – produced a damage path 8.5 mi (13.7 km) long and extending across 15 sq mi (39 km 2) of ground, beginning at 9:35 p.m. in southwestern Lubbock, tracking ...
English: A photograph of the famous 1970 Lubbock, Texas F5 Tornado. Date: 11 May 1970: Source: Natural Disaster Survey Report 70-1, Page 3 : Author:
May 11, 1970 — an F5 tornado in Lubbock County claimed 26 lives. May 15, 1957 — an F4 tornado in Briscoe County claimed 21 lives. June 6, 1965 — an F4 tornado in Hale County claimed 4 lives.
English: A scanned copy of Storm Data, Volume 12, Number 5, which covers the 1970 Lubbock, Texas tornado. This document was written by the United States Department of Commerce, Environmental Science Services Administration, and the Environmental Data Service.
Lubbock tornado: May 11, 1970: West Texas: 5: 26 fatalities, 500 injuries: A violent F5 tornado struck Downtown Lubbock, killing 26 people. Studies of this tornado led to the formation of the Fujita scale. Four other weak tornadoes also formed before the F5 tornado. (1 violent killer) [100] Tornado outbreak sequence of June 10–16, 1970
For many older residents, their first and likely most prominent tornado story is from April 3, 1974. "It was my first memory in ... Outbreak: Residents remember 1974 tornado outbreak 50 years later
A Texas family that tragically lost loved ones in a tornado found something in the wreckage that gave them a little more faith. David and Brenda Tapley were killed in the tornado that hit Van ...
The school was completely destroyed by the tornado. [2] 1970 Lubbock tornado: F0–F5 [a] Estacado High School The school was damaged by the tornado. [3] Thompson Junior High School The school was damaged by the tornado. [3] Arnett Elementary School The school was damaged by the tornado. [3] Jackson Elementary School The school was damaged by ...