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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.
The precise start of the Jarrell tornado was difficult to pinpoint. [28] The most prominent and destructive part of the tornado's evolution was preceded by the apparition of short-lived, small, and rope-like funnel clouds. These may have been separate tornadoes or simply an earlier part of the Jarrell tornado's evolution. [39]:
Jarrell has been affected by two major tornadoes in its history. The first one was an F3 that occurred on May 17, 1989, killing one person and injuring 28 people. Damage was incurred mainly on the southern side of town. [12] On May 27, 1997, an F5 tornado devastated the northern side of town. The hardest-hit area was the Double Creek Estates ...
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.
About 1,000 homes were damaged or destroyed by two tornadoes in Williamson County. In Bastrop County, 65 homes were destroyed or damaged. 'I thought I was going to die': Central Texas communities ...
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
Tornadoes are much less common in the US during December, averaging only around 40 – compared to the nearly 270 seen on average in May. This year, however, there have been 1,783 tornado reports ...
Nevertheless, the El Reno tornado is one of the two strongest tornadoes ever recorded in terms of maximum wind speeds, the other being the 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado which doppler radar measured 321 miles per hour (517 km/h) mph. The 1997 Jarrell tornado was another example of a multiple-vortex tornado. The infamous “Dead Man Walking ...