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In the afternoon of May 11, 1953, a powerful tornado would directly hit Waco, Texas, killing 114 people and injuring 597 more. The tornado would be the deadliest to hit Texas since 1900, with the same amount of fatalities as but more injuries than the 1902 Goliad, Texas, tornado .
Tornado activity on May 11 began with a .5 mile wide F4 tornado striking areas between Grape Creek and San Angelo, Texas, killing 13 and injuring 159. Later that day, the first officially rated F5 tornado in US history obliterated Downtown Waco , destroying or collapsing many of the structures and tossing numerous vehicles. 114 were killed and ...
The strongest and deadliest tornado was a powerful F5 tornado [nb 1] that struck Waco, Texas on May 11, causing 114 of the 144 deaths in the outbreak. Alongside the 1902 Goliad tornado , it was the deadliest tornado in Texas history and is the 11th deadliest tornado in U.S. history.
The tornado caused $250,000 (1953 USD) in damages. [10] ... killing 27 people and injuring a further 12. This is the most recent F5 tornado to hit Texas, and is ...
116 people died when an F5 tornado tore through Flint, Michigan, on June 8, 1953. The tornado was about half a mile wide and was on the ground for 27 miles. Of the 116 fatalities, 113 occurred ...
1953 June 8: 116 844 F5 1953 Flint–Beecher tornado: 11: Waco, Texas: 1953 May 11: 114 597 F5 1953 Waco tornado outbreak, (Grazulis, p. 970) Goliad, Texas: 1902 May 18: 114 250 F4 1902 Goliad, Texas, tornado: 13: Omaha, Nebraska: 1913 March 23: 103 350 F4 Tornado outbreak sequence of March 1913: 14: Mattoon—Charleston, Illinois: 1917 May 26: ...
A widespread and deadly tornado outbreak affected the Great Plains, Mississippi Valley, and Southeast between March 12–15, 1953. At least 23 tornadoes were confirmed with the strongest one reaching F4 intensity and striking O'Brien, Texas on Friday the 13th.
In 2022, Texas saw a total of 160 tornadoes, with 49 recorded in North Texas. But April and May hold the most tornadic activity for North Texas since 1880, with over 1,000 twisters confirmed ...