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May 15, 1896 – A destructive F5 tornado ravaged Sherman, destroying large portions of the town and killing an estimated 73 people. [ 5] May 18, 1902 – An F4 tornado touched down in the city of Goliad, killing 114 people. This made it the deadliest tornado in state history, later tied by the 1953 Waco tornado.
This map contains continuously updated storm reports and damage from the National Weather Service for the past 48 hours. Reports include tornado, wind storm and hail storm reports.
Portions of Lubbock, Texas, were struck by a powerful multiple-vortex tornado after nightfall on May 11, 1970, resulting in 26 fatalities and an estimated $250 million in damage (equivalent to $1.96 billion in 2023). It was in its time the costliest tornado in U.S. history, damaging nearly 9,000 homes and inflicting widespread damage to ...
Debris covers a residential area in Perryton, Texas, on Thursday, after a tornado struck the town. (David Erickson/AP) (AP) Fifty million Americans have now been put under a severe weather warning ...
The National Weather Service in Norman confirmed a severe storm that produced a tornado in Texas was moving at 45 mph northeast toward Sayre and Elk City in the afternoon. Strong winds and hail ...
Since its initial usage in May 1999, the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States has used the tornado emergency bulletin, an unofficial, high-end classification of tornado warning—sent through either the issuance of a warning or via a "severe weather statement" that provides updated information on an ongoing warning—that is issued when a violent tornado (confirmed by radar or ...
A tornado swept through parts of Central Texas Wednesday evening, causing significant damage to the Bell County area. A supercell thunderstorm escalated to at least one possible tornado, which ...
The ALICO building looming over the destroyed downtown area of Waco. A deadly series of at least 33 tornadoes hit at least 10 different U.S. states on May 9–11, 1953. Tornadoes appeared daily from Minnesota in the north to Texas in the south. The strongest and deadliest tornado was a powerful F5 tornado [ nb 1] that struck Waco, Texas on May ...