Confirmed Tornadoes
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Confirmed F0 |
Confirmed F1 |
Confirmed F2 |
Confirmed F3 |
Confirmed F4 |
Confirmed F5 |
| 20 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
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| F2 | W of Lorena | McLennan | 1821 | 2 miles (3.2 km) |
The tornado severely damaged several mobile homes and one frame house. | |
| F0 | N of Eddy | McLennan | 1844 | 0.2 miles (0.32 km) |
Brief tornado with no damage | |
| F3 | Moody area | McLennan, Bell | 1846 | 3.7 miles (5.9 km) |
It did extensive damage to trees, destroyed a house and a barn, damaged another small house, and tossed a car and a pickup truck several hundred feet. | |
| F0 | NW of Belton | Bell | 1916 | 0.2 miles (0.32 km) |
Weak tornado with no damage | |
| F3 | W of Temple | Bell | 1927 | 1.4 miles (2.2 km) |
The tornado caused significant damage to structures around Lake Belton. 10 homes had severe damage and 100 boats were destroyed. | |
| F1 | SW of Belton | Bell | 1950 | 0.2 miles (0.32 km) |
Brief tornado with unknown damage | |
| F1 | N of Blooming Grove | Navarro | 2005 | 0.5 miles (0.8 km) |
Damage limited to trees | |
| F1 | Prairie Dell area | Bell | 2007 | 2.4 miles (3.8 km) |
Damage to several structures and numerous trees | |
| F2 | SW of Prairie Dell | Williamson | 2025 | 2 miles (3.2 km) |
First of three tornadoes touching down near the Jarrell area. | |
| F2 | W of Jarrell | Williamson | 2035 | 0.5 miles (0.8 km) |
Second of three tornadoes touching down near the Jarrell area | |
| F1 | S of Dawson | Navarro | 2036 | 0.5 miles (0.8 km) |
Damage limited to trees | |
| F5 | Jarrell area | Williamson | 2040 | 5.1 miles (8.2 km) |
27 Deaths A weak pencil-like tornado touched down near the Bell-Williamson County line, the funnel rapidly intensified into a 3/4 mile wide multi-vortex storm at around 3:45 PM CDT. The tornado continued on before destroying and sweeping away many of the buildings in Double Creek Estates. As the tornado continued it ripped asphalt off the roads. The tornado pulled grass and soil from the ground to a depth of 18 inches (46 cm) before dissipating near a wooded area outside Jarrell. Jump to section on this tornado | |
| F0 | SW of Hubbard | Hill | 2050 | 0.2 miles (0.32 km) |
Brief tornado with no damage | |
| F3 | Cedar Park area | Williamson, Travis | 2105 | 9.2 miles (14.7 km) |
1 Death This tornado produced relatively minor damage before moving into Cedar Park. The tornado devastated the downtown area of Cedar Park, specifically an Albertson's Grocery Store. The tornado then moved into the Buttercup Subdivision, severely damaging some homes. One man died here of cardiac arrest while waiting out the tornado in his pickup truck; his death was not counted in the total. | |
| F1 | SW of Anderson Mill | Travis | 2115 | 0.2 miles (0.32 km) |
Brief tornado preceding the main Lake Travis tornado. | |
| F4 | S of Lake Travis | Travis | 2150 | 5.6 miles (9 km) |
1 Death The tornado initially caused major damage to a marina on Lake Travis. The tornado then severely damaged a reinforced concrete building containing a telephone switching center. It then completely destroyed a stone house, leaving the foundation bare. It then moved into the Hazy Hills subdivision, destroying several homes and mobile homes. This tornado killed one man while he was either blown from his mobile home or truck while attempting to seek safe shelter. | |
| F1 | Kyle area | Hays | 2038 | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
Damage to trees and power lines | |
| F0 | S of Utopia | Uvalde | 0000 | 0.2 miles (0.32 km) |
Brief tornado with no damage | |
| F0 | NW of Sisterdale | Kendall | 0030 | 0.7 miles (1.1 km) |
Brief tornado with no damage | |
| F0 | E of Moore | Frio | 0120 | 1 miles (1.6 km) |
Brief tornado in open country | |
Read more about this topic: 1997 Central Texas Tornado Outbreak
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