1997 Central Texas Tornado Outbreak

Confirmed Tornadoes

Confirmed Total	Confirmed F0	Confirmed F1	Confirmed F2	Confirmed F3	Confirmed F4	Confirmed F5
20	6	6	3	3	1	1

List of confirmed tornadoes - May 27, 1997
F#	Location	County	Time (UTC)	Path length	Damage
Texas
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