1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak

The Jarrell tornado was the F5 tornado, the city had Jarrell, Texas struck on 27 May 1997. He killed 27 people and was thus the second most dangerous tornado in the 1990s. The trunk was full 1.2 km wide. The cyclone track with ground contact of the proboscis was 12.2 km.

Overall formed this afternoon in the room Texas, five other tornadoes. However, this was the most remarkable of all. Double Creek Estates, a suburb of Jarrell was literally wiped off the map. Here, 20 houses were destroyed.

Cyclone track

The tornado was the first time contact with the ground at Bell County, about one mile west of Interstate 35 Next, he moved south-southwest Williamson County, Texas, where he had hit the northwestern part of Jarrell, with direct cyclone track in the suburb of Double Creek Estates. A later analysis of the damage revealed that it is definitely concerned a F5 tornado. It was found that in a field where the tornado had developed, corn plants were torn out of the earth and cows were hurled through the air to other fields. Grass and soil piled up to a height of 50 cm. Total lines have been destroyed by Jarrell outside over a length of about 150 m. After he was pulled by Double Creek Estates, in its path went through a heavily forested area where the destruction ceased abruptly.