The combined OK/TX Panhandles had quite the heat during August. Particularly Amarillo and areas south and east of Amarillo. Although Amarillo fell just shy of the warmest August on record (2011 being the warmest with an average monthly temperature of 85.1° F ) the hottest daily temperature ev...
Tornado AlleyRead about Tornado Alley, an area in Mid-USA that is prone to dangerous tornadoes. Tornado Quiz + Label Tornado Alley PrintoutAnswer five questions about tornadoes and label the states in the heart of Tornado Alley. Or go to the answers.Your...
the F5 tornado caused over $41 million worth of damages in 1953, which is roughly $476,530,561.80 in today's money.Baylor Universityeven posted a great map of all the areas that were affected back in 1953.
Texas area. There is now some aerial imagery captured on April 28th, 2016, five months after the disaster. Nevertheless, the destruction is still very much in evidence, with the tornado scar over the Garland/Rowlett area visible from quite a high altitude. We have identified...
Rainfall By the time the rain came to an end, much of the Coastal Bend and Victoria Crossroads received well over 10" of rain. Several areas received more than 15" of rain throughout the event! Here are a few notable totals: Rockport: 18.31" ...
A violenttornadodevastated Waco on May 11, 1953, killing 114 people. (Texas—along with portions ofKansas,Oklahoma, andNebraska—lies within a tornado-prone area known asTornado Alley.) Another tragedy occurred on April 19, 1993, aftera 51-day standoffwith federal agents, nearly 80 members of...
NOAA The red circle marks the bull's-eye of the greatest threat of a concentrated tornado outbreak. Anyone living in any of the green, brown, yellow, and/or red areas needs to be alert for tornadoes, but obviously, the threat increases as you move closer to the Mississippi River Valley....
Jericho is in the "Tornado Alley" with a higher probability of a tornado strike. Read more:Tornadoes on Route 66. Map of Route 66 through Jericho Below is a map published in 1924, two years before US 66 was created. Jericho is in the middle. The map shows the different "auto trails"...
One employee at a Lancaster CVS Pharmacy location said, "We were in the cooler, just trying to get ready. We were trying to shut the pharmacy down and they told us that the tornado was in the parking lot." In Arlington, along Little Road and Pine Glen, damage varied from house-to-ho...
Thunderstorms strike Texas often, especially the eastern and northern portions of the state. Tornado Alley covers the northern section of Texas. The state experiences the most tornadoes in the United States, an average of 139 a year. These strike most frequently in North Texas and the Panhandle....