A number of Texas towns were hit by tornadoes in 1964. The town of Wichita Falls was hit by an F5 tornado.
To date, no town in Texas has been hit by two F5 tornadoes. Worth mentioning, though is the town of Wichita Falls, Texas. It was hit by an F5 tornado on April 3, 1964 and an F4 tornado on April 10, 1979. The second tornado is the more famous of the two and is incorrectly believed by some to have been an F5.
The Town of Henryville, Indiana was hit by an EF4 tornado on March 2, 2012.
Tornadoes do not have names, but they are often referred to by the places they hit. These are the F5 tornadoes known to have hit Texas: The Sherman tornado of May 15 1896 The Big Spring tornado of May 14, 1923 The Rocksprings tornado of April 12, 1927 The Clyde tornado of June 10, 1938 The Glazier/Higgins/Woodward tornado of April 9, 1942 The Waco tornado of May 11, 1953 The Wichita Falls tornado of April 3, 1964 The Lubbock tornado of May 11, 1970 The Valley Mills tornado of May 6, 1973 The Brownwood tornado of April 19, 1976 The Jarrell tornado of May 27, 1997
Whether or not a town will be hit by a tornado on a given date is impossible to predict unless that tornado has formed and is minutes or seconds away from striking that town. However, unless the threat of a tornado is imminent the chances of any given town being hit are low.
It is possible. It is in a region that gets tornadoes fairly regularly, though not as often as northern Texas. However, there is no way of knowing when a tornado will hit the town until it actually happens.
No town holds this distinction. Wichita Falls, Texas was hit by an F5 tornado on April 3, 1964, but there were no tornadoes in Texas on April 9, 1979. However, the next day on April 10, Wichita Falls was hit by a second tornado. However, despite some popular belief, the 1979 tornado was rated F4, not F5.
To date, no town in Texas has been hit by two F5 tornadoes. Worth mentioning, though is the town of Wichita Falls, Texas. It was hit by an F5 tornado on April 3, 1964 and an F4 tornado on April 10, 1979. The second tornado is the more famous of the two and is incorrectly believed by some to have been an F5.
The last F5 tornado to hit Texas struck the town of Jarrell on May 27, 1997.
Wichita Falls would be the answer, but the 1979 tornado was an F4, not an F5.
Yes. In fact northeastern Texas is in Tornado Alley.
The tornado that hit Waco, Texas struck in 1953.
As of May 13, 2015 the last tornado to hit Texas this month was the second of two EF0 tornadoes near Jefferson on the night of May 10. It was at least four tornadoes to hit Texas on that day. This will likely not be the last tornado to hit Texas in May 2015.
There were no states in Texas that were hit as Texas is itself a state. No confirmed tornadoes hit Texas on May 26. Several communities were impacted on May 25. The most notable tornado was an EF2 that killed one person near Cameron in Milam County. Three tornadoes hit near the town of Canadian in Hemphill County on May 27.
The last tornado to hit Kileen was an EF1 on May 25, 2007.
The Town of Henryville, Indiana was hit by an EF4 tornado on March 2, 2012.
The tornado that hit Glazier, Texas on April 9, 1947 killed 17 people in that town. However, the same tornado went on to strike several more towns, most notably Woodward, Oklahoma. In all, it killed 181 people.
Yes. McAllen, Texas has been hit by a few weak tornadoes.