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19 years ago this week....the Jarrell, Texas tornado
Posted on 5/29/16 at 6:03 pm
Posted on 5/29/16 at 6:03 pm
If you talk to a lot of researches, meteorologists and storm chasers, many of them will tell you that the Jarrell, Texas tornado is perhaps the most violent tornado ever recorded.
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At the height of its intensity, every person that was in its path died. Their bodies were so horribly mangled that dental records had to be used to identify most of the victims. If you look at the damage to the neighborhood starting at the 40-second mark of the video, you will understand why. Nothing was left, not even debris from the houses. EVERYTHING was literally swept away.
And down below is the most iconic shot of the tornado, a picture that has come to be known as "Dead Man Walking."
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At the height of its intensity, every person that was in its path died. Their bodies were so horribly mangled that dental records had to be used to identify most of the victims. If you look at the damage to the neighborhood starting at the 40-second mark of the video, you will understand why. Nothing was left, not even debris from the houses. EVERYTHING was literally swept away.
And down below is the most iconic shot of the tornado, a picture that has come to be known as "Dead Man Walking."
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Posted on 5/29/16 at 6:13 pm to RollTide1987
Peeled up the pavement. Leveled houses to the foundation and in places the foundation was also gone. During the outbreak, many of the supercells were going southwest, which was unusual.
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Posted on 5/29/16 at 6:14 pm to chinhoyang
The tornado scoured the dirt by removing the top 18 inches of soil.
This post was edited on 5/29/16 at 6:19 pm
Posted on 5/29/16 at 6:26 pm to RollTide1987
I always have and always will be terrified of tornadoes
Posted on 5/29/16 at 6:40 pm to RollTide1987
I have a better picture somewhere. It was taken by a Williamson County Sherriff from an overpass. That thing was fricking scary.
That same system actually dropped a tornado on Lakeline Mall in Cedar Park (Austin, actually) that also killed a guy. Flipped his car in the parking lot and he died.
That same system actually dropped a tornado on Lakeline Mall in Cedar Park (Austin, actually) that also killed a guy. Flipped his car in the parking lot and he died.
Posted on 5/29/16 at 6:41 pm to chinhoyang
Yeah, more like this one - massive wedge. Massive!
Posted on 5/29/16 at 7:00 pm to chinhoyang
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The tornado scoured the dirt by removing the top 18 inches of soil.
This just blows my mind. That thing was basically unsurvivable above ground regardless of how sturdy your home was.
Not any less safe jumping in the car and trying to outrun it.
Posted on 5/29/16 at 7:03 pm to RollTide1987
That dead man walking picture is some creepy looking shite.
Posted on 5/29/16 at 7:10 pm to The Boat
Coming up on 3 years since El Reno, which is the largest on record. April and May is a bad time of year for tornado alley.
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Jarrell, TX has to be one of the most powerful. I don't know of any major tornado strikes where the storm moved southwest.
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Jarrell, TX has to be one of the most powerful. I don't know of any major tornado strikes where the storm moved southwest.
This post was edited on 5/29/16 at 7:12 pm
Posted on 5/29/16 at 7:17 pm to RollTide1987
I remember pictures in at least one neighborhood with clean foundation after clean foundation. No debris in sight. It even removed chunks of foundations in some places.
Posted on 5/29/16 at 7:38 pm to member12
Seems dixie alley is getting a lot more violent as time passes.
Posted on 5/29/16 at 7:44 pm to SEClint
Mother nature is beautiful, but downright frightening at times.
Posted on 5/29/16 at 8:26 pm to razorbackfan4life
I have seen more damage as a result of Hurricanes than I care to remember but tornadoes are the spawn of satan.
Posted on 5/29/16 at 8:38 pm to RollTide1987
I lived in South Austin on a hill and saw that coming into town. Didn't know at that time it had leveled Jarrell. My dog and I both went into a closet with the hair up on the backs of our necks. It missed us but was loud as frick.
Posted on 5/29/16 at 8:44 pm to SEClint
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19 years ago this week....the Jarrell, Texas tornado Seems dixie alley is getting a lot more violent as time passes.
What is considered Dixie Alley?
Posted on 5/29/16 at 8:46 pm to Martini
Posted on 5/29/16 at 9:13 pm to RummelTiger
And growing.
Posted on 5/29/16 at 9:15 pm to SEClint
Interesting. Never heard it called that.
Posted on 5/29/16 at 9:19 pm to RollTide1987
As others have mentioned, the SW motion was highly unusual for Texas. I can only remember a couple of times that storms came in from the NE since moving here. Another thing, the Jarrell F5 was less than a mile wide and only had a track of 8 miles. Given those stats, it is highly likely that stronger tornadoes have occurred in more rural areas before radar networks improved. However, the amount of field research going on now isn't finding many in that lequge giving credence to Jarrell being on the very top end of what is possible.
The scary thing about Jarrell and other top end tornadoes is that there are very few options for survival. There are reports of people being pulled out of basements and storm shelters by the really powerful ones. If an EF5 is headed for you then you basically have to hope that luck is on your side.
The scary thing about Jarrell and other top end tornadoes is that there are very few options for survival. There are reports of people being pulled out of basements and storm shelters by the really powerful ones. If an EF5 is headed for you then you basically have to hope that luck is on your side.
Posted on 5/29/16 at 9:25 pm to rds dc
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If an EF5 is headed for you then you basically have to hope that luck is on your side.
This is an instance when you do the opposite of what the experts say and try to outrun that fricker. I mean, if you make it two miles away, then you live. If you stay, then you die, so you just as well take a chance and haul-as in your car.
This post was edited on 5/29/16 at 9:39 pm
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