Provala tornada u Centralnom Teksasu
Provala tornada u Centralnom Teksasu je naziv za neuobičajenu provalu tornada u centralnom Teksasu koja se dogodila 27.5. 1997. Tornado je bio kategorije F5 te udario grad Jarrell gdje je poginulo 27 od 131 stanovnika, što ga je učinilo drugim najsmrtonosnijim tornadom 1990ih. Tornado je bio 1,2 km (3/4 milje) širok te poharao tlo u dužini od 12,2 km (7,6 milja). Double Creek Estates, dio Jarrella, bio je doslovno izbrisan s lica zemlje, a 38 kuća i nekoliko mobilnih kuća potpuno uništeno.
Literatura uredi
- National Weather Service Assessment (PDF) Arhivirano 2007-07-11 na Wayback Machine-u
- Summary of Weather Event of May 27, 1997 (NWS)
- Aerial Damage Survey of the Central Texas Tornadoes of May 27, 1997 (PDF) (National Weather Service), includes discussion and map of the tornado's track
- Texas Tornadoes (National Climatic Data Center)
- NWS Service Assessment
- Satellite imagery (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- Highway Overpasses as Tornado Shelters Arhivirano 2007-07-09 na Wayback Machine-u (NWS)
- Storm chaser Lon Curtis's chase log of the event Arhivirano 2014-11-08 na Wayback Machine-u
- Video clip of the Jarrell tornado
