![]() The boxcar broke into three large pieces as it initially bounced along the earth, leaving large craters in the ground, and then was lofted. Large mesquite trees were reduced to stumps that only stood a few feet tall, and were partially debarked.Ī railroad boxcar that was being used for storage was destroyed one mile west of County Road 41. ![]() A 250 yard wide swath was cut through mesquite filled range land west of the road. Chunks of asphalt, some up to six inches in diameter, were removed from the road's surface and deposited in an adjacent field. The tornado crossed County Road 41 about two miles south of the Howard and Borden County line. ![]() All of the hay bales were destroyed and the individual straws of hay served as small missiles, stripping mesquite trees of their bark in a thicket to the west. Three hundred round bales of hay, weighing 2,000 pounds each, were shredded by the tornadic winds. The tornado's damage path narrowed as it moved over a hay field northeast of Luther. A tornado watch was issued from 1642-2400 local.īrief Description: The long-lived tornado that developed in south-central Borden County crossed into Howard County east of County Road 41. There was also a brief window for tornadic storms as low level profiles became increasingly backed east of the dryline as height falls increased ahead of the upper trough just west of the region. The upper dynamics combined with the surface convergence along the dryline led to the development of severe weather as the deep layer shear increased with the approach of the aforementioned feature. Dewpoints in the low to mid 50 F range resulted in moderate surface based instability east of the dryline during the early evening hours. Near the surface, a quasi dryline was located from a line near the mountains of west Texas to the eastern NM/TX border. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A mid to upper level closed low was located over southwest Utah the day of the event. The path recorded for this event is not the exact path the tornado actually took. The last approximated time for tornadic wind damage was around 2030 CST. On its way, it damaged another storage shed and a home's north side windows approximately 4 miles northeast of Fairview. The tornado then possibly weakened and turned left to the northeast. Twenty of these were distribution poles and 8 of these were larger transmission poles. There were a total of 28 poles snapped towards the south around 2015 CST. As the tornado continued eastward just north of Farm to Market Road 2230 east of Fairview, a significant line of power pole damage (2 miles) was observed. The storage shed was tossed east northeast approximately 30 yards, indicating the tornado passed north of the residence. The damage survey concluded this was a valid report, as the tornado began to turn right snapping multiple power poles and damaging a 12?X10? storage shed anchored 2-3 feet in the ground along the way. At 2005 CST, another trained spotter reported a tornado near the town of Fairview, TX. The tornado then tracked north northeastward and bent an 80 foot aluminum radio tower in half towards the east and snapped two additional power poles due to damaging northerly winds on its northwest flank this occurred sometime around 2000 CST. The NWS Storm Survey confirmed two snapped power poles, minor tree damage and an empty oil pump storage tank knocked over near this location. Distance (miles)īrief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: At 1953 CST, a trained weather spotter reported a tornado about 5 miles northwest of Big Spring. Historical Tornado EventsĪ total of 20 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near Big Spring, TX. No historical earthquake events found in or near Big Spring, TX. No historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near Big Spring, TX. No volcano is found in or near Big Spring, TX. The following is a break down of these events: Type Other Weather Extremes EventsĪ total of 2,234 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of Big Spring, TX were recorded from 1950 to 2010. A higher tornado index value means a higher chance of tornado events. It is an indicator of the tornado level in a region. ![]() The tornado index value is calculated based on historical tornado events data using USA.com algorithms.
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