F3 Tornado — Carson, Texas

2001-05-29 · near Panhandle, Carson, Texas

Event narrative

The tornado destroyed an office building associated with a grain elevator...unroofed and severely damaged a nearby home...and tossed a pickup truck and suburban about fifty and one hundred yards respectively. Several cattle and one horse were reported killed or injured from the tornado. As many as fifty power poles and transmission lines were brought down from the storm. The tornado path and width were estimated and an official damage survey was made on the tornado.

Wider weather episode

Severe thunderstorms produced tornadoes and large hail from the central and southern Texas panhandle into the eastern and southeastern Texas panhandle during the evening hours.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5246078. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.