The tornado moved in a bizarre southwest direction as its extreme winds leveled homes and hurled vehicles far from the subdivision it struck.

JARRELL, Texas (KXAN ... as close as he’d like to be to a twister ever again. “I’ve seen tornadoes, but I’ve never been in one. Last night was probably the closest with all that ...

JARRELL, Texas — Twenty-eight years ago this week, on May 27, 1997, a catastrophic F5 tornado struck Jarrell in Williamson County, leaving a trail of devastation and claiming 27 lives in the ...

Kristin LaFrance was 9-years old when the Jarrell Tornado destroyed her ... Cars — there were dozens and dozens of cars. They were never found. The tornado was moving so slowly with winds ...

Tuesday marks a sad anniversary for the people of Jarrell, Texas. On May 27, 1997, one of the worst tornadoes in Texas history struck the town.

A squall line of thunderstorms Monday night whipped Central Texas with high winds and produced a tornado in Jarrell that overturned vehicles, tore roof pieces from homes and snapped tree limbs ...

Many cattle in a pasture close to the subdivision were found dead 1/4 mile away. Most tornadoes move in some kind of east or northeast direction, but the Jarrell tornado was opposite. A ...