On May 27, 1997, multiple tornadoes swept through Williamson
and Travis counties in central Texas. The tornadoes caused 32
injuries, 29 deaths, and an estimated $20 million in personal and
commercial insured losses. This report summarizes the injuries and
deaths associated with these tornadoes based on information from
emergency department and hospital records and death certificates.
Three tornadoes swept through the towns of Jarrell, Cedar
Park, and Pedernales Valley at approximately 3:40 p.m., 4:00 p.m.,
and 4:50 p.m., respectively (Table_1). The first tornado, a
slow-moving multivortex F-5 (Fujita Tornado Intensity Scale)
(Table_2), swept a path 7.6 miles long and approximately 1320
yards
wide through a residential subdivision of Jarrell, a predominantly
rural
town in Williamson County, destroying 30 permanent homes, eight
mobile homes, and three businesses (Table_1). The second
tornado
(F-3) touched down in Cedar Park in Williamson County and swept a
path 9.2 miles long and 250 yards wide, destroying 11 permanent
homes and three businesses (Table_1). The third tornado (F-4)
swept
a path 5.6 miles long and 440 yards wide through Pedernales Valley,
a heavily wooded area in western Travis County, destroying 15
permanent homes, three mobile homes, and two businesses
(Table_1).
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