On this date in 1970...It had been a devastating night for tornadoes in the Texas Panhandle. At least four F3 or F4 twisters slashed at the area between Amarillo and Lubbock. At the U.S. Weather Bureau office in Lubbock, it had been a busy night with countless tornado warnings issued. Around midnight, the all clear was sounded.
But more storms formed during the predawn hours after people had gone to bed. During the predawn hours, another family of tornadoes swarmed across the Panhandle. The Sherwood Shores resort on the Greenbelt Reservoir near Clarendon, TX was directly in the path of the deadly twister. The resort was home to about 1,000 mobile homes. Around 150 people were at home in the park that night as the tornado cut a path through the park, destroying 172 of the trailers. Thirteen people died in Sherwood Shores as the twister struck without warning.
On this date in 1884...More than two dozen tornadoes touched down from Arkansas and Kansas to Michigan and Wisconsin. A massive F4 tornado devastated the town of Marshfield, MO, killing 99 people. Only fifteen buildings were left standing in the town of 1,100. The town of Barnettsville, MO was abandoned after a mile wide F4 destroyed the hamlet. Debris on the tracks of the Missouri Pacific Railroad from this tornado caused a passenger train to derail. Over 100 total fatalities in the outbreak.
But more storms formed during the predawn hours after people had gone to bed. During the predawn hours, another family of tornadoes swarmed across the Panhandle. The Sherwood Shores resort on the Greenbelt Reservoir near Clarendon, TX was directly in the path of the deadly twister. The resort was home to about 1,000 mobile homes. Around 150 people were at home in the park that night as the tornado cut a path through the park, destroying 172 of the trailers. Thirteen people died in Sherwood Shores as the twister struck without warning.
On this date in 1884...More than two dozen tornadoes touched down from Arkansas and Kansas to Michigan and Wisconsin. A massive F4 tornado devastated the town of Marshfield, MO, killing 99 people. Only fifteen buildings were left standing in the town of 1,100. The town of Barnettsville, MO was abandoned after a mile wide F4 destroyed the hamlet. Debris on the tracks of the Missouri Pacific Railroad from this tornado caused a passenger train to derail. Over 100 total fatalities in the outbreak.