1997 Prairie Dell-Jarrell tornado

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1997 Jarrell tornado
F5 tornado
  • Top: The infamous "Dead Man Walking" photograph of the tornado as it directly impacted the Double Creek Estates
  • Bottom: Radar scan of the tornado as it directly impacted Jarrell
TypeMulti-vortex tornado
Duration13 minutes
Highest winds
  • 200+ mph (estimated)
Max. rating1F5 tornado
Fatalities27 fatalities, 12 injuries
Damage$40.1 million
Areas affectedJarrell, Texas and Prairie Dell, Texas

1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale
Was initially given an F3 rating, later upgraded to F5

In the afternoon hours of May 27, 1997, a large and destructive multi-vortex tornado impacted the communities of Prairie Dell, Texas and Jarrell, Texas, killing 27 people and injuring a further 12.[1] The tornado caused $40.1 million (1997 USD) in damages, and was the subject of a famous photograph, which has earned the tornado the nickname of the "Dead Man Walking tornado".[2]

Although the tornado was never officially given a windspeed, they are estimated to be over 200 mph.[3] This tornado is Texas' most recent F5 or EF5 tornado, as of 2024.[4] The tornado killed 12 children, making it notorious for the circumstances involved regarding fatalities.

The tornado stalled over one place, the Double Creek Estates, for a long period of time (estimated to be 7+ minutes) at F5 strength, causing arguably the most destructive and violent tornado damage ever recorded. NIST studies on the tornado have been conducted in the years and decades after the event. Extremely violent damage was also observed on the bodies of victims, including skin being ripped directly off, which has been heavily studied by the NIST.[5]

Meteorological synopsis[edit]

Main article: 1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak
The radar scan for Central Texas on May 27, 1997

The thunderstorm that spawned the Jarrell tornado began west of Temple along the flanking line {flanking line?} of another thunderstorm earlier in the afternoon of May 27. The storm produced several tornadoes in Bell County, including the tornado that impacted communities along Lake Belton at F3 intensity. Weather radar observed a strengthening mesocyclone within the thunderstorm, with the speed of rotation rising above. As the storm moved into Williamson County, it produced two short-lived tornadoes–both F2 intensity–north of Jarrell at 3:25 p.m. and 3:35 p.m.; the latter of the two was a multiple-vortex tornado and lifted at 3:39 p.m.[6]

The National Weather Service forecasting office of Austin/San Antonio issued a tornado warning for Williamson County at 3:30 p.m. in response to the storm's approaching Jarrell. The warning was put into effect for a duration of one hour. This was the first tornado warning of May 27, which stated that "the city of Jarrell is in the path of this storm."[7] Local warning sirens went off about 10–12 minutes before the tornado struck. The precise start of the Jarrell tornado was difficult to pinpoint.[8]

Tornado summary[edit]

The tornado as it was in a lower-intensity phase

The Austin/San Antonio National Weather Service forecast office issued a tornado warning for most of Williamson County at 3:30 p.m. in response to the storm's approach; the warning was put into effect for one hour. This was the first tornado warning of the day issued for the office's warning area and warned that "the city of Jarrell is in the path of this storm." Local warning sirens went off about 10–12 minutes before the tornado struck.[9]

One of the extremely destructive parts of the tornado's evolution was preceded by the formation of multiple short-lived, small, and rope-like funnel clouds. These have been theorized and are now commonly accepted as being seperate tornadoes from the Jarrell tornado, but may have also been part of the main tornado.

An aerial survey conducted by the Birmingham, Alabama, office of the National Weather Service included the damage caused by the earlier F2 tornadoes—mostly to trees and roads—as part of the overall Jarrell tornado path. Some reports also include the F1 tornado near Prairie Dell as an earlier continuation of the Jarrell tornado.[10]

Formation and initial movements in Prairie Dell[edit]

The tornado officially touched down at 3:40 p.m., but it may have been one minute earlier or one minute later. It immediately crossed Solana Ranch Road[11] and Dos Hermanas Road[11] in Prarie Dell, before taking on the shape of a faint rope. It also crossed multiple unnamed shorter roads, causing light damage before immediately taking on the shape of a "dead man walking" with multiple subvortices creating a human-like shape. [11]

The tornado then widened to over 1/2 of a mile. It kept this shape as it tracked toward the Williamson County line north of Jarrell.[12] Like the two F3 tornadoes earlier in the day, it developed along the gust front produced by its parent thunderstorm. This mechanism is typical of tornadogenesis not associated with supercell thunderstorms. Traffic along Interstate 35 came to a stop as the tornado descended nearby.[13] The Texas Highway Patrol also stopped traffic on both sides of the interstate under the expectation that the tornado would cross the highway; it ultimately moved parallel to Interstate 35,[14] and no injuries were reported on the highway.[11]

Tracking into Jarrell[edit]

Tracking south-southwest, the tornado quickly intensified and grew in width, widening to become 3/4+ of a mile wide.[15]The exact size of the tornado was hard to pinpoint, as F5 damage was first recorded as it widened[11]. It is unusual, as F5 damage was documented and observed relatively early into its' lifespan, and this F5 damage was retained until almost the end of the tornado. Its intense winds scoured the ground and stripped pavement from roads. The tornado tore off asphalt as it crossed County Roads 308, 305, and 307[16]; the thickness of the asphalt pavement was roughly 3 inches thick. A culvert plant at the corner of Country Roads 305 and 307 collapsed. Nearby, a similar plant and a mobile home sustained some damage, with the latter struck by a 2×4 piece of lumber.[17]

The occupants of a mobile home north-northwest of the culvert plant fled to a frame house that the tornado later struck; the evacuees were killed while the mobile home sustained only minor damage. Some of the most extreme damage at this location was inflicted to a small metal-framed recycling plant that was obliterated, with little left of the structure besides a few twisted structural beams.[18]

Black and white photo of the remaining foundation of a destroyed home.
The Double Creek Estates subdivision was pulverized by the tornado, with many homes swept off their foundations and disintegrated. This photograph shows one remaining foundation with plumbing pulled out of the concrete.

Impact at Double Creek Estates[edit]

The Double Creek Estates subdivision was pulverized by the tornado, with many homes swept off their foundations and disintegrated. This photograph shows one remaining foundation with plumbing pulled out of the concrete.[19]

The tornado then slowly entered the Double Creek Estates subdivision where it exacted its most catastrophic impacts. The tornado then expanded further to its maximum width of over 1 mile. Eyewitnesses indicated that the tornado's movement slowed to around as it entered the neighborhood; this may have contributed to the resulting extreme destruction.[11]

The tornado destroyed the first home it encountered at the northwestern corner of the subdivision; a clock recovered from the remaining debris was stopped at 3:48 p.m.[20], presumably marking the time the tornado entered the community.[11]

Much of the neighborhood was completely swept away with little debris remaining, with what was left being reduced to small and unrecognizable fragments that were dispersed over a wide area. The lack of large items that were recovered,[21] and the granularity of the debris was indicative of the sheer strength of the tornado. Due to the tornado's slow movement, homes near the center of its path experienced tornadic winds for approximately three minutes[21]. The mostly wooden-framed residences, some well-built and anchored, were completely obliterated and swept away, leaving behind concrete slab foundations swept clean of all debris.[21][11]

The tornado as it was near the Double Creek Estates

In some cases, parts of outbuilding and house foundations themselves in the subdivision were scoured away[22], and several were found missing all of their sill plates that connected the wood-frame homes to the foundations. Pieces of debris were found deposited in fields miles away from the subdivision, and extreme ground scouring occurred, reducing grassy fields into wide expanses of mud in the most severely affected areas. In some cases the ground was scoured out to a depth of 18 inches.[23][11]

Vehicles in the neighborhood were tossed and mangled beyond recognition; at least six were found flattened in open areas and coated with mud and grass. Some were thrown as far as a away, and others were torn into multiple pieces of unrecognizable metal. Trees in the neighborhood were completely denuded and stripped entirely clean of all bark as well, including one that was found with an electrical cord impaled through the trunk.[11]

All 27 fatalities associated with the Jarrell tornado occurred at Double Creek Estates, which at the time consisted of 131 residents living in 38 single-family homes and several mobile homes. Entire families were killed at Double Creek, including all five members of the Igo Family, all four members of the Moehring family,[24] and all three members of the Smith family.[25] Bodily remains were later found at 30 locations, and the physical trauma inflicted to some of the tornado victims was so extreme, that first responders reportedly had difficulty distinguishing human remains from the remains of animals at the site. Most of the deaths were attributed in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report to multiple trauma, though one death was attributed to asphyxia.[26]

Damage to Jarrell[edit]

The tornado as it hit the Double Creek Estates

The high intensity of the Jarrell tornado left those in its path with little recourse; most homes in Double Creek Estates were built on cement slab foundations and few had a basement or any form of storm shelter; nineteen people sought refuge in a single storm cellar.[27] Some residents who followed prescribed safety measures nonetheless perished. One survivor holed up in a bathtub and was flung several hundred feet from her house onto a road.[28][11]

The walls of some homes along the periphery of the tornado path remained intact, protecting some of those who survived the tornado. Others chose to evacuate ahead of the approaching tornado. Forty structures were obliterated in Double Creek Estates.[11]

Three businesses adjacent to Double Creek Estates were also destroyed. In total, the tornado dealt $10–20 million in damage to the neighborhood. Around 300 cattle grazing in a nearby pasture were killed and some were found 0.25 miles away.[29] Hundreds of cattle were also dismembered and a few cows were also skinned by the tornado. The tornado turned slightly towards the south-southwest after traversing Double Creek Estates.[30][11]

Dissipation[edit]

The tornado as it was relatively weak outside of Jarrell

The damage observed and documented in these areas was extremely sporadic and unusual; and in one case, a mobile home suffered only minor damage while an adjacent house lost half of its roof. Metal buildings were unroofed along County Road 305 south of Jarrell. The road's guardrail was impaled by wooden planks thrown by the strong winds. The tornado then again crossed County Road 305.[31][11]

It began to track parallel to Spears Ranch Road, before beginning to rapidly weaken. It has a few houses at an unknown intensity, and hit Appaloosa Cove Road before[32] taking on a "pencil" shape, before dissipating completely. The NCEI concluded that it had lifted at 3:53 p.m. after remaining on the ground for 13 minutes and traversing 5.1 miles.[32][11]

Other government accounts of the tornado list a total path length of 7 or more miles after incorporating the tornadoes north of Jarrell and near Prairie Dell which had happened earlier the dame day.[33][11]

The tornado took on many shapes throughout its' path, and retained F5 intensity for the majority of its' lifetime. The path itself was extremely unusual, as it tracked southwestward, instead of northeastward, which is the path that tornadoes normally take.[11]

Aftermath[edit]

Between May 29 and June 1, the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research carried out multiple ground and aerial surveys of the damage caused by the tornado. The Jarrell tornado damage was classified as F5 severity throughout most of the tornado's path.[34]

However, a case study and critique aimed at exhibiting the flaws within the Fujita scale published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology suggested that winds corresponding to an F3-scaled tornado were sufficient to explain the damage wrought by the Jarrell tornado.

The case study noted that some of the homes at Double Creek Estates did have slight structural integrity issues,[35] which includes things such as the lack of anchor bolts and steel straps in their foundations.[36] Approximately $40 million in damage was inflicted upon property with another $100,000 inflicted upon crops.[37]

As a direct result of the unusual movement patterns of the thunderstorm and the tornado, the sequence of tornadic events what were documented in Jarrell were opposite that of a normal tornado, where hail, winds, rain and other things happen first. Hail and rain in Jarrell was documented after the initial tornado.

Even though the tornado and its' associated mesocyclone were extremely violent, the thunderstorm did not show a relatively notable or large hook echo on weather radar typically associated with such tornadoes. This may have also been caused by the unusual southwestward motion of the thunderstorm, resulting in the tornado's placement in an atypical position relative to the thunderstorm's motion.

Fatalities[edit]

A memorial for the victims of the tornado, and another tornado that hit Jarrell in 1989

All 27 fatalities associated with the Jarrell tornado occurred at Double Creek Estates,[38] which at the time consisted of 131 residents living in 38 single-family homes and several mobile homes. Bodily remains were later found at 30 locations. Most of the deaths were attributed in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report to multiple traumas, though one death was attributed to asphyxia.

The high intensity of the Jarrell tornado left those in its path with little recourse; most homes in Double Creek Estates were built on cement slab foundations and few had a basement or any form of storm shelter; nineteen people sought refuge in a single storm cellar.

Some residents followed prescribed safety measures nonetheless perished. One survivor holed up in a bathtub and was flung several hundred feet from her house onto a road. The walls of some homes along the periphery of the tornado path remained intact, protecting some of those who survived the tornado. Others chose to evacuate ahead of the approaching tornado. Forty structures were completely obliterated in Double Creek Estates. In total, the tornado dealt $10–20 million in damage to the neighborhood.

Three businesses adjacent to Double Creek Estates were destroyed. Around 300 cattle grazing in a nearby pasture were killed and some were found 0.25 miles (0.40 km) away. Hundreds of cattle were also dismembered and a few cows were also skinned by the tornado.[39]

Documentation[edit]

The tornado was heavily documented during its' lifetime, making it a focal point of research for the NWS and other weather agencies. Multiple videos exist of the tornado, showing the fast rotation and heavy debris cloud which engulfed the tornado during its maximum strength.

"Dead Man Walking" photograph[edit]

One of the frames in the infamous "dead man walking" photo sequence. The left "leg" can be seen forming.

The Jarrell tornado was the subject of one of the most famous pieces of tornado media ever taken, now known as the "Dead Man Walking". Scott Beckwith took the famous photograph, which has become notorious for closely resembling the grim reaper.[40] The image consists of the tornado, shrouded in debris, with two vortexes making "leg" shapes near the bottom of the tornado, giving it the appearance of walking.[41]

A third vortex is visible in the upper-left portion of the tornado, forming a scythe shape, an instrument heavily associated with death. A video does exist from around the same time the photo was taken, showing the "walking" pattern.[42] The image has been widely called an example of pareidolia.[43] It is one of 8 photographs taken in a sequence as the tornado grew in size.

The photo has received international mainstream attention and has gained it and many other similar tornadoes the nickname of the "Dead Man Walking tornado".[2] Many other spin-off images have been produced, including a photograph of the 2013 El Reno tornado. Dead man walking tornadoes are now generally referred to multi-vortex tornadoes with "legs", but the Jarrell tornado helped popularize the term.[44]

Other images[edit]

Scott Beckwith's photo of the tornado as it hit the Double Creek Estates

The tornado is one of the most well-documented F5 or EF5 tornadoes that occurred before the year 2000. Camcorders and cameras were becoming mainstream, and multiple residents of Jarrell were able to take good, high-quality images of the tornado. Scott Beckwith, who took the "Dead Man Walking" image, also took multiple other well-known images of this tornado, including one as it hit the Double Creek Estates.

Videos[edit]

Multiple famous videos have been taken of the tornado, including one by photojournalist Scott Guest, who captured the tornado forming.[45] Many videos of the entire event exist, and all have been heavily studied.

Damage[edit]

The path of the tornado as it went through Jarrell. The destroyed Double Creek Estates can be seen in the center.

Between May 29 and June 1, the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research carried out aerial and ground surveys of the tornadic damage in Texas in coordination with the Texas Wing Civil Air Patrol.

The Jarrell tornado damage was classified as F5 severity throughout most of the tornado's path.[46] However, a critique of the Fujita scale published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology suggested that winds between 158–206 mph (254–332 km/h), corresponding to an F3 rating on the scale, were sufficient to explain the damage wrought by the Jarrell tornado.[47]

The critique noted that the homes at Double Creek Estates, although built within the preceding 15 years, exhibited structural weaknesses in their design such as the lack of anchor bolts and steel straps in their foundations. Approximately $40 million in damage was inflicted upon property with another $100,000 inflicted upon crops. Twelve people were injured by the storm in addition to the twenty-seven killed.[48]

Remains of a home adjacent to the Double Creek Estates subdivision

Due to the unusual southwestward motion of the thunderstorm that caused the tornado, the sequence of weather events experienced by those affected was in the opposite order of typical tornadic events: the tornado arrived first, followed by the hail, wind, and rain of the parent thunderstorm.[49]

Despite the violence of the tornado and the presence of its associated mesocyclone aloft, the thunderstorm did not exhibit a distinct hook echo on weather radar typically associated with such tornadoes. This may have also been caused by the unusual southwestward motion of the thunderstorm, resulting in the tornado's placement in an atypical position relative to the thunderstorm's motion.

Reactions[edit]

Then-governor of Texas George W. Bush declared Williamson County a disaster area, and during a visit to Jarrell on May 28, stated that "it was the worst tornado I've ever seen".[50] U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison also visited Jarrell and Cedar Park. Bush later requested federal aid for Williamson and Bell counties with support from Hutchinson.[50]

The Federal Emergency Management Agency elected not to provide federal aid, citing the contributions from private and state sources. Instead, the Small Business Administration and U.S. Department of Agriculture made available loans for the rebuilding of homes, farms, and ranches.[50]

The U.S. Congress approved a relief bill allocating $5.4 billion for 35 states affected by natural disasters, including Texas. However, the bill also included other provisions that led President Bill Clinton to veto the bill. Many smaller charities were involved in raising money for disaster relief as well.[50]

Gallery[edit]

The memorial for the victims in mid-2020.
A tree near the Double Creek Estates which sustained F4 and F5 damage
F5 damage to the Double Creek Estates, a slabbed house is visible

See also[edit]

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