Seymour TX, Tornado

Photo Courtesy of NSSL

Seymour TX , 10 April 1979, looking NW. Though massive and well-organized, the tornado crossed largely open countryside, hitting flimsy outbuildings, vegetation and utility poles. It snapped and uprooted mesquite trees, which are deep-rooted and notoriously tough, and was rated F2 by NSSL survey teams. The next tornado from this supercell was even larger and would devastate Wichita Falls within an hour.