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Research Projects » October 23 Tornado Outbreak (1997) »
Track Maps » Tornadoes #7-10
Tornadoes #7-11 Track Map
TORNADO #7
At 5:00 PM an F2 tornado touched down southwest of Midway in Montgomery County. This was probably the most significant in strength and length
that occurred this day. The tornado was on the ground for 25 miles and the width of the damage was 1/4 mile at its strongest point. Several homes and
mobile homes received major damage. There was one injury when a young boy was in a mobile when the tornado picked it up and completely demolished
the mobile home as it was wrapped around a tree. Damage to trees was extensive with many trees being snapped off above the ground. This storm was
surveyed from the air and had continuous tree damaged from Midway to south of Shepherd in southern San Jacinto County.
TORNADO #8
At 5:15 PM an F0 tornado touched down in the Bear Creek Community in San Jacinto County. This tornado was the result of the Midway tornadic
thunderstorm splitting and the left moving storm moving over Bear Creek. Damage was mostly trees but a volunteer fire department building was also heavily damaged.
TORNADO #9
A new supercell spawned a short live tornado over Conroe with flag poles at Conroe High School Football Stadium bent over. As the storm passed just
south of Conroe Airport the ASOS recorded 57 mph winds from the south. This was a F0 tornado and touched down at 522 PM.
TORNADO #10
Supercell that spawned tornado at Conroe spawned a second tornado along Hwy 105 near Cut-N-Shoot. This tornado moved along Hwy 105 with a path length
of 4 miles. This was a F1 tornado with damage to homes...businesses and even one school received minor damage. This supercell continued moving east and followed
much the same path as the earlier tornado that started near Midway. It is possible this supercell produced another tornado across eastern Montgomery County into
southern San Jacinto County but it would be difficult to distinguish between the two storms.
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