LOCATION	COUNTY	TIME (CST)	F-SCALE RATING	PATH LENGTH (miles)	PATH WIDTH (yards)	DEATHS	INJURIES	DAMAGE
Groves TX	JEFFERSON	2129	F3	3	150	2	53	$2,300,000
NOTE:  tornado path is approximate & based on NWS Storm Data & Grazulis 1993

160 homes & businesses were destroyed, and 1000 other buildings were damaged in a 35-block area as the tornado moved east-northeast across the west side of Groves.  A few small homes were leveled.  Two men, both elderly, were killed in the destruction of separate small homes.  Eleven injuries were serious.  (Grazulis 1993) 

This tornado was the most damaging out of all the tornadoes in this outbreak.  In 2007 dollars, this tornado caused around $17 million in damage, one of the worst tornadoes in the history of Southeast Texas.
 

GROVES TX TORNADO STORIES & PICTURES

• Survivor account by Mrs. Carol Crain