| Date of tornado outbreak: | May 24, 2016 |
| Duration1: | 8:00 - 11:30 |
| Maximum rated tornado2: | F4 tornado |
| Tornadoes caused: | 15 |
| Damages: | 0.352 |
| Fatalities: | 5 |
| Areas affected: | State Of Texas |
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1Time from first tornado to last tornado | |
The May 24, 2016 Tornado Outbreak was a moderate to bad tornado outbreak that was in Southern Texas. There were a total of 15 tornadoes. The 2 strongest ones was a catastrophic F4 tornado in Spofford, Texas and an F3 in May, Texas. The F4 killed 4 people and an F1 killed 1 person in a trailer.
Storms[]
| Confirmed Total |
Confirmed F0 |
Confirmed F1 |
Confirmed F2 |
Confirmed F3 |
Confirmed F4 |
Confirmed F5
|
15 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Texas
| Intensity | Town | State | Fatalites / Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| F4 | Spofford | Texas |
4 Deaths - Large wedge tornado that touched down near some woods, uprooting trees, and crossing the street throwing leaves, sticks, and other stuff all over the place. The tornado then struck the city itself. 3 car dealershipmen who were filming the twister with their phones got sucked up in the vortex and are presumed dead. Piles of debris killed a man in a resturant. The tornado then dissipated after an hour on the ground. |
| F0 | Quemado | Texas | 0 Deaths - Brief tornado, moved cars out of a driveway. |
| F0 | Eagle Pass | Texas | 0 Deaths - Unexpected tornado. threw branches and rocks into streets. And overturned a trailer. |
| F0 | Uvalde | Texas | 0 Deaths - Brief but unexpected tornado, uprooted corn in a corn field. |
| F1 | La Pryor | Texas | 1 Death - Brief tornado, killed a person after overturning a car on a highway. Dissipated in a public pool. |
| F3 | May | Texas |
0 Deaths - Moderate anti-cyclonic tornado, destroyed many city buildings with missing people, destroyed a corn field. And threw a car into a lake. Rated as a preliminary F3 Tornado. |
|
F2 |
Batesville | Texas |
Moderate tornado that destroyed a car dealership downtown and partily destroyed South Plaza Middle School. |
| F2 | Knippa, Texas | Intermidate tornado, destroyed parts of the town, including overturning 8 cars. |
|---|---|---|
| F0 |
Sabinal, Texas |
Very brief tornado, blew out a window |
| F0 | Yancey, Texas | Also a very brief tornado, no damage reported. |
| F1 | Hondo, Texas | Moderate F1 tornado, overturned a race car during a race car show in Hondo. Blew branches into a house. |
| F1 | D Hanis, Texas | Very brief tornado, very little damage reported. |
| F1 | Pearsall, Texas |
Very brief tornado, blew dozens of benches into a house and overturned a car. |
| F2 | Concan | Texas | No damage, very rare tornado |
|---|---|---|---|
| F2 | Utopia | Texas | Violent, F2 tornado, uprooted trees and completely leveled 5 trailers and a house. |