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Local Weather History For June 5th...
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1961: A total of six and possibly seven tornadoes occurred late this day over parts of Dickens, Crosby and Garza Counties.
The first tornado was brief and observed in an open area about nine miles east of Spur. A short while later, two tornadoes damaged a few utility poles and fence posts between Kalgary and Crosbyton as they remained on the ground for about 15 miles. Approximately the same time as these tornadoes were occurring, three brief tornadoes were sighted only for a few seconds north of Post moving southwestward. It is entirely possible that a seventh tornado occurred this evening as moderate structural damage occurred in Post around which time several citizens reported hearing a loud roaring noise. One home was demolished and the roofs blown off of two others. Storm Data officially lists this damage as straight line winds around 80 mph; however, it goes on to mention that the roaring noise may have been a funnel passing overhead. No injuries were reported. Very large hail to baseball size knocked out all the windows of a home seven miles east of Post and hail as large as golf balls knocked out all north-facing windows in Cone and heavily damaged crops in a triangle from Ralls to Cone to about 12 miles northeast of Cone. Up to three inches of rain accompanied some of these storms. |
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