pimphand

The bellweather of tornado outbreaks in Houston should probably be awarded to the November 21, 1992 outbreak when 13 tornadoes went through the Houston area---some were on the ground simulatniously. The strongest of these tornadoes was an F4 tornado (modern day EF5) destroyed Channelview. Old news footage of that event shows well built brick homes being totally removed from their foundations leaving behind nothing but a slab.

You are absolutely correct that the November 1992 blows the May 1983 event away both in numbers, damage, scale.

That was my mom's 45th birthday.  She was living in Atascocita at the time so the Channelview tornado formed far enough south.  Her dad got extremely lucky the tornado that formed near Huffman formed just east of him.  The tornado that landed in Katy cruised just north of my dad's house and my high school (Cypress Creek) but I do remember it doing some pretty extensive damage to what is now the Red River Dance Hall & Saloon.  I forget what it was called back then I want to say Virginia City but I'm definitely not sure been 21 years nearly.

Anyways thanks for sharing the news clips I forgot the scope of the devastation and that was a sombering reminder.

T&P to those affected to the north.

I remember there was a tornado that year that took out a bakery near the corner of Louetta and Stuebner-Airline.

First off sorry for the necro bump but this was the only topic I could find on the subject on the web.  I was going to Theiss Elementary school back then the tornado sailed over our house snapped our neighbors tree into the roof above our old garage that my parents had converted into a recreational room.  I was 5 years old at the time and that was easily the most terrifying moment of my childhood.  I remember Klein Square got completely obliterated especially the Bass & Meineke Auto Parts store that used to be there.

Looking at the Tornado History Project website it looks like this one is the closest but this is rendering too far north as it doesn't hit Louetta and Stuebner Airline: http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19830520.48.60