NewFoundWeatherNerd
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The Matador tornado yesterday (4/24/25) hit nothing but honey mesquites, prairie acacia, and Harvard oaks; but it was undoubtedly violent in intensity. This is absolutely not the only case of a obviously violent tornado doing nothing but vegetation damages; I want this thread to exist as a place to talk about them in specific.
Off the top of my head I think of 1995, with Hoover, Kellerville, and Allison Texas; same for Dimmit and Friona. Camp Cook 2018 can be counted as well, it threw a tractor over the state border!! The South Plains TX (6/12/2005) tornado event is another notable one, I've never seen anyone talk about it. So please, feel free to go crazy on examples, give these tornadoes justice!
Damage from South Plains 2005:
Off the top of my head I think of 1995, with Hoover, Kellerville, and Allison Texas; same for Dimmit and Friona. Camp Cook 2018 can be counted as well, it threw a tractor over the state border!! The South Plains TX (6/12/2005) tornado event is another notable one, I've never seen anyone talk about it. So please, feel free to go crazy on examples, give these tornadoes justice!
Damage from South Plains 2005: