TORNADO NUMBER 65 - Happy, Texas Number 2

Date: May 5, 2002
Location: Happy, TX to 3 miles east of Happy, TX
Time: 1745 to 1755 CST
Length: 3 miles
Width: 150 yards
Rated: F2
Killed: 2
Injured: 4
STORMDATA: The tornado tore a 150-yard wide path across the southern part of town. Fifteen homes were destroyed, including at least ten mobile homes, another seventeen received major damage, and eighteen others received minor damage. Two fatalities occurred in a mobile home on the southeast side of town; the mobile home was rolled about 50 yards and destroyed. Four injuries also occurred in mobile homes that were in the same area. The church on the west side of town lost 120 feet of its roof and 30 vehicles, including two tractor trailers, were damage or destroyed. Seventy five utility and telephone poles were snapped. The tornado crossed I-27 and continued to produce significant damage east of town as it struck a home two miles east of Happy. Before crossing into southern Randall County about three miles east of Happy, the tornado produced major damage to a second home.
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view of tornado passing through Happy
second view
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