Tornado in Texas, August 3, 1998

Tornado began in Harmony on the southern end of an open field cattle ranch, moved northward across the ranch snapping about 3 dozen dead pine trees, moved across a large insulated storage shed, destroying the shed and its contents. It then destroyed a power pole which knocked out power to about 25 thousand customers, moved across Hwy 154 lifting a westbound Ford Escort about 50 feet along the road. The Escort was speared by a 2X4 through the drivers rear passenger window and also a 2X4 was stuck through the car roof just behind the driver seat. The tornado then moved across the Harmony old High School peeling back asphalt shingling and ripping a chain link hurricane fence down. A second car was crushed by a snapped pine tree. It then moved into the woods and dissipated. Tornado was said to have a test tube shape by 3 eyewitnesses including an elementary school teacher who watched the entire event from her classroom. A rancher and ranch hand who watched the event from a barn about 50 yards from the tornado path. It appears the tornado was a landspout by definition.