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National Weather Service ranks Houston's biggest weather disasters, from ice storms to tornadoes
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Christmas EF – 3 Tornado
Date: December 25, 2012
Details: Severe thunderstorms and one of the storms produced an EF-3 Tornado near Pennington, Texas. An EF3 tornado has estimated wind speeds between 136 and 165 mph.
In this photo: Murphy High School teacher Leland Howard tries to salvage items where his algebra classroom once stood in a temporary building at Murphy High School as residents clean up and assess the damage from a Christmas Day tornado.
Click through to see the top 10 most impactful weather events in southeast Texas and the Houston area.
Christmas EF – 3 Tornado
Date: December 25, 2012
Details: Severe thunderstorms and one of the storms produced an EF-3 Tornado near Pennington, Texas. An EF3 tornado has estimated wind speeds between 136
Photo: G.M. Andrews, Associated Press
Christmas EF – 3 Tornado
Date: December 25, 2012
Details: Severe thunderstorms and one of the storms produced an EF-3 Tornado near Pennington, Texas. An EF3 tornado has estimated wind speeds between 136 and 165 mph.
In this photo: Murphy High School teacher Leland Howard tries to salvage items where his algebra classroom once stood in a temporary building at Murphy High School as residents clean up and assess the damage from a Christmas Day tornado.
Click through to see the top 10 most impactful weather events in southeast Texas and the Houston area.
Christmas EF – 3 Tornado
Date: December 25, 2012
Details: Severe thunderstorms and one of the storms produced an EF-3 Tornado near Pennington, Texas. An EF3 tornado has estimated wind speeds between 136
Photo: G.M. Andrews, Associated Press
You know what they say about Houston weather. If you don’t like it, just wait 15 minutes.
In the last decade, Houston and the Texas southeast region have made national headlines for catastrophic weather events that have left many speechless.
In 2017, Hurricane Harvey devastated the southeast coast, with the storm dropping a whopping 60 inches in the region, according to a Houston Chronicle report. The storm causes widespread flooding, killed dozens and destroyed thousands of homes.
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People are still reeling from the effects of Harvey, which was one of the most devastating hurricanes to hit the Gulf of Mexico.
But other weather events across the Houston area, such as the Tax Day Floods or the March 2014 Ice Storm, also wreaked havoc for many Texans.
Click through the slideshow to see the top 10 most impactful weather events to hit the region.
Michelle Iracheta is a reporter in Houston. Read her on our breaking news site, Chron.com, and on our subscriber site, houstonchronicle.com. | michelle.iracheta@chron.com