In today’s summary, we look at another strong tornado spawned by Hurricane Carla. Yesterday, we explored the details of an F3 that hit Kaplan, LA. You can find that summary here. There was a total of 10 tornadoes in Louisiana associated with this storm. In Texas, there were 8 tornadoes.
At 5:50pm on September 11, an estimated F3 quickly hit Channelview outside of Houston causing $200,000 in damage, 22 injuries and 0 fatalities. 18 homes and 6 commercial buildings were destroyed. Per Thomas Grazulis in Significant Tornadoes, the tornado sounded “like a bunch of jets”. Cars were thrown up to 100 yards.
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