June 8, 1995 was a very active severe weather day across the eastern Texas Panhandle. The day resulted in one of the largest tornado outbreaks in the region's recorded history. A total of 26 tornadoes were documented in the Panhandle this day.One of the initial tornadic supercells to develop on the 8th began near Interstate 40 near Groom. This photo shows the view up the south side of the updraft tower...just north of the interstate.
The first tornado to develop was 3 miles south of Pampa, and was photographed from a location on Highway 70 6 miles south of the city.
The tornado developed into a large truncated cone tornado...with multiple vorticies. The tornado persisted for 10 minutes.
Within 5 minutes of the first tornado dissipating...the second tornado developed in the southwest part Pampa. This tornado took on the "classic" tornado shape, and produced F4 damage across the industial sections of the city.
This image shows the cone shaped tornado shrouded in debris.
The view of the violent tornado was lost from the filming site as it moved northeast through the west part of the city. As it began to get wrapped in rain to the north...a new and much weaker tornado formed to the southeast. This circulation produced weak F0 damage near the center of the town...mainly tree damage.
