Tornado!

Approximately 9:30p.m. Roxton, Texas Hit by 'pogo-sticking' Tornado
Thursday, 21 August 2003

Eye witnesses describe tornado as touching down briefly multiple times between Brookston and Roxton...
Takes out power transformers, poles, and a two-story brick building in downtown Roxton.
Power outages up to sixteen hours experienced in path of the storm.
Miraculously, no one hurt in the tornado's short life.

Breaking story first reported to The Paris News with photos by James Murphy, nearby farmer.
Photos were Published on Page-1 and Page-6 of TheParis News on Friday, August 22nd.

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