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1970 Lubbock tornado

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Damage can still be seen on the Metro Tower here. 

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1970 Lubbock tornado

The 1970 Lubbock tornado was a tornado event that occurred in Lubbock, Texas, on May 11, 1970. It was one of the worst tornadoes in Texas history, and occurred exactly 17 years to the day after the deadly Waco Tornado. It is also the second most recent F5 tornado to have struck a central business district of a large or mid-sized city, only to the 2011 Joplin Tornado.

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