How do you move on? The Saragosa Tornado, 34 years later
May 22, 1987 saw the deadliest tornado in West Texas history, and it s still – understandably – a difficult subject. Author: Brenden Mincheff Updated: 11:36 PM CDT May 24, 2021
SARAGOSA, Texas May 22, 1987 was a very dark day for the very small community. Perhaps the darkest.
Though it s been more than three decades, the events of that day are still fresh on the minds of those who lived through it.
An F-4 tornado, an EF-5 by today s standards, tore through the small West Texas town of Saragosa.
Alexa Sanchez was just a young girl when the tornado went through the community center. Her parents were two of the 31 people killed that day.