Bowie rebuilds after last yearâs tornado Bowie rebuilds after last year's tornado By Mason Brighton and KAUZ Team | March 9, 2021 at 10:56 PM CST - Updated March 11 at 10:52 PM BOWIE, Texas (TNN) - In the late afternoon of May 22, 2020, an EF-1 a tornado ravaged Bowie, severely damaging homes and businesses and causing millions of dollars of damage. âThis was the scariest part of my life, I guarantee you I didnât know whether or not the tornado was gonna blow the whole thing away or blow the windows out or take me to wherever he wants me to go,â said Gary Cornelison, a Bowie resident whose home was damaged by the tornado.