Tons of cars, but everyone is okay and they got inside still waiting to get their kids out. And as you can see, the parking lot is destroyed. "It was expected to be here at 4 o’clock, and school lets out at 3:30. "We knew the storm was coming," said parent Jessica Gass.
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There is now a line of flipped-over cars with the windows blown out. Parents were waiting in the parking lot to pick up kids, but they jumped out of their cars and into the building for shelter. Its gymnasium also had walls collapse.Ĭhildren waiting for the parents to pick them up were rushed to the interior of the building.
Just across from the high school was the elementary school housing 500 kids. "Just a feeling comes over you, and you’re like things can disappear that fast." "Lots of thunder, chaos, people talking and freaking and anxiety going on," she recalled. There, they all took shelter in the library. Photo shows the damaged roof of Jacksboro High School after a reported tornado swept through north Texas Monday night.ġ4-year-old freshman Emma Gass couldn’t drive to safety, so her golf coach loaded kids up into his car and sped to the middle school just up the road. My kids are safe, and my husband is safe and all the students are safe. "Haven’t seen, but I hear I don’t have a roof on my own house. I have lived here for 15 years, and I love this place. Just moments after the storm passed, Sanders was also told her roof at her house was gone. But the bus riders and all staff were forced to take shelter. So she let the 300 high schoolers who could drive leave early. Jacksboro High Principal Starla Sanders said she was made aware the storm was turning severe just after 3 p.m.
Witnesses say a tornado struck several homes and buildings around 4 p.m. Two schools in Jacksboro in Jack County were heavily damaged after a reported tornado. Jacksboro High School saw extensive damage to its gymnasium. Tornado damage reported to Jacksboro schools, homes
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