• Date: May 6, 1930;
• Location: Bynum, Irene, Mertens, Hill County; Ennis, Ellis County; Frost, Navarro County
• Time: 3 p.m.
• Direction: NE
• Width of Path: 440 yards
• Length of path: 34 miles
• Dead: 41
• Injured: 72
• Damage: $2,100,000
• Classification: Most sources rate this tornado as an F4

Index:

• Tornado Damage Photos
• 13 Original photographs of Frost after the 1930 Tornado
• First Hand Accounts
• Our Motto Rings True
• Articles Published in
  - Blooming Grove Times
  - Dallas Morning News
  - Houston Chronicle
  - Houston Post
  - Other Papers

Related Items:

• Obituary of John L. Moore
• Tabitha Elizabeth Smith Berrymore (Killed by the Tornado)
• A. F. Mitchell Letter; Describes conditions in Frost after the Tornado.
• Link to: Red River Authority - Article about the Tornado that destroyed Frost and other towns

Notes:  

There is a 1930 blues song by Alger Alexander, aka "Texas Alexander", titled Frost Texas Tornado Blues.  This song is available on the album 98 Degrees Blues and Texas Alexander, Vol. 3: 1930-1950 Play Frost Texas Tornado Blues.  (This sound file requires the Real Audio Plug-In Available free of charge at http://www.realaudio.com)