Damaging Tornado Touches Down In Bowie Area

UPDATE: 9 Tornadoes Confirmed In North Texas From Monday, Including Powerful EF3 In Jacksboro

BOWIE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) - A tornado was reported on the ground in Bowie Monday afternoon shortly before 4:30 p.m.

Fortunately, the tornado passed through the outskirts of Bowie and not the main part of town because it was powerful.

A small house in the path of it crumbled, but the couple and a parent who lived there all survived.

"According to them they were right here in the living room which is basically right between those two windows right there," explained Paul Brossart at the site.

The Montague County resident said the family inside the home had no time to prepare when a tornado plowed through Monday afternoon.

"The wall the house just came in on them. It felt like somebody just hit them with a big hammer," he said.

Even the homeowners cats and farm animals were all accounted for after the storm passed.

Next door, Alejandro Chavez was up on his roof covering a hole after also experiencing some scary moments.

"He said it was just loud rumbling he was just in the closet he did not want to get out of there," said Bowie resident Erica Morales.

These families don't have much and will endure a lot of the rebuilding themselves.

"I mean what can we do you know we don't come from a lot of money and he works really hard for his money, works hard for his stuff. He literally built some of this home," she said.

There were a number of power crews out restoring electricity on Monday night.

But the best news is no serious injuries have been reported.

Earlier in the day.

Jason Myers shared video on Twitter of the tornado from the intersection of US 287 and Wagonseller Road just southeast of Bowie.

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