Hunt Co., TX - News: High Winds Wednesday Night, 1954 ***************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: Sarah Swindell USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************** The high winds or "baby tornado" which ripped through Northeast Texas didn’t slight Celeste—it left a $4,000 to $5,000 bill of damages in the immediate Celeste area. Wednesday night’s big blow hit here about 10:15 PM and wrecked a number of TV antennas, a pair of barns and garages, and damaged a number of the houses, and other buildings. The town was without electricity for some four hours as the result of damaged electric power lines and a total of .65 inches of rain was dumped on the area during the few minutes of the storm’s blast. Garages of Fred Reynolds and Glenn Compton were both blown away, yet their cars were not moved by the winds. A washing machine on J. W. Glasscock’s back porch was blown out into the yard. Barns belong to W. A. Saye and W. L. Grantland were leveled by the wind. A number of houses suffered roof damage. Albert Granberry advised The Courier that preliminary estimates of damages in Celeste were about $4,000 to $5,000. (March 26, 1954)