Sherman Tornado Shelter
Your Sherman Tornado Shelter can protect you from a Tornado. At Safe Rooms US we install Safe Rooms in the Dallas, Fort Worth, and Sherman area. Our Safe Room design has passed the Texas Test Impact Test and meet/exceed FEMA guidelines for an EF5 Tornado.
You can call us at 469-629-6000 from 7am-10pm every day
On May 15, 1896 a tornado hit Sherman Texas. The tornado was one of most devastating tornadoes ever recorded still to this day. A tornado surfaced off of West Hill Cemetery ripping through the cemetery and hitting the Houston Street Bridge. The tornado went through Sherman was recorded as a rare F-5 tornado with winds of more than 260 miles per hour. KXII Chief Meteorologist Steve Lanore said it was an unusual one.
The was the only F-5 to ever hit in Grayson County and 66 people lost their lives in Sherman out of 73 total along the tornado’s path.
Sherman Safe Room
Our Safe Rooms meet or exceed FEMA standards and have passed the Texas Tech Impact Test
Specifications
- Our Safe Rooms come with a 36″ Steel Door
- Completely encased in Steel
- Safe Rooms have a Steel Floor
- Secured with 5” long and 3/4” wide Anchor Bolts every 12 inches
- Each bolt has 10,000 lbs of sheer strength
- 4 Locking Bolts on the inside
- Wheelchair Accessible
- 1/4″ Thick Steel
- 2 Large Vents
- Door opens In or Out
- Standard height is 6’0″ tall
The Safe Rooms are Custom Built to any size you would like.
