Texas Tornado (roller coaster)

Texas Tornado
Looking south towards the Texas Tornado and Shoot the Chute in 2008
Wonderland Park (Texas)
Location	Wonderland Park (Texas)
Coordinates	35°14′37″N 101°49′55″W / 35.243721°N 101.832064°W / 35.243721; -101.832064
Status	Operating
Opening date	1985
General statistics
Type	Steel
Manufacturer	Hopkins Rides
Height	80 ft (24 m)
Length	2,050 ft (620 m)
Inversions	2
Height restriction	50 in (127 cm)
Trains	Single train with 5 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 20 riders per train.
Texas Tornado at RCDB

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The Texas Tornado is a steel roller coaster at Wonderland amusement park in Amarillo, Texas. It is the first coaster to be designed by North American water ride company Hopkins Rides. The design for Texas Tornado was scribbled on a napkin at a cocktail party at a trade show.^[1]

During testing, the loops were reprofiled while retaining their original structures due to the trains being unable to complete the loop. During the park's 2009 winter off-season, the all-white coaster was repainted red, white and blue.