Tornadoes in Texas, February 12, 1950

Name: Tornadoes in Texas, February 12, 1950
Start: 1950-02-12T00:30
End: 1950-02-12T12:00
Location: Texas

February 12, 1950 · 5 events in 4 counties and zones

5 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 4
Injuries: 55
Property damage: $575,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

Event by event

5 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Bowie

When: February 12, 12:30 AM CST
Where: Bowie County
Rating: F2
Path length: 8 mi
Path width: 833 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 8 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 33.330, -94.420

Tornado, Erath

When: February 12, 1:15 AM CST
Where: Erath County
Rating: F1
Path length: 2.3 mi
Path width: 233 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 32.080, -98.350

Tornado, Limestone

When: February 12, 6:10 AM CST
Where: Limestone County
Rating: F2
Path length: 3.4 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 31.520, -96.550

Tornado, Shelby

When: February 12, 11:57 AM CST
Where: Shelby County
Rating: F1
Path length: 7.7 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Injuries: 32 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 31.800, -94.200

Tornado, Shelby

When: February 12, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Shelby County
Rating: F3
Path length: 1.9 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Deaths: 3 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 15 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 31.800, -94.200

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Tornado, Bowie	1950-02-12				Direct

What these are

Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 1950 Every state in 1950 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Texas, 1950

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10120406, 10120407, 10120408, 10120409, 10120410.