Tornadoes in Texas, May 11, 1953

Name: Tornadoes in Texas, May 11, 1953
Start: 1953-05-11T14:15
End: 1953-05-11T18:30
Location: Texas

May 11, 1953 · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

3 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
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Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 127
Injuries: 756
Property damage: $28 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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

3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Tom Green

When: May 11, 2:15 PM CST
Where: Tom Green County
Rating: F4
Path length: 9.9 mi
Path width: 880 yd
Deaths: 13 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 159 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 31.530, -100.580

Tornado, McLennan

When: May 11, 4:10 PM CST
Where: McLennan County
Rating: F5
Path length: 20.9 mi
Path width: 583 yd
Deaths: 114 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 597 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 31.550, -97.150

Tornado, Leon

When: May 11, 6:30 PM CST
Where: Leon County
Rating: F2
Path length: 9.5 mi
Path width: 267 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 31.320, -96.220

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Tornadoes in Oklahoma, May 11, 1953$250 · F1 · 2 events

Every storm in Texas in 1953 Every state in 1953 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Texas, 1953

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: 10121803, 10121804, 10121805.