Tornado, Eastland
- When
- June 16, 1:20 AM CST
- Where
- Eastland County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.220, -98.670
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 16, 1955
11 tornado, 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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
11 tornado, 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Montague
- When
- June 16, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Montague County
- Coordinates
- 33.880, -97.580
Tornado, Crockett
- When
- June 16, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Crockett County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 333 yd
- Coordinates
- 30.720, -101.220
Hail, Nolan
- When
- June 16, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Nolan County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -100.280
Tornado, Potter
- When
- June 16, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -101.650
Tornado, Armstrong
- When
- June 16, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Armstrong County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.220, -101.270
Tornado, Armstrong
- When
- June 16, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Armstrong County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.220, -101.270
Tornado, Carson
- When
- June 16, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Carson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -101.380
Tornado, Taylor
- When
- June 16, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.450, -99.850
Hail, Runnels
- When
- June 16, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Runnels County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.080, -99.900
Tornado, Carson
- When
- June 16, 4:07 PM CST
- Where
- Carson County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.350, -101.350
Hail, Motley
- When
- June 16, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Motley County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -100.780
Tornado, Hemphill
- When
- June 16, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hemphill County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3.8 mi
- Path width
- 1,320 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.920, -100.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Kimble
- When
- June 16, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kimble County
- Coordinates
- 30.500, -99.780
Tornado, Donley
- When
- June 16, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Donley County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 3 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.970, -100.930
Tornado, Donley
- When
- June 16, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Donley County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -101.070
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.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 10121886, 10121887, 10121888, 10121889, 10121890, 10121891, 10121892, 10121893, 10121894, 10121895, 10121896, 10121897, 10121898, 10121899, 10121900, 10121901.