Thunderstorm Wind, Dickens
- When
- June 8, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dickens County
- Coordinates
- 33.700, -100.680
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 8, 1955
10 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail, 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
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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
10 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Palo Pinto
- When
- June 8, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Palo Pinto County
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -98.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Montague
- When
- June 8, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Montague County
- Coordinates
- 33.780, -97.780
Tornado, Eastland
- When
- June 8, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Eastland County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 7 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 32.530, -98.680
Tornado, Archer
- When
- June 8, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Archer County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.800, -98.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Crosby
- When
- June 8, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Crosby County
- Coordinates
- 33.700, -101.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Terry
- When
- June 8, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Terry County
- Coordinates
- 33.000, -102.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Tarrant
- When
- June 8, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -97.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Dallas
- When
- June 8, 3:34 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -96.780
Hail, Taylor
- When
- June 8, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -99.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Midland
- When
- June 8, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Midland County
- Coordinates
- 32.000, -102.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Tom Green
- When
- June 8, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tom Green County
- Coordinates
- 31.400, -100.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Limestone
- When
- June 8, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Limestone County
- Coordinates
- 31.500, -96.500
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
More
Every storm in Texas in 1955Every state in 1955This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 1955
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: 10121860, 10121861, 10121862, 10121863, 10121864, 10121865, 10121866, 10121867, 10121868, 10121869, 10121870, 10121871, 10121872.