Tornado, Montague
- When
- March 20, 8:30 AM CST
- Where
- Montague County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 17.2 mi
- Path width
- 800 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.730, -97.680
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 20, 1955
5 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $78,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Navarro
- When
- March 20, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Navarro County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 32.080, -96.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Karnes
- When
- March 20, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Karnes County
- Coordinates
- 29.080, -98.000
Hail, McLennan
- When
- March 20, 3:46 PM CST
- Where
- McLennan County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.700, -97.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Bexar
- When
- March 20, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bexar County
- Coordinates
- 29.480, -98.500
Tornado, Bell
- When
- March 20, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Bell County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 31.120, -97.730
Tornado, Gonzales
- When
- March 20, 5:43 PM CST
- Where
- Gonzales County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 6.2 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 29.370, -97.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Brazos
- When
- March 20, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Brazos County
- Coordinates
- 30.580, -96.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- March 20, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -94.680
Tornado, Harrison
- When
- March 20, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.3 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 32.480, -94.070
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
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: 10119363, 10119364, 10119365, 10119366, 10119367, 10119368, 10119369, 10119370, 10119371, 10119372.