Tornado, Wharton
- When
- May 23, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Wharton County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 29.320, -96.080
Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 23, 1955
1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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
1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Smith
- When
- May 23, 8:45 AM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -95.280
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 23, 1955
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 23, 1955
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 23, 1955
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 23, 1955
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 23, 1955
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 23, 1955
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 23, 1955
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 23, 1955
- Hail in Florida, May 23, 1955
More
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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: 10120759, 10120760.