Thunderstorm Wind, Childress
- When
- July 8, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Childress County
- Measured
- 85 kt (98 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.380, -100.280
Damaging Winds in Texas, July 8, 1956
5 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
- 5
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 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Hardeman
- When
- July 8, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hardeman County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.280, -99.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Childress
- When
- July 8, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Childress County
- Measured
- 72 kt (83 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.380, -100.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilbarger
- When
- July 8, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wilbarger County
- Coordinates
- 34.200, -99.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Cooke
- When
- July 8, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cooke County
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.500, -97.180
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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 8, 1956
- Tornado in Alabama, July 8, 1956
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 8, 1956
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 8, 1956
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 8, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, July 8, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 8, 1956
- Tornado in New Mexico, July 8, 1956
More
Every storm in Texas in 1956Every state in 1956This day in weather history
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: 10119992, 10119993, 10119994, 10119995, 10119996.