Tornado, Cooke
- When
- April 2, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cooke County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.250, -97.380
Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 2, 1957
14 tornado, 1 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
- 12
- Injuries
- 212
- Property damage
- $3.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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
14 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Grayson
- When
- April 2, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Grayson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.470, -96.580
Tornado, Montague
- When
- April 2, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Montague County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.930, -97.720
Tornado, Tarrant
- When
- April 2, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 32.970, -97.050
Tornado, Grayson
- When
- April 2, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Grayson County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.720, -96.700
Tornado, Collin
- When
- April 2, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Collin County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 8 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.280, -96.620
Tornado, Dallas
- When
- April 2, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 17.2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Deaths
- 10 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 200 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 32.850, -96.830
Tornado, Grayson
- When
- April 2, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Grayson County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 2.7 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.400, -96.620
Tornado, Lamar
- When
- April 2, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lamar County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 6.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.480, -95.770
Tornado, Wheeler
- When
- April 2, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.450, -100.270
Tornado, Wise
- When
- April 2, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Wise County
- Rating
- F3
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.030, -97.550
Tornado, Denton
- When
- April 2, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Denton County
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.230, -97.330
Tornado, Lamar
- When
- April 2, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lamar County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.500, -95.800
Tornado, Delta
- When
- April 2, 7:51 PM CST
- Where
- Delta County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.550, -95.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Nolan
- When
- April 2, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Nolan County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -100.500
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Lamar | 1957-04-02 | Direct | |||
| Tornado, Delta | 1957-04-02 | Direct |
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
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: 10122239, 10122240, 10122241, 10122242, 10122243, 10122244, 10122245, 10122246, 10122247, 10122248, 10122249, 10122250, 10122251, 10122252, 10122253.