Texas, 1957Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 11, 1957
March 11, 1957 · 5 events in 4 counties and zones
3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $30
- 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
3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Milam
- When
- March 11, 2:10 AM CST
- Where
- Milam County
- Coordinates
- 30.700, -97.000
Hail, Bexar
- When
- March 11, 4:09 PM CST
- Where
- Bexar County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.380, -98.580
Hail, Bexar
- When
- March 11, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bexar County
- Measured
- 2.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.480, -98.500
Hail, Travis
- When
- March 11, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Travis County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.280, -97.680
Tornado, Karnes
- When
- March 11, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Karnes County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 28.700, -98.000
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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: 10121126, 10121127, 10121128, 10121129, 10121130.