Texas, 1957Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 23, 1957
May 23, 1957 · 16 events in 8 counties and zones
9 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 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
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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
9 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Coke
- When
- May 23, 8:58 AM CST
- Where
- Coke County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.080, -100.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Brown
- When
- May 23, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Coordinates
- 32.000, -99.180
Hail, Hunt
- When
- May 23, 10:10 AM CST
- Where
- Hunt County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.880, -96.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Hunt
- When
- May 23, 10:10 AM CST
- Where
- Hunt County
- Coordinates
- 32.880, -96.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Hopkins
- When
- May 23, 10:45 AM CST
- Where
- Hopkins County
- Coordinates
- 33.080, -95.580
Hail, Hunt
- When
- May 23, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hunt County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.080, -96.180
Hail, Hunt
- When
- May 23, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hunt County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.880, -96.080
Hail, Henderson
- When
- May 23, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Henderson County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -96.180
Hail, Hopkins
- When
- May 23, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hopkins County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.080, -95.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Hunt
- When
- May 23, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hunt County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.880, -96.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Hunt
- When
- May 23, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hunt County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.080, -96.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Hopkins
- When
- May 23, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hopkins County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.080, -95.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Henderson
- When
- May 23, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Henderson County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -96.180
Tornado, Titus
- When
- May 23, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Titus County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 33.170, -94.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Gregg
- When
- May 23, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Gregg County
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -95.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- May 23, 3:59 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Measured
- 80 kt (92 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -94.680
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 23, 1957$275,000 · F3 · 5 events
- Tornado in Louisiana, May 23, 19571 injured · $25,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Connecticut, May 23, 19571.75 in hail · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 23, 19571 event
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 23, 19571 event
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: 10119791, 10119792, 10119793, 10119794, 10119795, 10119796, 10119797, 10119798, 10119799, 10119800, 10119801, 10120017, 10120018, 10120019, 10120020, 10120021.