Thunderstorm Wind, Ellis
- When
- August 12, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Measured
- 80 kt (92 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -96.780
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 12, 1958
6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Dallas
- When
- August 12, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 32.920, -96.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Dallas
- When
- August 12, 2:55 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -97.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Tom Green
- When
- August 12, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tom Green County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 31.400, -100.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Bosque
- When
- August 12, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Bosque County
- Coordinates
- 31.780, -97.400
Tornado, Fannin
- When
- August 12, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Fannin County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 33.580, -96.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Kaufman
- When
- August 12, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kaufman County
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -96.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Tarrant
- When
- August 12, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -97.080
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.
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Montana, August 12, 1958
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 12, 1958
- Hail in Wisconsin, August 12, 1958
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, August 12, 1958
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 12, 1958
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 12, 1958
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 12, 1958
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, August 12, 1958
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: 10121849, 10121850, 10121851, 10121852, 10121853, 10121854, 10121855, 10121856.