Thunderstorm Wind, Childress
- When
- November 17, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Childress County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.380, -100.280
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, November 17, 1958
13 thunderstorm wind, 7 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
- 12
- Property damage
- $553,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 20
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
13 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Haskell
- When
- November 17, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Haskell County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 7 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.320, -99.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Taylor
- When
- November 17, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Taylor County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -99.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Jones
- When
- November 17, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Coordinates
- 32.880, -100.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Scurry
- When
- November 17, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Scurry County
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -100.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Tom Green
- When
- November 17, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Tom Green County
- Coordinates
- 31.400, -100.500
Tornado, Throckmorton
- When
- November 17, 6:31 AM CST
- Where
- Throckmorton County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 33.180, -99.180
Tornado, Young
- When
- November 17, 6:45 AM CST
- Where
- Young County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 7.6 mi
- Path width
- 133 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.380, -98.770
Tornado, Palo Pinto
- When
- November 17, 7:10 AM CST
- Where
- Palo Pinto County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 7.8 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 32.550, -98.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Wichita
- When
- November 17, 7:10 AM CST
- Where
- Wichita County
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -98.500
Tornado, Wichita
- When
- November 17, 7:15 AM CST
- Where
- Wichita County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.9 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.900, -98.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Wichita
- When
- November 17, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Wichita County
- Coordinates
- 34.080, -98.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Tarrant
- When
- November 17, 8:45 AM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Measured
- 85 kt (98 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -97.080
Tornado, Grayson
- When
- November 17, 9:15 AM CST
- Where
- Grayson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 33.870, -96.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Grayson
- When
- November 17, 9:25 AM CST
- Where
- Grayson County
- Coordinates
- 33.500, -96.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Collin
- When
- November 17, 9:50 AM CST
- Where
- Collin County
- Coordinates
- 33.000, -96.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- November 17, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -97.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Hopkins
- When
- November 17, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hopkins County
- Coordinates
- 33.080, -95.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- November 17, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -94.280
Tornado, Harrison
- When
- November 17, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -94.430
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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, November 17, 1958
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, November 17, 1958
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Kansas, November 17, 1958
- Tornado in Arkansas, November 17, 1958
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, November 17, 1958
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, November 17, 1958
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, November 17, 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: 10122084, 10122085, 10122086, 10122087, 10122088, 10122089, 10122090, 10122091, 10122092, 10122093, 10122094, 10122095, 10122096, 10122097, 10122098, 10122099, 10122100, 10122101, 10122102, 10122103.