Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, October 15, 1960

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, October 15, 1960
Start: 1960-10-15T11:00
End: 1960-10-15T19:05
Location: Texas

October 15, 1960 · 8 events in 6 counties and zones

6 hail, 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

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $50,000
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 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Floyd

When: October 15, 11:00 AM CST
Where: Floyd County
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.2 mi
Path width: 67 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 34.000, -101.330

Hail, Floyd

When: October 15, 11:00 AM CST
Where: Floyd County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.000, -101.280

Tornado, Karnes

When: October 15, 12:15 PM CST
Where: Karnes County
Rating: F2
Path length: 2 mi
Path width: 880 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 28.900, -97.700

Hail, Sterling

When: October 15, 3:00 PM CST
Where: Sterling County
Measured: 2 in hail
Coordinates: 31.900, -101.000

Hail, Throckmorton

When: October 15, 3:15 PM CST
Where: Throckmorton County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.200, -99.400

Hail, Sterling

When: October 15, 5:50 PM CST
Where: Sterling County
Measured: 2.5 in hail
Coordinates: 32.080, -101.000

Hail, Coke

When: October 15, 6:10 PM CST
Where: Coke County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.900, -100.500

Hail, Runnels

When: October 15, 7:05 PM CST
Where: Runnels County
Measured: 2 in hail
Coordinates: 31.600, -100.000

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.
Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Hail in New Mexico, October 15, 19601 in hail · 2 events

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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: 10121134, 10121135, 10121136, 10121137, 10121138, 10121139, 10121140, 10121141.