Thunderstorm Wind, Bosque
- When
- April 11, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Bosque County
- Coordinates
- 31.780, -97.580
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 11, 1961
5 thunderstorm wind, 5 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
- 3
- Property damage
- $53,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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
5 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Dallas
- When
- April 11, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 32.970, -96.750
Tornado, Bosque
- When
- April 11, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bosque County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 13.7 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.780, -97.400
Thunderstorm Wind, McLennan
- When
- April 11, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- McLennan County
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 31.600, -97.180
Tornado, Navarro
- When
- April 11, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Navarro County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3.8 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.970, -96.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Limestone
- When
- April 11, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Limestone County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 31.500, -96.500
Tornado, Madison
- When
- April 11, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 30.970, -95.680
Tornado, Cherokee
- When
- April 11, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 32.020, -95.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Wichita
- When
- April 11, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wichita County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -98.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- April 11, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 30.080, -94.080
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.
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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: 10122497, 10122498, 10122499, 10122500, 10122501, 10122502, 10122503, 10122504, 10122505, 10122506.