Tornado, Dallam
- When
- June 5, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dallam County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 12 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 36.320, -103.030
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 5, 1961
11 tornado, 6 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $370
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 21
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
11 tornado, 6 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Dallam
- When
- June 5, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dallam County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 21.8 mi
- Path width
- 333 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 36.500, -102.570
Tornado, Dallam
- When
- June 5, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dallam County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 23.9 mi
- Path width
- 500 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.570, -102.520
Tornado, Dallam
- When
- June 5, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dallam County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 20 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.500, -102.520
Hail, McLennan
- When
- June 5, 3:58 PM CST
- Where
- McLennan County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.600, -97.180
Hail, McLennan
- When
- June 5, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- McLennan County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.400, -97.080
Thunderstorm Wind, McLennan
- When
- June 5, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- McLennan County
- Coordinates
- 31.400, -97.080
Hail, McLennan
- When
- June 5, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- McLennan County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.600, -97.180
Thunderstorm Wind, McLennan
- When
- June 5, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- McLennan County
- Measured
- 71 kt (82 mph)
- Coordinates
- 31.600, -97.180
Tornado, Dickens
- When
- June 5, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dickens County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.470, -100.680
Tornado, Crosby
- When
- June 5, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Crosby County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 33.530, -101.200
Tornado, Crosby
- When
- June 5, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Crosby County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 33.780, -101.380
Hail, Armstrong
- When
- June 5, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Armstrong County
- Measured
- 4 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.780, -101.580
Hail, Crosby
- When
- June 5, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Crosby County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.500, -101.080
Hail, Crosby
- When
- June 5, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Crosby County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.780, -101.400
Tornado, Garza
- When
- June 5, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Garza County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.220, -101.370
Tornado, Garza
- When
- June 5, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Garza County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.220, -101.370
Tornado, Garza
- When
- June 5, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Garza County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5.1 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.220, -101.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Garza
- When
- June 5, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Garza County
- Coordinates
- 33.200, -101.400
Tornado, McLennan
- When
- June 5, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- McLennan County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 31.380, -97.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Jones
- When
- June 5, 11:50 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -99.900
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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 10118947, 10118948, 10119165, 10119166, 10119167, 10119168, 10119169, 10119170, 10119171, 10119172, 10119173, 10119174, 10119175, 10119176, 10119177, 10119178, 10119179, 10119180, 10119181, 10119182, 10119183.