Tornado, Roberts
- When
- June 7, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Roberts County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 20 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.780, -100.970
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 7, 1961
6 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $1,000
- 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 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Cooke
- When
- June 7, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Cooke County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 33.520, -97.170
Tornado, Yoakum
- When
- June 7, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Yoakum County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.180, -102.780
Tornado, Cochran
- When
- June 7, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cochran County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 33.420, -102.600
Tornado, Cochran
- When
- June 7, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cochran County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 33.420, -102.600
Tornado, Cochran
- When
- June 7, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cochran County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 33.420, -102.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Nolan
- When
- June 7, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Nolan County
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -100.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Taylor
- When
- June 7, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -99.780
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.
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 7, 1961
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 7, 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, June 7, 1961
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 7, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, June 7, 1961
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 7, 1961
- Hail in Nebraska, June 7, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, June 7, 1961
- Hail in Kansas, June 7, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 7, 1961
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: 10119186, 10119187, 10119188, 10119189, 10119190, 10119191, 10119192, 10119193.