Hail, Kimble
- When
- March 16, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kimble County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.500, -99.400
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 16, 1961
4 hail, 4 tornado, 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
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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
4 hail, 4 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Taylor
- When
- March 16, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 22.4 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 32.400, -100.450
Hail, Jones
- When
- March 16, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.580, -100.080
Tornado, Johnson
- When
- March 16, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2.7 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.350, -97.430
Hail, Burnet
- When
- March 16, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Burnet County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.780, -98.280
Tornado, Johnson
- When
- March 16, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1.2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 32.330, -97.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Palo Pinto
- When
- March 16, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Palo Pinto County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -98.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Hill
- When
- March 16, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Hill County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.000, -97.080
Tornado, Austin
- When
- March 16, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Austin County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 80 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 29.950, -96.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Limestone
- When
- March 16, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Limestone County
- Coordinates
- 31.500, -96.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Brazos
- When
- March 16, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Brazos County
- Coordinates
- 30.780, -96.400
Hail, Travis
- When
- March 16, 8:28 PM CST
- Where
- Travis County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.180, -97.780
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
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: 10121376, 10121377, 10121378, 10121379, 10121380, 10121381, 10121382, 10121383, 10121384, 10121385, 10121386, 10121387.