Texas, 1961

Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 27, 1961

March 27, 1961 · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

2 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
2
Injuries
4
Property damage
$250,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
4

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

2 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Burnet

When
March 27, 6:20 PM CST
Where
Burnet County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
30.900, -98.000

Hail, Bell

When
March 27, 7:30 PM CST
Where
Bell County
Measured
3 in hail
Coordinates
31.100, -97.280

Tornado, Nacogdoches

When
March 27, 8:30 PM CST
Where
Nacogdoches County
Rating
F3
Path length
13.8 mi
Path width
200 yd
Deaths
2 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries
4 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$250,000
Coordinates
31.720, -94.580

Tornado, Navarro

When
March 27, 9:00 PM CST
Where
Navarro County
Rating
F0
Path length
0.3 mi
Path width
17 yd
Coordinates
32.050, -96.470

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.

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: 10121409, 10121410, 10121411, 10121412.