Texas, 1961

Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 28, 1961

March 28, 1961 · 9 events in 5 counties and zones

8 hail, 1 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
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$25,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
9

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

8 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Collin

When
March 28, 4:00 PM CST
Where
Collin County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
33.200, -96.580

Hail, Dallas

When
March 28, 5:10 PM CST
Where
Dallas County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
32.700, -97.000

Hail, Dallas

When
March 28, 5:15 PM CST
Where
Dallas County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
32.580, -96.780

Hail, Dallas

When
March 28, 5:20 PM CST
Where
Dallas County
Measured
3.5 in hail
Coordinates
32.700, -97.000

Hail, Tarrant

When
March 28, 5:58 PM CST
Where
Tarrant County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
32.780, -97.080

Hail, Dallas

When
March 28, 6:00 PM CST
Where
Dallas County
Measured
1.5 in hail
Coordinates
32.780, -96.780

Tornado, Wood

When
March 28, 6:10 PM CST
Where
Wood County
Rating
F2
Path length
4.7 mi
Path width
280 yd
Property damage
$25,000
Coordinates
32.720, -95.420

Hail, Wood

When
March 28, 6:10 PM CST
Where
Wood County
Measured
2.75 in hail
Coordinates
32.700, -95.400

Hail, Harrison

When
March 28, 10:30 PM CST
Where
Harrison County
Measured
2.75 in hail
Coordinates
32.500, -94.280

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.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 10121413, 10121414, 10121415, 10122266, 10122267, 10122268, 10122269, 10122270, 10122271.