Hail, McCulloch
- When
- November 22, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- McCulloch County
- Measured
- 4 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.200, -99.280
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, November 22, 1961
5 hail, 5 tornado, 2 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 11
- Property damage
- $528,000
- 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
5 hail, 5 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Jones
- When
- November 22, 1:23 AM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.580, -99.900
Hail, Stephens
- When
- November 22, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Stephens County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -98.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Navarro
- When
- November 22, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Navarro County
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 31.900, -96.780
Hail, Erath
- When
- November 22, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Erath County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.080, -98.280
Tornado, Gregg
- When
- November 22, 6:30 AM CST
- Where
- Gregg County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 32.370, -94.870
Tornado, Bexar
- When
- November 22, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Bexar County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 29.380, -98.530
Tornado, Nacogdoches
- When
- November 22, 8:30 AM CST
- Where
- Nacogdoches County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 16.2 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 10 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.730, -94.920
Tornado, Rusk
- When
- November 22, 9:18 AM CST
- Where
- Rusk County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 5.7 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.830, -94.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Hardin
- When
- November 22, 12:50 PM CST
- Where
- Hardin County
- Coordinates
- 30.280, -94.500
Tornado, Wharton
- When
- November 22, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wharton County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 29.400, -96.080
Hail, Fort Bend
- When
- November 22, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Fort Bend County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.580, -95.780
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Nacogdoches | 1961-11-22 | Direct |
What these are
- 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.
- 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
More
Every storm in Texas in 1961Every state in 1961This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 1961
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: 10121211, 10121212, 10121213, 10121214, 10121215, 10121216, 10121217, 10121218, 10121433, 10121434, 10121435, 10121436.