Tornado, Hansford
- When
- June 6, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hansford County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 27 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.330, -101.380
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 6, 1962
3 tornado, 3 hail, 1 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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
3 tornado, 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Hansford
- When
- June 6, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hansford County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 1,320 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.330, -101.380
Hail, Jones
- When
- June 6, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.580, -99.680
Hail, Hansford
- When
- June 6, 6:08 PM CST
- Where
- Hansford County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.380, -101.400
Hail, Taylor
- When
- June 6, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -99.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Taylor
- When
- June 6, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -99.680
Tornado, Hemphill
- When
- June 6, 11:10 PM CST
- Where
- Hemphill County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.920, -100.430
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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in South Dakota, June 6, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 6, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, June 6, 1962
- Hail in Kansas, June 6, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 6, 1962
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 6, 1962
- Hail in Colorado, June 6, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 6, 1962
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 6, 1962
More
Every storm in Texas in 1962Every state in 1962This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 1962
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: 10120143, 10120144, 10121276, 10121277, 10121278, 10121279, 10121280.