Tornado, Crane
- When
- May 13, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Crane County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.400, -102.380
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 13, 1965
6 tornado, 3 hail, 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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
6 tornado, 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Andrews
- When
- May 13, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Andrews County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 15.8 mi
- Path width
- 120 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -102.830
Tornado, Swisher
- When
- May 13, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Swisher County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.480, -101.770
Tornado, Gaines
- When
- May 13, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Gaines County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.580, -102.630
Tornado, Lubbock
- When
- May 13, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.420, -101.830
Hail, Ector
- When
- May 13, 4:43 PM CST
- Where
- Ector County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.900, -102.400
Tornado, Scurry
- When
- May 13, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Scurry County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.580, -101.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Howard
- When
- May 13, 7:18 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -101.500
Hail, Howard
- When
- May 13, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.200, -101.500
Hail, Jones
- When
- May 13, 9:17 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -99.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Wichita
- When
- May 13, 9:42 PM CST
- Where
- Wichita County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -98.500
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
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: 10122795, 10122796, 10122797, 10122798, 10122799, 10122800, 10122801, 10122802, 10122803, 10122804, 10122805.