Thunderstorm Wind, Harris
- When
- February 9, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Coordinates
- 29.780, -95.400
Tornado and Hail in Texas, February 9, 1966
11 thunderstorm wind, 9 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 21
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
11 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Tarrant
- When
- February 9, 5:15 AM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -97.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Tarrant
- When
- February 9, 5:19 AM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -97.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- February 9, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -97.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Tarrant
- When
- February 9, 5:40 AM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -97.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Lamar
- When
- February 9, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Lamar County
- Coordinates
- 33.500, -95.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Denton
- When
- February 9, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Denton County
- Coordinates
- 33.200, -97.080
Hail, Bexar
- When
- February 9, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Bexar County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.480, -98.500
Hail, Bexar
- When
- February 9, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Bexar County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.480, -98.500
Hail, Travis
- When
- February 9, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Travis County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.280, -97.680
Hail, Live Oak
- When
- February 9, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Live Oak County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.280, -98.080
Hail, Goliad
- When
- February 9, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Goliad County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.700, -97.680
Hail, Live Oak
- When
- February 9, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Live Oak County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.500, -98.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Victoria
- When
- February 9, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Victoria County
- Coordinates
- 28.880, -96.900
Hail, Victoria
- When
- February 9, 10:25 PM CST
- Where
- Victoria County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.880, -96.900
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- February 9, 10:55 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 28.970, -96.670
Hail, San Patricio
- When
- February 9, 10:55 PM CST
- Where
- San Patricio County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.100, -97.680
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- February 9, 10:55 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Coordinates
- 29.200, -96.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- February 9, 10:55 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Coordinates
- 28.880, -96.780
Hail, De Witt
- When
- February 9, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- De Witt County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.880, -97.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Bee
- When
- February 9, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Bee County
- Coordinates
- 28.500, -97.780
What these are
- 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.
- 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
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: 10133439, 10133440, 10133441, 10133442, 10133443, 10133444, 10133445, 10133446, 10133447, 10133448, 10133449, 10133450, 10133451, 10133452, 10133453, 10133454, 10133455, 10133456, 10133457, 10133458, 10133459.