Tornado, Dallas
- When
- May 23, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 333 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.720, -96.920
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 23, 1966
12 tornado, 6 hail, 3 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
- 5
- Property damage
- $50,000
- 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
12 tornado, 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Dallas
- When
- May 23, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -96.900
Tornado, Fannin
- When
- May 23, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Fannin County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.600, -96.170
Tornado, Fannin
- When
- May 23, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Fannin County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.4 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.600, -96.170
Tornado, Fannin
- When
- May 23, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Fannin County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.600, -96.170
Tornado, Fannin
- When
- May 23, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Fannin County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 23 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.600, -96.170
Tornado, Fannin
- When
- May 23, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Fannin County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.600, -96.170
Tornado, Fannin
- When
- May 23, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Fannin County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.600, -96.170
Hail, Brown
- When
- May 23, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.780, -98.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Brown
- When
- May 23, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Coordinates
- 31.780, -98.780
Tornado, Hunt
- When
- May 23, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Hunt County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.380, -96.070
Tornado, Hunt
- When
- May 23, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Hunt County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.380, -96.070
Tornado, Hunt
- When
- May 23, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Hunt County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.380, -96.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Bexar
- When
- May 23, 5:48 PM CST
- Where
- Bexar County
- Coordinates
- 29.480, -98.500
Tornado, Wood
- When
- May 23, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wood County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.950, -95.280
Hail, Hopkins
- When
- May 23, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hopkins County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.000, -95.400
Hail, Ellis
- When
- May 23, 6:57 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -96.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Bexar
- When
- May 23, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bexar County
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Coordinates
- 29.480, -98.500
Hail, Ellis
- When
- May 23, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -96.900
Hail, Smith
- When
- May 23, 8:18 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -95.400
Tornado, Zavala
- When
- May 23, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Zavala County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 16 mi
- Path width
- 133 yd
- Coordinates
- 28.700, -99.830
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 and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 23, 1966
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 23, 1966
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 23, 1966
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, May 23, 1966
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Michigan, May 23, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, May 23, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 23, 1966
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, May 23, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 23, 1966
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: 10133923, 10133924, 10133925, 10133926, 10133927, 10133928, 10133929, 10133930, 10133931, 10133932, 10133933, 10133934, 10133935, 10133936, 10133937, 10133938, 10133939, 10133940, 10133941, 10133942, 10133943.