Tornadoes in Texas, September 20, 1967

Name: Tornadoes in Texas, September 20, 1967
Start: 1967-09-20T03:00
End: 1967-09-20T23:00
Location: Texas

September 20, 1967 · 67 events in 28 counties and zones

67 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

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The toll

Deaths: 5
Injuries: 35
Property damage: $4.0 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 67

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

67 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Victoria

When: September 20, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Victoria County
Path width: 33 yd
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 28.820, -96.970

Tornado, Calhoun

When: September 20, 3:10 AM CST
Where: Calhoun County
Rating: F2
Path length: 15.4 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 28.420, -96.750

Tornado, Goliad

When: September 20, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Goliad County
Path width: 33 yd
Coordinates: 28.670, -97.420

Tornado, Goliad

When: September 20, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Goliad County
Path width: 33 yd
Coordinates: 28.670, -97.420

Tornado, Goliad

When: September 20, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Goliad County
Path width: 33 yd
Coordinates: 28.670, -97.420

Tornado, Goliad

When: September 20, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Goliad County
Path width: 33 yd
Coordinates: 28.670, -97.420

Tornado, Goliad

When: September 20, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Goliad County
Path width: 33 yd
Coordinates: 28.670, -97.420

Tornado, Goliad

When: September 20, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Goliad County
Path width: 33 yd
Coordinates: 28.670, -97.420

Tornado, Calhoun

When: September 20, 4:20 AM CST
Where: Calhoun County
Path width: 33 yd
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 28.580, -96.620

Tornado, Colorado

When: September 20, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Colorado County
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 26.300, -98.150

Tornado, Matagorda

When: September 20, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Matagorda County
Rating: F3
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Deaths: 4 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 7 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 28.700, -96.220

Tornado, Bexar

When: September 20, 5:28 AM CST
Where: Bexar County
Path width: 33 yd
Coordinates: 29.500, -98.520

Tornado, Jackson

When: September 20, 5:30 AM CST
Where: Jackson County
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 28.780, -96.330

Tornado, Jackson

When: September 20, 5:30 AM CST
Where: Jackson County
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 28.830, -96.500

Tornado, Kleberg

When: September 20, 7:00 AM CST
Where: Kleberg County
Path width: 33 yd
Coordinates: 27.470, -97.780

Tornado, Fort Bend

When: September 20, 7:00 AM CST
Where: Fort Bend County
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 29.350, -95.920

Tornado, Kleberg

When: September 20, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Kleberg County
Path width: 33 yd
Coordinates: 27.320, -97.480

Tornado, Jackson

When: September 20, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Jackson County
Path width: 33 yd
Coordinates: 28.850, -96.330

Tornado, Victoria

When: September 20, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Victoria County
Path width: 33 yd
Coordinates: 28.880, -96.800

Tornado, Victoria

When: September 20, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Victoria County
Path width: 33 yd
Coordinates: 28.880, -96.800

Tornado, Victoria

When: September 20, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Victoria County
Path width: 33 yd
Coordinates: 28.880, -96.800

Tornado, Wharton

When: September 20, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Wharton County
Path width: 33 yd
Injuries: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 29.300, -96.100

Tornado, Jackson

When: September 20, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Jackson County
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 28.950, -96.750

Tornado, Matagorda

When: September 20, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Matagorda County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 3 yd
Property damage: $250
Coordinates: 28.930, -96.200

Tornado, Matagorda

When: September 20, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Matagorda County
Rating: F1
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $250
Coordinates: 28.720, -96.180

Tornado, Wharton

When: September 20, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Wharton County
Rating: F1
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $30
Coordinates: 29.120, -96.400

Tornado, Jackson

When: September 20, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Jackson County
Rating: F3
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Injuries: 3 direct, 0 indirect
Coordinates: 29.070, -96.520

Tornado, Brazoria

When: September 20, 8:20 AM CST
Where: Brazoria County
Path length: 13.8 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 29.150, -95.430

Tornado, Matagorda

When: September 20, 8:50 AM CST
Where: Matagorda County
Rating: F0
Path width: 33 yd
Coordinates: 28.950, -96.070

Tornado, Jackson

When: September 20, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Jackson County
Path width: 33 yd
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 28.850, -96.670

Tornado, Lavaca

When: September 20, 9:15 AM CST
Where: Lavaca County
Path width: 33 yd
Injuries: 3 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 29.500, -96.900

Tornado, Wharton

When: September 20, 9:20 AM CST
Where: Wharton County
Path width: 33 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 29.370, -96.280

Tornado, Jackson

When: September 20, 9:30 AM CST
Where: Jackson County
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $250
Coordinates: 28.850, -96.530

Tornado, Jackson

When: September 20, 9:30 AM CST
Where: Jackson County
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $250
Coordinates: 28.850, -96.530

Tornado, Jackson

When: September 20, 9:30 AM CST
Where: Jackson County
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $250
Coordinates: 28.850, -96.530

Tornado, Travis

When: September 20, 10:00 AM CST
Where: Travis County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 30.080, -97.730

Tornado, Travis

When: September 20, 10:00 AM CST
Where: Travis County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 30.120, -97.630

Tornado, Travis

When: September 20, 10:00 AM CST
Where: Travis County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 30.250, -97.720

Tornado, Travis

When: September 20, 10:00 AM CST
Where: Travis County
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.5 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 30.280, -97.750

Tornado, Travis

When: September 20, 10:00 AM CST
Where: Travis County
Rating: F1
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 30.330, -97.720

Tornado, Bee

When: September 20, 10:15 AM CST
Where: Bee County
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 28.420, -97.880

Tornado, De Witt

When: September 20, 10:15 AM CST
Where: De Witt County
Path width: 33 yd
Coordinates: 29.100, -97.280

Tornado, Jackson

When: September 20, 10:20 AM CST
Where: Jackson County
Path width: 33 yd
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 28.880, -96.580

Tornado, Karnes

When: September 20, 10:35 AM CST
Where: Karnes County
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $250
Coordinates: 28.830, -97.920

Tornado, Hays

When: September 20, 10:45 AM CST
Where: Hays County
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $250
Coordinates: 29.950, -97.800

Tornado, Hays

When: September 20, 10:45 AM CST
Where: Hays County
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $30
Coordinates: 29.950, -97.800

Tornado, Gonzales

When: September 20, 11:00 AM CST
Where: Gonzales County
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 29.350, -97.320

Tornado, Gonzales

When: September 20, 11:00 AM CST
Where: Gonzales County
Path length: 7.7 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Coordinates: 29.350, -97.320

Tornado, Lavaca

When: September 20, 11:07 AM CST
Where: Lavaca County
Rating: F3
Path length: 4.3 mi
Path width: 333 yd
Injuries: 4 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 29.350, -97.070

Tornado, Mason

When: September 20, 12:25 PM CST
Where: Mason County
Path width: 33 yd
Coordinates: 30.730, -99.230

Tornado, Gonzales

When: September 20, 12:30 PM CST
Where: Gonzales County
Path width: 33 yd
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 29.500, -97.420

Tornado, Guadalupe

When: September 20, 1:15 PM CST
Where: Guadalupe County
Rating: F1
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 29.670, -98.070

Tornado, Galveston

When: September 20, 1:30 PM CST
Where: Galveston County
Path width: 33 yd
Coordinates: 29.420, -94.830

Tornado, Comal

When: September 20, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Comal County
Rating: F3
Path length: 5 mi
Path width: 67 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 29.650, -98.120

Tornado, Wilson

When: September 20, 2:11 PM CST
Where: Wilson County
Path width: 33 yd
Coordinates: 29.370, -97.950

Tornado, Lavaca

When: September 20, 3:00 PM CST
Where: Lavaca County
Rating: F3
Path length: 2 mi
Path width: 167 yd
Injuries: 3 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 29.450, -96.850

Tornado, De Witt

When: September 20, 3:30 PM CST
Where: De Witt County
Path width: 33 yd
Coordinates: 28.950, -97.520

Tornado, Victoria

When: September 20, 4:40 PM CST
Where: Victoria County
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $250
Coordinates: 28.700, -97.080

Tornado, Guadalupe

When: September 20, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Guadalupe County
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $250
Coordinates: 29.600, -97.080

Tornado, Burnet

When: September 20, 5:15 PM CST
Where: Burnet County
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $250
Coordinates: 30.580, -98.280

Tornado, Burnet

When: September 20, 5:30 PM CST
Where: Burnet County
Rating: F1
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 30.770, -98.220

Tornado, Fayette

When: September 20, 7:05 PM CST
Where: Fayette County
Path width: 33 yd
Coordinates: 29.980, -96.880

Tornado, Medina

When: September 20, 9:00 PM CST
Where: Medina County
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 29.130, -98.920

Tornado, Aransas

When: September 20, 9:05 PM CST
Where: Aransas County
Rating: F3
Path length: 1.5 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Injuries: 3 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 28.070, -97.050

Tornado, Wharton

When: September 20, 10:00 PM CST
Where: Wharton County
Path width: 33 yd
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 29.500, -96.330

Tornado, Austin

When: September 20, 11:00 PM CST
Where: Austin County
Path length: 19.9 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 29.820, -96.230

Tornado, Austin

When: September 20, 11:00 PM CST
Where: Austin County
Path length: 19.9 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 29.820, -96.230

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, Wharton	1967-09-20				Direct

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 1967 Every state in 1967 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Texas, 1967

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: 10135559, 10135560, 10135561, 10135562, 10135563, 10135564, 10135780, 10135781, 10135782, 10135783, 10135784, 10135785, 10135786, 10135787, 10135788, 10135789, 10135790, 10135791, 10135792, 10135793, 10135794, 10135795, 10135796, 10135797, 10135798, 10135799, 10135800, 10135801, 10135802, 10135803, 10135804, 10135805, 10135806, 10135807, 10135808, 10135809, 10135810, 10135811, 10135812, 10135813, and more.