Thunderstorm Wind, Wood
- When
- May 17, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Wood County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.880, -95.280
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 17, 1968
4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
- $500
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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
4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Coryell
- When
- May 17, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Coryell County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.450, -97.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Fort Bend
- When
- May 17, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Fort Bend County
- Coordinates
- 29.580, -95.900
Hail, Harris
- When
- May 17, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.880, -95.500
Hail, San Patricio
- When
- May 17, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- San Patricio County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.100, -97.500
Hail,
- When
- May 17, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 27.880, -97.080
Tornado, Van Zandt
- When
- May 17, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Van Zandt County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.8 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 32.570, -95.880
Tornado, Smith
- When
- May 17, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 32.230, -95.170
Hail,
- When
- May 17, 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.280, -94.780
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- May 17, 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Coordinates
- 29.280, -94.780
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.
- 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.
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: 10135893, 10135894, 10135895, 10135896, 10135897, 10135898, 10135899, 10135900, 10135901, 10135902.