Tornado, Matagorda
- When
- October 11, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Matagorda County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 7.4 mi
- Path width
- 23 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 28.800, -96.280
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, October 11, 1970
6 hail, 5 tornado, 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
- 20
- Property damage
- $5.3 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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 hail, 5 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- October 11, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Coordinates
- 28.880, -96.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Matagorda
- When
- October 11, 7:45 AM CST
- Where
- Matagorda County
- Coordinates
- 28.780, -95.680
Tornado, Galveston
- When
- October 11, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Galveston County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 29.350, -94.880
Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- October 11, 2:47 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 6.1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 29.780, -93.970
Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- October 11, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 4.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 19 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 29.920, -93.880
Hail, Coleman
- When
- October 11, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Coleman County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.500, -99.280
Tornado, Harris
- When
- October 11, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Coordinates
- 29.580, -95.350
Hail, Tom Green
- When
- October 11, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Tom Green County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.600, -100.400
Hail, Mills
- When
- October 11, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Mills County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.500, -98.780
Hail, Kerr
- When
- October 11, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Kerr County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.980, -99.080
Hail, Kendall
- When
- October 11, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Kendall County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.880, -98.780
Hail, Comal
- When
- October 11, 11:25 PM CST
- Where
- Comal County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.780, -98.400
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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 10133633, 10133847, 10133848, 10133849, 10133850, 10133851, 10133852, 10133853, 10133854, 10133855, 10133856, 10133857, 10133858.