Tornado, Matagorda
- When
- March 20, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Matagorda County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 7 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 28.950, -95.950
Tornadoes in Texas, March 20, 1972
11 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $153,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Lavaca
- When
- March 20, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lavaca County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 29.330, -96.780
Tornado, Harris
- When
- March 20, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 29.830, -95.420
Tornado, Wharton
- When
- March 20, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Wharton County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 29.330, -96.080
Tornado, Fort Bend
- When
- March 20, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Fort Bend County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 18.9 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 29.570, -95.820
Tornado, Lavaca
- When
- March 20, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lavaca County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 29.430, -96.930
Tornado, Harris
- When
- March 20, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 7 yd
- Coordinates
- 29.750, -95.350
Tornado, Harris
- When
- March 20, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 7 yd
- Coordinates
- 29.750, -95.350
Tornado, Liberty
- When
- March 20, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Liberty County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 30.050, -94.980
Tornado, Liberty
- When
- March 20, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Liberty County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 30.050, -95.080
Tornado, Matagorda
- When
- March 20, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Matagorda County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 7 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 28.950, -96.080
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
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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: 10133391, 10133392, 10133393, 10133394, 10133395, 10133396, 10133397, 10133398, 10133399, 10133400, 10133401.