Thunderstorm Wind, Tom Green
- When
- November 12, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Tom Green County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 31.400, -100.500
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, November 12, 1972
10 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 2 hail, 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
- $775,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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
10 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Taylor
- When
- November 12, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -99.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Palo Pinto
- When
- November 12, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Palo Pinto County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -98.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Parker
- When
- November 12, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Parker County
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -97.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Tarrant
- When
- November 12, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -97.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Tarrant
- When
- November 12, 9:01 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -97.080
Tornado, Tarrant
- When
- November 12, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -97.120
Hail, Denton
- When
- November 12, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Denton County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.000, -97.080
Tornado, Dallas
- When
- November 12, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 32.720, -96.850
Hail, Tarrant
- When
- November 12, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.880, -97.080
Tornado, Dallas
- When
- November 12, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.630, -96.700
Tornado, McLennan
- When
- November 12, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- McLennan County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 24 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.330, -97.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Dallas
- When
- November 12, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -96.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Travis
- When
- November 12, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Travis County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.500, -97.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Bexar
- When
- November 12, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bexar County
- Coordinates
- 29.480, -98.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Bexar
- When
- November 12, 11:09 PM CST
- Where
- Bexar County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 29.480, -98.280
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.
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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: 10135246, 10135247, 10135248, 10135249, 10135250, 10135251, 10135252, 10135253, 10135254, 10135255, 10135256, 10135257, 10135258, 10135259, 10135260, 10135261.