Storms in Texas in 1973
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas in 1973, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Texas in 1973 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 503
- Deaths
- 14
- Injuries
- 212
- Damage
- $11 million
- Episodes
- 101
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.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 205 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 152 | 14 | 212 | $11 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 146 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, January 20, 1973
- Tornadoes in Texas, January 21, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, January 31, 1973
February 1973
March 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 1, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 3, 1973
- Hail in Texas, March 5, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 6, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 9, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 10, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 13, 1973
- Hail in Texas, March 14, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 23, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 24, 1973
- Hail in Texas, March 28, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 29, 1973
April 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 2, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 13, 1973
- Hail in Texas, April 14, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 15, 1973
- Tornado in Texas, April 17, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 18, 1973
- Hail in Texas, April 19, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 22, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 23, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 24, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 25, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 26, 1973
- Tornado in Texas, April 28, 1973
- Tornado in Texas, April 30, 1973
May 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 1, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 6, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 7, 1973
- Hail in Texas, May 8, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 11, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 12, 1973
- Tornadoes in Texas, May 14, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 20, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 22, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 23, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 24, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 25, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 26, 1973
June 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 1, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 2, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 3, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 4, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 5, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 11, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 12, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 13, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 15, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 16, 1973
- Hail in Texas, June 18, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 19, 1973
- Tornadoes in Texas, June 20, 1973
- Tornado in Texas, June 26, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 29, 1973
July 1973
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 4, 1973
- Hail in Texas, July 5, 1973
- Tornado in Texas, July 6, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 7, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 8, 1973
- Tornado in Texas, July 12, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 22, 1973
- Tornado in Texas, July 25, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 28, 1973
- Hail in Texas, July 30, 1973
August 1973
- Tornado in Texas, August 2, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 7, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, August 8, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, August 9, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, August 11, 1973
- Tornado in Texas, August 12, 1973
- Tornadoes in Texas, August 13, 1973
- Hail in Texas, August 15, 1973
- Hail in Texas, August 26, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 28, 1973
- Tornado in Texas, August 29, 1973
September 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, September 1, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 4, 1973
- Tornadoes in Texas, September 6, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, September 12, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, September 13, 1973
- Hail in Texas, September 19, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Texas, September 23, 1973
- Tornado in Texas, September 28, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, September 30, 1973
October 1973
- Hail in Texas, October 1, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, October 10, 1973
- Tornadoes in Texas, October 11, 1973
- Tornado in Texas, October 12, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Texas, October 30, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Texas, October 31, 1973
November 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, November 20, 1973
- Tornado in Texas, November 23, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, November 24, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, November 27, 1973
December 1973
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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.