Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 10, 1973

Name: Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 10, 1973
Start: 1973-03-10T01:40
End: 1973-03-10T10:00
Location: Texas

March 10, 1973 · 16 events in 15 counties and zones

13 tornado, 3 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

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The toll

Deaths: 7
Injuries: 131
Property damage: $828,000
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

13 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Tom Green

When: March 10, 1:40 AM CST
Where: Tom Green County
Rating: F2
Path length: 0.3 mi
Path width: 70 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 7 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 31.580, -100.250

Thunderstorm Wind, Taylor

When: March 10, 2:47 AM CST
Where: Taylor County
Measured: 65 kt (75 mph)
Coordinates: 32.430, -99.680

Tornado, Taylor

When: March 10, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Taylor County
Rating: F2
Path width: 33 yd
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 32.330, -99.750

Thunderstorm Wind, Runnels

When: March 10, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Runnels County
Coordinates: 31.730, -99.970

Tornado, Burnet

When: March 10, 4:10 AM CST
Where: Burnet County
Rating: F3
Path length: 7.8 mi
Path width: 250 yd
Injuries: 40 direct, 0 indirect
Coordinates: 30.730, -98.230

Tornado, Travis

When: March 10, 5:45 AM CST
Where: Travis County
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.3 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Injuries: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 30.300, -97.700

Tornado, McLennan

When: March 10, 6:02 AM CST
Where: McLennan County
Rating: F4
Path length: 7.9 mi
Path width: 150 yd
Injuries: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Coordinates: 31.530, -96.830

Tornado, Limestone

When: March 10, 6:11 AM CST
Where: Limestone County
Rating: F4
Path length: 9.5 mi
Path width: 150 yd
Coordinates: 31.630, -96.850

Tornado, Hill

When: March 10, 6:21 AM CST
Where: Hill County
Rating: F4
Path length: 5.9 mi
Path width: 150 yd
Deaths: 6 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 75 direct, 0 indirect
Coordinates: 31.770, -96.820

Thunderstorm Wind, Dallas

When: March 10, 6:46 AM CST
Where: Dallas County
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph)
Coordinates: 32.730, -96.970

Tornado, Lee

When: March 10, 7:00 AM CST
Where: Lee County
Rating: F1
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $250
Coordinates: 30.280, -96.880

Tornado, Grayson

When: March 10, 7:00 AM CST
Where: Grayson County
Rating: F3
Path length: 6.8 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Injuries: 3 direct, 0 indirect
Coordinates: 33.770, -96.850

Tornado, Rains

When: March 10, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Rains County
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.3 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 32.870, -95.950

Tornado, Lamar

When: March 10, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Lamar County
Rating: F2
Path length: 1.5 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 33.570, -95.400

Tornado, Hopkins

When: March 10, 8:45 AM CST
Where: Hopkins County
Rating: F2
Path length: 0.5 mi
Path width: 150 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 33.170, -95.630

Tornado, Rusk

When: March 10, 10:00 AM CST
Where: Rusk County
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 20 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 32.130, -94.950

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Tornado, Tom Green	1973-03-10				Direct

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 1973 Every state in 1973 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Texas, 1973

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: 10136387, 10136388, 10136389, 10136390, 10136391, 10136392, 10136393, 10136394, 10136395, 10136396, 10136397, 10136398, 10136399, 10136400, 10136401, 10136402.