Tornado, Bastrop
- When
- March 20, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Bastrop County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 30.000, -97.150
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 20, 1974
6 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 4
- Property damage
- $253,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Rusk
- When
- March 20, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Rusk County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.920, -94.620
Tornado, Angelina
- When
- March 20, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Angelina County
- Rating
- F3
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.350, -94.820
Hail, Shelby
- When
- March 20, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.900, -94.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Angelina
- When
- March 20, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Angelina County
- Coordinates
- 31.180, -94.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Angelina
- When
- March 20, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Angelina County
- Coordinates
- 31.280, -94.580
Tornado, Shelby
- When
- March 20, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.870, -94.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Angelina
- When
- March 20, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Angelina County
- Coordinates
- 31.170, -94.430
Tornado, San Augustine
- When
- March 20, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- San Augustine County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 8.2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 31.520, -94.120
Tornado, Sabine
- When
- March 20, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sabine County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.530, -93.980
Tornado, Sabine
- When
- March 20, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sabine County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 18.9 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.350, -94.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- March 20, 9:05 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 29.950, -94.030
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
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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: 10133176, 10133177, 10133178, 10133179, 10133180, 10133181, 10133182, 10133183, 10133184, 10133185, 10133186, 10133187.