Tornado, Cooke
- When
- October 28, 4:17 AM CST
- Where
- Cooke County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.650, -97.200
Tornadoes in Texas, October 28, 1974
9 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
- 2
- Injuries
- 12
- Property damage
- $3.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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
9 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Chambers
- When
- October 28, 11:40 AM CST
- Where
- Chambers County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 20.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 29.520, -94.480
Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- October 28, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 29.850, -93.980
Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- October 28, 1:55 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 8.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 30.050, -94.100
Tornado, Hardin
- When
- October 28, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Hardin County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 8.4 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 30.170, -94.120
Tornado, Harris
- When
- October 28, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 3.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 7 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 29.700, -95.020
Tornado, Liberty
- When
- October 28, 4:47 PM CST
- Where
- Liberty County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 30.030, -94.830
Tornado, Chambers
- When
- October 28, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Chambers County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 9.6 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 29.630, -94.370
Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- October 28, 5:58 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 30.070, -94.100
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, Harris | 1974-10-28 | Direct | |||
| Tornado, Chambers | 1974-10-28 | 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
Every storm in Texas in 1974Every state in 1974This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 1974
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: 10132075, 10132076, 10132077, 10132078, 10132079, 10132080, 10132081, 10132082, 10132083.