Thunderstorm Wind, Navarro
- When
- October 30, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Navarro County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.070, -96.850
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, October 30, 1974
6 tornado, 5 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $280,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Tarrant
- When
- October 30, 11:25 AM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Coordinates
- 32.680, -97.450
Tornado, Eastland
- When
- October 30, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Eastland County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -98.970
Tornado, Cooke
- When
- October 30, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Cooke County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 4.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.430, -97.180
Tornado, Cooke
- When
- October 30, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Cooke County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.630, -97.150
Tornado, Grayson
- When
- October 30, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Grayson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.720, -96.900
Hail, Grayson
- When
- October 30, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Grayson County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.720, -96.900
Tornado, Lavaca
- When
- October 30, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lavaca County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 29.530, -96.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Tarrant
- When
- October 30, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -97.350
Tornado, Williamson
- When
- October 30, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Williamson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1.8 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Coordinates
- 30.680, -97.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Bell
- When
- October 30, 7:47 PM CST
- Where
- Bell County
- Coordinates
- 31.100, -97.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Crockett
- When
- October 30, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Crockett County
- Coordinates
- 30.700, -101.200
Hail, Crane
- When
- October 30, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Crane County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.400, -102.350
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: 10132084, 10132085, 10132086, 10132087, 10132088, 10132089, 10132090, 10132091, 10132092, 10132093, 10132094, 10132095, 10132096.