Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 17, 1975

Name: Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 17, 1975
Start: 1975-03-17T17:05
End: 1975-03-17T21:00
Location: Texas

March 17, 1975 · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

4 hail, 1 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

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $250,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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

4 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Eastland

When: March 17, 5:05 PM CST
Where: Eastland County
Rating: F2
Path length: 8.5 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 32.270, -98.930

Hail, Kimble

When: March 17, 5:30 PM CST
Where: Kimble County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 30.580, -99.770

Hail, McCulloch

When: March 17, 6:15 PM CST
Where: McCulloch County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 31.020, -99.180

Hail, Kendall

When: March 17, 8:00 PM CST
Where: Kendall County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 29.970, -98.920

Hail, Comal

When: March 17, 9:00 PM CST
Where: Comal County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 29.830, -98.170

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.

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

Every storm in Texas in 1975 Every state in 1975 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Texas, 1975

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: 10133221, 10133222, 10133223, 10133224, 10133225.