Tornado, Wharton
- When
- December 13, 5:37 AM CST
- Where
- Wharton County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 29.530, -96.070
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, December 13, 1977
4 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 41
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Harris
- When
- December 13, 8:05 AM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 19.7 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 35 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Coordinates
- 29.780, -95.280
Tornado, Liberty
- When
- December 13, 8:45 AM CST
- Where
- Liberty County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 5.4 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 29.980, -95.050
Tornado, Harris
- When
- December 13, 11:40 AM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 29.750, -95.330
Hail, Harris
- When
- December 13, 11:50 AM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.770, -95.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Harris
- When
- December 13, 12:02 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 29.650, -95.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- December 13, 1:43 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -94.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- December 13, 1:43 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 29.950, -94.020
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 | 1977-12-13 | 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.
- 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
More
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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: 10129732, 10129733, 10129734, 10129735, 10129736, 10129737, 10129738, 10129739.