Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee
- When
- March 17, 12:40 AM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Coordinates
- 31.950, -95.350
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 17, 1987
14 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 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
- 5
- Property damage
- $275,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 19
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
14 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Lamar
- When
- March 17, 1:45 AM CST
- Where
- Lamar County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.520, -95.320
Hail, Upshur
- When
- March 17, 1:45 AM CST
- Where
- Upshur County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.730, -94.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Red River
- When
- March 17, 1:55 AM CST
- Where
- Red River County
- Coordinates
- 33.550, -95.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Red River
- When
- March 17, 1:55 AM CST
- Where
- Red River County
- Coordinates
- 33.570, -95.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Grimes
- When
- March 17, 4:35 AM CST
- Where
- Grimes County
- Coordinates
- 30.330, -95.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Grimes
- When
- March 17, 4:35 AM CST
- Where
- Grimes County
- Coordinates
- 30.580, -95.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Grimes
- When
- March 17, 4:35 AM CST
- Where
- Grimes County
- Coordinates
- 30.770, -95.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Houston
- When
- March 17, 4:45 AM CST
- Where
- Houston County
- Coordinates
- 31.270, -95.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Walker
- When
- March 17, 4:50 AM CST
- Where
- Walker County
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 30.750, -95.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Houston
- When
- March 17, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Houston County
- Coordinates
- 31.480, -95.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- March 17, 5:15 AM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Coordinates
- 30.330, -95.350
Tornado, Anderson
- When
- March 17, 5:20 AM CST
- Where
- Anderson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.630, -95.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee
- When
- March 17, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Coordinates
- 31.800, -95.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Rusk
- When
- March 17, 6:33 AM CST
- Where
- Rusk County
- Coordinates
- 31.830, -95.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- March 17, 6:45 AM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Coordinates
- 30.700, -94.930
Tornado, San Augustine
- When
- March 17, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- San Augustine County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 8 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.530, -94.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Deaf Smith
- When
- March 17, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Deaf Smith County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.820, -102.400
Tornado, Collin
- When
- March 17, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Collin County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.100, -96.680
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, Anderson | 1987-03-17 | Direct |
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.
The same day elsewhere
More
Every storm in Texas in 1987Every state in 1987This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 1987Warnings in Texas, March 1987
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: 10144419, 10144420, 10144421, 10144422, 10144423, 10144424, 10144425, 10144426, 10144427, 10145281, 10145282, 10145283, 10145284, 10145285, 10145286, 10145287, 10141025, 10141026, 10141027.