Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, January 14, 1991

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, January 14, 1991
Start: 1991-01-14T17:00
End: 1991-01-14T22:50
Location: Texas

January 14, 1991 · NWS CRP · 30 events in 17 counties and zones

14 hail, 11 tornado, 5 thunderstorm wind, 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: 1
Injuries: 11
Property damage: $26 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 30

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 hail, 11 tornado, 5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Lee

When: January 14, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Lee County
Rating: F1
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 30.180, -96.930

Hail, Burleson

When: January 14, 5:40 PM CST
Where: Burleson County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 30.370, -96.680

Tornado, Bastrop

When: January 14, 5:50 PM CST
Where: Bastrop County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.2 mi
Path width: 20 yd
Property damage: $250
Coordinates: 29.930, -97.300

Tornado, Bastrop

When: January 14, 6:14 PM CST
Where: Bastrop County
Rating: F2
Path length: 5 mi
Path width: 60 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 29.980, -97.200

Hail, Bastrop

When: January 14, 6:16 PM CST
Where: Bastrop County
Measured: 2 in hail
Coordinates: 30.080, -97.320

Tornado, Colorado

When: January 14, 6:18 PM CST
Where: Colorado County
Rating: F1
Path length: 1.5 mi
Path width: 250 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 11 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 29.720, -96.550

Tornado, Wharton

When: January 14, 6:18 PM CST
Where: Wharton County
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.5 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 29.320, -96.100

Tornado, Wharton

When: January 14, 6:20 PM CST
Where: Wharton County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.2 mi
Path width: 20 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 29.400, -96.080

Tornado, Wharton

When: January 14, 6:25 PM CST
Where: Wharton County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.2 mi
Path width: 20 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 29.220, -96.030

Tornado, Wharton

When: January 14, 6:30 PM CST
Where: Wharton County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.2 mi
Path width: 20 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 29.320, -96.020

Hail, Guadalupe

When: January 14, 6:55 PM CST
Where: Guadalupe County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 29.570, -97.970

Hail, Caldwell

When: January 14, 7:20 PM CST
Where: Caldwell County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 29.680, -97.650

Hail, Bastrop

When: January 14, 7:25 PM CST
Where: Bastrop County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 29.970, -97.450

Hail, Gonzales

When: January 14, 7:25 PM CST
Where: Gonzales County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 29.500, -97.470

Hail, Matagorda

When: January 14, 7:45 PM CST
Where: Matagorda County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 28.700, -95.950

Tornado, Matagorda

When: January 14, 7:55 PM CST
Where: Matagorda County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.6 mi
Path width: 13 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 28.980, -95.950

Hail, Guadalupe

When: January 14, 8:00 PM CST
Where: Guadalupe County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 29.570, -97.970

Thunderstorm Wind, Brazoria

When: January 14, 8:10 PM CST
Where: Brazoria County
Measured: 75 kt (86 mph)
Coordinates: 29.200, -95.450

Hail, Duval

When: January 14, 8:15 PM CST
Where: Duval County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 27.770, -98.250

Hail, Harris

When: January 14, 8:33 PM CST
Where: Harris County
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 29.650, -95.280

Hail, Duval

When: January 14, 8:51 PM CST
Where: Duval County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 27.770, -98.250

Hail, Jim Wells

When: January 14, 9:15 PM CST
Where: Jim Wells County
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Coordinates: 27.750, -98.080

Tornado, Galveston

When: January 14, 9:40 PM CST
Where: Galveston County
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.2 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 29.500, -95.080

Hail, Galveston

When: January 14, 9:45 PM CST
Where: Galveston County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 29.000, -95.150

Thunderstorm Wind, Galveston

When: January 14, 10:00 PM CST
Where: Galveston County
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 29.470, -94.980

Hail, Duval

When: January 14, 10:15 PM CST
Where: Duval County
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Coordinates: 27.600, -98.420

Tornado, Fort Bend

When: January 14, 10:26 PM CST
Where: Fort Bend County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.7 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 29.680, -95.900

Thunderstorm Wind, Chambers

When: January 14, 10:30 PM CST
Where: Chambers County
Coordinates: 29.770, -94.680

Thunderstorm Wind, Matagorda

When: January 14, 10:45 PM CST
Where: Matagorda County
Measured: 62 kt (71 mph)
Coordinates: 28.720, -96.250

Thunderstorm Wind, Calhoun

When: January 14, 10:50 PM CST
Where: Calhoun County
Coordinates: 28.620, -96.630

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, Colorado	1991-01-14				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.

Every storm in Texas in 1991 Every state in 1991 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Texas, 1991 Warnings in Texas, January 1991

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: 10136944, 10136945, 10136946, 10136947, 10136948, 10136949, 10136950, 10136951, 10136952, 10136953, 10136954, 10136955, 10136956, 10136957, 10136958, 10136959, 10136960, 10136961, 10136962, 10136963, 10136964, 10136965, 10136966, 10136967, 10136968, 10136969, 10136970, 10136971, 10136972, 10136973.