Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 14, 1994

Name: Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 14, 1994
Start: 1994-08-14T06:40
End: 1994-08-14T20:15
Location: Texas

August 14, 1994 · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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

2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Cameron

When: August 14, 6:40 AM CST
Where: Cameron County, Harlingen
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.2 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Coordinates: 26.180, -97.570

Thunderstorm Wind, Wichita

When: August 14, 5:40 PM CST
Where: Wichita County, Burkburnett
Coordinates: 33.988, -98.704 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Archer

When: August 14, 8:15 PM CST
Where: Archer County, Archer City
Coordinates: 33.615, -98.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms the evening of the 14th produced areas of wind damage over Wichita and Archer County. High winds ripped the roof off of a metal building at Burkburnett, and ripped the shingles off a roof and caused fence damage 7 miles west-northwest of Archer City.

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.
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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 1994 Every state in 1994 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Texas, 1994 Warnings in Texas, August 1994

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: 10348423, 10355353, 10348182.