Tornado and Hail in Texas, February 21, 1994

Name: Tornado and Hail in Texas, February 21, 1994
Start: 1994-02-21T14:35
End: 1994-02-21T22:10
Location: Texas

February 21, 1994 · 8 events in 2 counties and zones

4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 8 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: $65,000
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 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Wichita

When: February 21, 2:35 PM CST
Where: Wichita County, Electra
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 33.988, -98.704 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Wichita

When: February 21, 2:59 PM CST
Where: Wichita County, Wichita Falls
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 33.988, -98.704 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, Wichita

When: February 21, 3:01 PM CST to 3:04 PM CST
Where: Wichita County, Wichita Falls Municip
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.5 mi
Path width: 15 yd
Coordinates: 33.988, -98.704 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Wichita

When: February 21, 3:06 PM CST
Where: Wichita County, E Sheppard Afb
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 33.988, -98.704 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Wichita

When: February 21, 3:15 PM CST
Where: Wichita County, Falls
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 33.988, -98.704 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Wichita

When: February 21, 4:45 PM CST
Where: Wichita County, Electra
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 33.988, -98.704 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Wichita

When: February 21, 5:24 PM CST
Where: Wichita County, Burkburnett
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.988, -98.704 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorms developed in the western part of north Texas during the afternoon hours on the 21st and produced a small weak tornado, hail up to nickel-size and damaging winds. A tornado on the gust front developed at 1501 CST near Wichita Falls Municipal Airport and traveled east approximately one-half mile before dissipating near Sheppard AFB at 1504 CST. No damage was reported from this small weak tornado. Thunderstorm winds blew a sheet metal roof off a horse barn just east of Sheppard Air Force Base, tore off part of the roof of a radio station six miles southwest of Wichita Falls, tore a patio roof off a house in Wichita Falls

Thunderstorm Wind, Erath

When: February 21, 10:10 PM CST
Where: Erath County, Dublin
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 32.236, -98.218 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Strong winds destroyed a shop, and the roof of a home was damaged. Total damage was estimated at $15,000.

What these are

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.
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.

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

The same day elsewhere

Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, February 21, 199455 kt wind · 4 events

Every storm in Texas in 1994 Every state in 1994 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Texas, 1994 Warnings in Texas, February 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: 10355326, 10355327, 10355373, 10355329, 10355330, 10355331, 10355332, 10351502.