Tornado and Hail in Texas, October 7, 1994

Name: Tornado and Hail in Texas, October 7, 1994
Start: 1994-10-07T12:00
End: 1994-10-07T21:00
Location: Texas

October 7, 1994 · 10 events in 8 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 10 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: 2
Property damage: $585,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 10

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

8 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Wise

When: October 7, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Wise County, Lake Bridgeport
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 33.216, -97.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The porch of a lake home was destroyed by high winds.

Tornado, Collin

When: October 7, 3:00 PM CST
Where: Collin County, Princeton
Rating: F1
Path length: 1.5 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Injuries: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $500,000
Coordinates: 33.188, -96.572 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A small tornado moved through this rural community destroying eight mobile homes and damaging twenty-one.

Thunderstorm Wind, Rusk

When: October 7, 3:42 PM CST
Where: Rusk County, Mount to Enterprise
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 32.108, -94.762 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were blown down by high winds.

Thunderstorm Wind, Kaufman

When: October 7, 4:30 PM CST
Where: Kaufman County, Terrell
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 32.599, -96.288 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Power lines were blown down by high winds.

Thunderstorm Wind, Ellis

When: October 7, 4:30 PM CST
Where: Ellis County, Palmer
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 32.348, -96.794 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A school was damaged by high winds; fences and signs were also blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Kaufman

When: October 7, 4:50 PM CST
Where: Kaufman County, Kemp
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 32.599, -96.288 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Power lines were blown down by high winds.

Thunderstorm Wind, Van Zandt

When: October 7, 4:50 PM CST
Where: Van Zandt County, Wills Point
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 32.564, -95.836 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were blown down by high winds.

Thunderstorm Wind, Panola

When: October 7, 5:55 PM CST
Where: Panola County, Carthage
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 32.162, -94.306 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees and power lines were blown down by high winds.

Hail, Smith

When: October 7, 6:15 PM CST
Where: Smith County, Trinidad
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 32.375, -95.269 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Power lines around the county were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Smith

When: October 7, 9:00 PM CST
Where: Smith County
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 32.375, -95.269 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Power lines around the county were blown down.

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

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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: 10355628, 10347969, 10353258, 10350339, 10351449, 10350340, 10355765, 10353028, 10353281, 10353282.