Tornado, Castro
- When
- July 9, 4:40 PM CST to 4:41 PM CST
- Where
- Castro County, 5 mi NW of Dimmitt
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 34.600, -102.380
Tornado in Texas, July 9, 1996
A weak tornado briefly touched down northwest of Dimmitt. Three people were slightly injured, two trailer homes were heavily damaged, and two poweer poles were downed by the tornado.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.
A weak tornado briefly touched down northwest of Dimmitt. Three people were slightly injured, two trailer homes were heavily damaged, and two poweer poles were downed by the tornado.
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:38 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 9, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Texas, July 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, July 9, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Maine, July 9, 1996
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, July 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in Utah, July 9, 1996
- Tornado and Hail in Connecticut, July 9, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 9, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 9, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Maine, July 9, 1996
- Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, July 9, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 9, 1996
More
Every storm in Texas in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 1996Warnings in Texas, July 1996
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: 5580707.