Texas, 1996

Tornado in Texas, June 3, 1996

June 3, 1996 · NWS FWD · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A brief tornado touchdown knocked several trees and power lines down.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$2,000
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 FWD wrote it up.

A brief tornado touchdown knocked several trees and power lines down.

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:23 UTC.

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1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Haskell

When
June 3, 8:25 PM CST to 8:27 PM CST
Where
Haskell County, 5 mi NW of Haskell
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
25 yd
Property damage
$2,000
Coordinates
33.220, -99.820

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.

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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: 5559041.