Tornado, Coryell
- When
- September 19, 8:15 PM CST to 8:17 PM CST
- Where
- Coryell County, 5 mi E of Copperas Cove
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.130, -97.830
Tornado in Texas, September 19, 1996
A National Weather Service employee reported a brief tornado touchdown along Highway 190.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 National Weather Service employee reported a brief tornado touchdown along Highway 190.
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:13 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
- Tornado in Nebraska, September 19, 1996
- Tornado in Texas, September 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Texas, September 19, 1996
- Flooding in Texas, September 19, 1996
- Hail in Oklahoma, September 19, 1996
- Hail in Oklahoma, September 19, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, September 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Texas, September 19, 1996
- High Wind in Colorado, September 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Texas, September 19, 1996
- Flood in Kansas, September 19 to 20, 1996
- Waterspout in Florida, September 19, 1996
More
Every storm in Texas in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 1996Warnings in Texas, September 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: 5564145.