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1958 tornadoes in Texas

74 tornadoes touched down in Texas in 1958, 41 percent below the average of the record for the state. They killed 1 people and injured 53.

1957 1959 The whole country in 1958

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

F040 to 72 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
F173 to 112 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
F2113 to 157 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
F3158 to 206 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
F4207 to 260 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
F5261 to 318 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

Every tornado in Texas in 1958

January 14 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 14	3:45 PM GMT-6	F2	Hunt	0.3	33			$500 to $5,000
January 14	5:30 PM GMT-6	F1	Van Zandt	3.8	300			$500 to $5,000

March 5 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 5	11:20 AM GMT-6	F1	Angelina	1.0	17			$5,000 to $50,000

March 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 7	7:45 PM GMT-6	F1	Winkler	1.3	17			$500 to $5,000

March 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 8	12:10 AM GMT-6	F1	Baylor	1.3	33			$5,000 to $50,000

March 28 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
March 28	2:00 PM GMT-6	F1	Terry	11.9	150	$5,000 to $50,000
March 28	2:00 PM GMT-6	F0	Lynn	2.3	33
March 28	2:00 PM GMT-6	F0	Lynn	5.4	33	under $50
March 28	11:45 PM GMT-6	F0	Young	1.0	33	under $50

April 2 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 2	5:55 PM GMT-6	F3	Wichita	16.4	333	1	14	$50,000 to $500,000
April 2	6:40 PM GMT-6	F3	Montague	18.2	300		1	$5,000 to $50,000

April 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 8	4:00 PM GMT-6	F0	Randall	2.0	100			under $50

April 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 14	2:15 AM GMT-6	F1	Angelina	3.3	50			$50 to $500

April 20 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 20	12:30 AM GMT-6	F1	Taylor	1.3	33			$500 to $5,000
April 20	1:00 AM GMT-6	F1	Montague	2.7	400		1	$500 to $5,000

April 21 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 21	5:00 PM GMT-6	F2	Ellis	15.9	440		18	$50,000 to $500,000

April 27 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 27	4:30 PM GMT-5	F2	Collin	15.4	50			$50,000 to $500,000
April 27	4:50 PM GMT-5	F0	Lee	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000

April 28 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 28	5:50 PM GMT-5	F1	Wise	0.5	300			$5,000 to $50,000
April 28	7:30 PM GMT-5	F3	Comanche	4.9	880			$50,000 to $500,000

April 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 29	8:50 PM GMT-5	F2	Rusk	2.3	50		4	$50,000 to $500,000

May 2 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 2	11:25 AM GMT-5	F2	Medina	20.8	200	$50,000 to $500,000
May 2	4:20 PM GMT-5	F1	Hays	7.4	440	under $50
May 2	4:50 PM GMT-5	F1	Williamson	11.5	440	under $50

May 3 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 3	3:00 AM GMT-5	F3	Gregg	59.2	440	$50,000 to $500,000
May 3	3:30 AM GMT-5	F2	Cass	29.0	133	$5,000 to $50,000
May 3	3:30 AM GMT-5	F2	Bexar	21.0	67	$5,000 to $50,000
May 3	4:00 AM GMT-5	F1	Angelina	21.3	200	$5,000 to $50,000
May 3	4:00 AM GMT-5	F2	Harrison	5.4	440	$5,000 to $50,000
May 3	9:50 AM GMT-5	F0	Karnes	0.1	440

May 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 12	6:00 PM GMT-5	F0	Hockley	2.3	33			under $50

May 16 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 16	11:40 AM GMT-5	F0	Scurry	1.9	880			under $50

May 17 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 17	2:10 AM GMT-5	F0	Randall	0.3	17			under $50

May 27 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 27	3:36 PM GMT-5	F1	Lubbock	10.4	10			under $50

May 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 28	7:40 AM GMT-5	F2	Cass	2.0	100			$500 to $5,000

May 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 29	8:00 PM GMT-5	F1	Harris	0.6	700			$500 to $5,000

June 6 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 6	12:30 AM GMT-5	F3	Hunt	1.0	50			$5,000 to $50,000

June 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 8	8:30 PM GMT-5	F1	Taylor	0.7	67			under $50

June 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 13	9:20 PM GMT-5	F0	Briscoe	0.5	50			$500 to $5,000

June 16 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 16	6:45 PM GMT-5	F1	Deaf Smith	3.3	50			$500 to $5,000
June 16	7:45 PM GMT-5	F1	Brewster	1.0	100			$500 to $5,000

June 20 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
June 20	2:15 AM GMT-5	F1	Hutchinson	0.3	150	2	$5,000 to $50,000
June 20	3:44 AM GMT-5	F0	Gray	2.0	33		under $50
June 20	8:30 AM GMT-5	F1	Cooke	0.3	50		under $50
June 20	10:00 AM GMT-5	F0	Rockwall	0.3	17		under $50

June 21 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 21	4:15 PM GMT-5	F1	Brown	0.3	100
June 21	4:30 PM GMT-5	F1	Brown	0.5	100

June 23 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 23	8:00 AM GMT-5	F1	Gray	1.0	17			$500 to $5,000
June 23	5:15 PM GMT-5	F0	Reagan	0.1	17

July 3 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 3	7:15 PM GMT-5	F1	Gaines	1.0	33			under $50

July 5 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 5	3:10 PM GMT-5	F0	Rockwall	5.2	17			under $50

July 6 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 6	2:30 PM GMT-5	F0	Liberty	0.2	33			$500 to $5,000
July 6	6:30 PM GMT-5	F2	Smith	1.0	33			$5,000 to $50,000

July 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 7	3:10 PM GMT-5	F0	Colorado	0.1	10			under $50

July 10 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 10	1:15 PM GMT-5	F0	Brazoria	2.0	50			under $50

July 15 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 15	12:20 AM GMT-5	F0	Oldham	4.3	50			under $50

July 20 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 20	5:10 PM GMT-5	F0	Nolan	1.0	50			under $50

July 25 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 25	2:40 AM GMT-5	F0	Hartley	0.1	10			under $50

July 27 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 27	5:40 PM GMT-5	F0	Hutchinson	2.0	33			under $50

August 3 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 3	5:25 AM GMT-5	F0	Johnson	5.6	100			$500 to $5,000
August 3	7:10 AM GMT-5	F1	Bell	1.0	50			under $50

August 12 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 12	3:35 PM GMT-5	F2	Dallas	3.0	300			$500 to $5,000
August 12	6:00 PM GMT-5	F1	Fannin	2.0	50			$500 to $5,000

August 15 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 15	5:50 PM GMT-5	F1	Bosque	0.5	50			$500 to $5,000

August 20 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 20	4:45 PM GMT-5	F1	Briscoe	1.0	300			$500 to $5,000
August 20	5:45 PM GMT-5	F2	Knox	1.0	50		1	$500 to $5,000

November 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 13	9:20 PM GMT-6	F0	Howard	2.0	17			under $50

November 17 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
November 17	6:00 AM GMT-6	F2	Haskell	1.0	33	7	$50,000 to $500,000
November 17	6:31 AM GMT-6	F1	Throckmorton	0.3	17	4	under $50
November 17	6:45 AM GMT-6	F2	Young	7.6	133	1	$50,000 to $500,000
November 17	7:10 AM GMT-6	F1	Palo Pinto	7.8	67		$5,000 to $50,000
November 17	7:15 AM GMT-6	F2	Wichita	4.9	200		$5,000 to $50,000
November 17	9:15 AM GMT-6	F1	Grayson	4.3	33		$500 to $5,000
November 17	2:15 PM GMT-6	F0	Harrison	0.5	67

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Every tornado in Texas since 1950 Warnings in force in Texas The live radar over Texas

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.