Tornadoes · United States · Texas

1982 tornadoes in Texas

203 tornadoes touched down in Texas in 1982, 61 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 14 people and injured 262. 2 were rated F4 or EF4 and above.

1981 1983 The whole country in 1982

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 1982

March 14 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
March 14	1:00 AM CST	F1	Taylor	0.1	10		$5,000 to $50,000
March 14	1:30 AM CST	F2	Taylor	10.0	150		$50,000 to $500,000
March 14	1:40 AM CST	F3	Runnels	40.5	173	14	$500,000 to $5 million
March 14	3:15 AM CST	F1	Callahan	5.0	100
March 14	7:25 AM CST	F1	Dallas	2.0	100		$50,000 to $500,000

March 18 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 18	11:55 PM CST	F4	Moore to OK	88.0	880		12	$500,000 to $5 million

April 2 8 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 2	3:20 PM CST	F3	Fannin	32.0	150	1	1	$500,000 to $5 million
April 2	3:25 PM CST	F2	Fannin	1.0	50
April 2	4:00 PM CST	F4	Lamar	23.0	250	10	170	$5 million to $50 million
April 2	4:05 PM CST	F1	Lamar	1.0	50			$5,000 to $50,000
April 2	4:30 PM CST	F2	Red River	5.0	100			$5,000 to $50,000
April 2	4:40 PM CST	F3	Red River to OK, AR	52.0	233	1	4	$500,000 to $5 million
April 2	4:40 PM CST	F1	Red River	2.0	1,050			$500 to $5,000
April 2	6:10 PM CST	F2	Wood	2.0	150		1	$5,000 to $50,000

April 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 14	7:30 PM CST	F0	Coleman	3.0	77

April 15 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 15	5:15 PM CST	F0	Wood	0.1	10			under $50

April 16 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 16	12:26 PM CST	F0	McCulloch	0.1	10
April 16	12:26 PM CST	F0	McCulloch	0.1	10
April 16	4:37 PM CST	F0	Denton	1.0	77	$5,000 to $50,000
April 16	4:50 PM CST	F0	Dallas	0.1	10

April 19 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 19	3:30 PM CST	F1	Nacogdoches	3.0	100	$50 to $500
April 19	4:45 PM CST	F1	Angelina	0.1	10	$50 to $500
April 19	5:03 PM CST	F1	Shelby	0.1	10	under $50
April 19	5:39 PM CST	F1	Panola	0.1	10	under $50

April 20 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 20	12:15 PM CST	F1	Blanco	4.0	30
April 20	12:30 PM CST	F1	Williamson	0.1	20

April 25 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 25	5:30 PM CDT	F0	Fannin	1.0	50
April 25	7:08 PM CDT	F1	Red River	4.0	77	$5,000 to $50,000
April 25	7:10 PM CDT	F2	Lamar	13.0	100	$50,000 to $500,000
April 25	7:50 PM CDT	F1	Bowie	3.0	50	under $50
April 25	8:42 PM CDT	F1	Cass	6.0	50	under $50
April 25	8:54 PM CDT	F1	Bowie	2.0	50	under $50

April 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 28	6:00 PM CDT	F1	Tarrant	0.1	10			$50,000 to $500,000

May 4 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 4	8:50 PM CDT	F1	Briscoe	0.2	20			$50 to $500

May 5 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 5	2:23 PM CDT	F0	Stonewall	0.1	20	under $50
May 5	4:10 PM CDT	F0	Upton	0.6	20	under $50
May 5	4:10 PM CDT	F0	Midland	0.2	10	under $50
May 5	9:25 PM CDT	F1	Val Verde	0.1	20	$5,000 to $50,000

May 6 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 6	4:15 AM CDT	F1	Gonzales	7.0	40	$500,000 to $5 million
May 6	8:55 AM CDT	F2	Liberty	0.5	37	$50,000 to $500,000
May 6	4:50 PM CDT	F1	Galveston	0.7	27	under $50
May 6	5:30 PM CDT	F1	Brazoria	0.4	40	$5,000 to $50,000

May 9 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
May 9	7:34 PM CDT	F0	Hutchinson	0.2	20		under $50
May 9	7:53 PM CDT	F0	Moore	0.1	10		under $50
May 9	8:08 PM CDT	F0	Deaf Smith	1.0	100		under $50
May 9	8:11 PM CDT	F3	Randall	8.2	40	1	$500,000 to $5 million
May 9	8:24 PM CDT	F0	Randall	0.1	10		under $50
May 9	9:00 PM CDT	F1	Potter	0.1	10		$5,000 to $50,000

May 11 13 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
May 11	5:30 AM CDT	F0	Crosby	0.1	10		$5,000 to $50,000
May 11	2:35 PM CDT	F0	Scurry	0.1	20		under $50
May 11	3:25 PM CDT	F0	Armstrong	0.1	20		under $50
May 11	5:44 PM CDT	F0	Hall	0.1	10		under $50
May 11	7:10 PM CDT	F3	Hall	15.0	40		$50,000 to $500,000
May 11	7:20 PM CDT	F0	Hall	0.1	10		under $50
May 11	7:50 PM CDT	F1	Hall	2.0	880		$500 to $5,000
May 11	7:55 PM CDT	F1	Kinney	19.0	60		$50,000 to $500,000
May 11	8:00 PM CDT	F1	Navarro	0.1	10		under $50
May 11	8:00 PM CDT	F1	Navarro	0.2	10		under $50
May 11	8:15 PM CDT	F0	Hall	0.5	440		under $50
May 11	9:15 PM CDT	F1	Denton	3.0	50	1	$50,000 to $500,000
May 11	10:20 PM CDT	F0	Childress	0.2	20		under $50

May 12 35 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
May 12	3:35 AM CDT	F2	Andrews	21.0	100	17	$50 to $500
May 12	4:30 AM CDT	F1	Crosby	1.0	100		$50,000 to $500,000
May 12	5:40 AM CDT	F0	Crosby	0.1	20		$50 to $500
May 12	7:50 AM CDT	F1	Wise	2.0	77		$50,000 to $500,000
May 12	8:27 AM CDT	F0	Irion	0.1	10		under $50
May 12	1:24 PM CDT	F0	Erath	0.1	10		under $50
May 12	2:28 PM CDT	F0	Eastland	0.1	10		under $50
May 12	3:00 PM CDT	F2	Parker	8.0	150	6	$500,000 to $5 million
May 12	3:10 PM CDT	F3	Erath	9.0	100	2	$50,000 to $500,000
May 12	3:40 PM CDT	F1	Carson	0.6	30		$50,000 to $500,000
May 12	3:55 PM CDT	F1	Wilbarger	8.0	100		$50 to $500
May 12	4:27 PM CDT	F0	Gray	0.1	10		under $50
May 12	5:42 PM CDT	F2	Mills	10.0	100		$5,000 to $50,000
May 12	5:42 PM CDT	F1	Mills	2.0	50		$500 to $5,000
May 12	5:47 PM CDT	F1	Hamilton	7.0	73		$5,000 to $50,000
May 12	6:30 PM CDT	F2	Comanche	10.0	100		$5,000 to $50,000
May 12	6:40 PM CDT	F1	Hood	7.0	73		$50 to $500
May 12	6:45 PM CDT	F1	Comanche	0.2	10		under $50
May 12	6:45 PM CDT	F1	Comanche	0.1	10		under $50
May 12	6:50 PM CDT	F0	Martin	0.1	10		under $50
May 12	7:05 PM CDT	F3	Comanche	13.0	100	3	$50,000 to $500,000
May 12	7:05 PM CDT	F1	Comanche	4.0	50		$50 to $500
May 12	7:10 PM CDT	F2	Val Verde	19.0	120	2	$500,000 to $5 million
May 12	7:15 PM CDT	F1	Throckmorton	1.0	50		under $50
May 12	7:30 PM CDT	F1	Throckmorton	10.0	73		$50 to $500
May 12	7:50 PM CDT	F2	Val Verde	5.0	80		$50,000 to $500,000
May 12	8:05 PM CDT	F1	Comanche	2.0	50		$50 to $500
May 12	8:10 PM CDT	F1	Val Verde	3.0	50		$50,000 to $500,000
May 12	8:30 PM CDT	F1	Archer	0.1	10		under $50
May 12	8:55 PM CDT	F1	Comanche	10.0	50		$50 to $500
May 12	8:55 PM CDT	F1	Val Verde	1.5	40		under $50
May 12	9:45 PM CDT	F1	Howard	0.4	20		$50 to $500
May 12	9:45 PM CDT	F0	Glasscock	7.0	40		under $50
May 12	11:40 PM CDT	F1	Parker	6.0	50		$500 to $5,000
May 12	11:50 PM CDT	F2	Parker	20.0	73		$50,000 to $500,000

May 13 12 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 13	9:15 AM CDT	F1	Washington	1.5	30			$5,000 to $50,000
May 13	10:55 AM CDT	F1	Montgomery	0.2	20			$5,000 to $50,000
May 13	11:20 AM CDT	F1	Live Oak	0.3	27			under $50
May 13	1:50 PM CDT	F1	Victoria	0.8	40			$50,000 to $500,000
May 13	2:45 PM CDT	F1	Calhoun	0.2	37			$50,000 to $500,000
May 13	3:20 PM CDT	F3	Jasper	8.5	150	1	1	$50,000 to $500,000
May 13	3:30 PM CDT	F2	Jasper	6.5	60			$50,000 to $500,000
May 13	3:35 PM CDT	F1	Jasper	3.0	47			$5,000 to $50,000
May 13	3:40 PM CDT	F1	Brazoria	0.2	27			$50,000 to $500,000
May 13	4:49 PM CDT	F1	Cass	1.0	73			$5,000 to $50,000
May 13	5:20 PM CDT	F1	Galveston	0.8	30			$50,000 to $500,000
May 13	5:30 PM CDT	F1	Galveston	0.6	30			$50,000 to $500,000

May 16 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 16	5:45 PM CDT	F0	Briscoe	8.0	50	under $50
May 16	5:47 PM CDT	F1	Briscoe	3.0	100	$500 to $5,000
May 16	7:18 PM CDT	F0	Motley	0.1	10	under $50
May 16	7:50 PM CDT	F3	Wilbarger	15.0	150	$5,000 to $50,000
May 16	8:43 PM CDT	F0	Childress	0.1	10	under $50
May 16	10:45 PM CDT	F0	Garza	0.1	10	under $50

May 17 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 17	1:25 AM CDT	F0	Scurry	0.1	10	under $50
May 17	8:16 PM CDT	F0	Briscoe	0.3	20	under $50
May 17	8:25 PM CDT	F0	Armstrong	0.2	20	under $50

May 18 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 18	8:45 PM CDT	F1	Tom Green	0.8	30	$5,000 to $50,000
May 18	8:59 PM CDT	F0	Carson	0.1	10	under $50
May 18	8:59 PM CDT	F0	Sherman	0.1	10	under $50
May 18	10:25 PM CDT	F0	Hale	0.2	10	under $50

May 19 10 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 19	5:58 PM CDT	F0	Carson	0.5	50	under $50
May 19	6:23 PM CDT	F3	Gray	1.5	587	$50,000 to $500,000
May 19	6:53 PM CDT	F3	Gray	4.0	880	$500,000 to $5 million
May 19	7:09 PM CDT	F0	Gray	0.5	20	under $50
May 19	7:12 PM CDT	F2	Gray	6.0	1,760	$50,000 to $500,000
May 19	7:25 PM CDT	F3	Gray	2.0	100	$5,000 to $50,000
May 19	7:50 PM CDT	F2	Gray	2.0	200	$50,000 to $500,000
May 19	8:04 PM CDT	F0	Roberts	0.3	20	under $50
May 19	8:35 PM CDT	F1	Roberts	0.2	10	under $50
May 19	8:35 PM CDT	F1	Hemphill	0.4	10	$50 to $500

May 21 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 21	4:15 PM CDT	F0	Midland	0.1	10			under $50
May 21	8:03 PM CDT	F0	Lubbock	0.1	10			$50 to $500

May 24 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 24	8:15 PM CDT	F0	Lamar	0.1	10	under $50
May 24	8:45 PM CDT	F0	Hale	0.2	10	under $50
May 24	9:50 PM CDT	F0	Lamar	0.2	10	under $50
May 24	10:00 PM CDT	F0	Lamar	0.1	10	under $50
May 24	10:08 PM CDT	F0	Terry	0.1	10	under $50
May 24	11:30 PM CDT	F0	Dawson	0.2	10	under $50

May 25 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 25	10:02 PM CDT	F0	Lamb	0.2	10			under $50
May 25	12:00 AM CDT	F0	Dickens	0.1	10			under $50

May 26 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 26	1:30 AM CDT	F0	Nolan	0.3	10			under $50

May 27 10 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 27	3:00 PM CDT	F0	Terry	0.2	10	under $50
May 27	3:45 PM CDT	F0	Ector	0.4	13	under $50
May 27	3:45 PM CDT	F0	Lynn	0.4	10	under $50
May 27	6:05 PM CDT	F0	Dickens	0.2	10	under $50
May 27	6:40 PM CDT	F0	Hardeman	0.1	10	under $50
May 27	7:14 PM CDT	F1	Wilbarger	1.0	50	$500 to $5,000
May 27	9:10 PM CDT	F2	Mitchell	23.0	30	$50,000 to $500,000
May 27	9:20 PM CDT	F0	Dickens	0.3	10	under $50
May 27	12:10 AM CDT	F0	Stephens	0.1	10	under $50
May 27	12:43 AM CDT	F0	Eastland	0.1	10	under $50

May 30 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 30	7:20 PM CDT	F1	Stonewall	0.6	10	$5,000 to $50,000
May 30	7:30 PM CDT	F1	Ochiltree	0.4	50	$50,000 to $500,000
May 30	8:29 PM CDT	F2	Haskell	5.0	100	$50,000 to $500,000
May 30	9:15 PM CDT	F1	Jones	5.0	100	$500 to $5,000

June 2 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 2	7:20 PM CDT	F0	Young	0.3	50			under $50
June 2	9:05 PM CDT	F0	Wise	0.3	50			under $50

June 5 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 5	7:32 PM CDT	F2	Hutchinson	3.0	67		6	$500,000 to $5 million

June 7 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 7	9:10 PM CDT	F1	Hale	2.0	10			$50 to $500
June 7	9:12 PM CDT	F0	Floyd	0.5	10			under $50

June 9 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 9	3:25 PM CDT	F0	Glasscock	0.3	10			under $50

June 10 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 10	9:00 PM CDT	F1	Bailey	0.9	20	$50,000 to $500,000
June 10	9:00 PM CDT	F1	Bailey	2.2	20	$50,000 to $500,000
June 10	10:12 PM CDT	F0	Hockley	0.1	10	under $50
June 10	10:17 PM CDT	F0	Lamb	0.1	10	under $50
June 10	10:47 PM CDT	F0	Hale	0.1	10	under $50

June 11 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 11	6:25 PM CDT	F0	Mitchell	0.1	10	under $50
June 11	7:38 PM CDT	F0	Nolan	0.1	10	under $50
June 11	9:18 PM CDT	F0	Sterling	0.1	10	under $50

June 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 12	8:30 PM CDT	F2	Culberson	15.0	67			$50,000 to $500,000

June 14 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
June 14	8:09 PM CDT	F2	Hansford	12.2	100	10	$50,000 to $500,000
June 14	8:15 PM CDT	F0	Carson	0.1	10		under $50
June 14	10:05 PM CDT	F0	Lipscomb	0.1	10		under $50

June 15 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 15	8:30 PM CDT	F0	Grayson	0.5	50	under $50
June 15	9:30 PM CDT	F1	Erath	3.0	50	$5,000 to $50,000
June 15	10:40 PM CDT	F0	San Saba	0.3	73	$500 to $5,000

June 18 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 18	7:15 PM CDT	F0	Mitchell	0.1	10	under $50
June 18	8:36 PM CDT	F0	Mitchell	0.1	10	under $50
June 18	11:37 PM CDT	F0	Howard	1.3	17	$50 to $500
June 18	11:45 PM CDT	F0	Howard	0.6	10	$500 to $5,000

June 19 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 19	7:50 AM CDT	F2	Runnels	10.0	100			$50,000 to $500,000
June 19	4:25 PM CDT	F1	Crockett	0.6	83			$5,000 to $50,000

June 20 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 20	4:25 PM CDT	F1	Erath	2.0	50			under $50

June 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 22	5:50 PM CDT	F0	Travis	1.0	27			under $50

June 23 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 23	7:02 PM CDT	F1	Floyd	0.8	100	$50,000 to $500,000
June 23	7:30 PM CDT	F0	Lynn	0.1	10	under $50
June 23	8:30 PM CDT	F0	Carson	0.1	10	under $50

June 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 24	8:05 PM CDT	F0	Gray	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000

June 26 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 26	4:46 PM CDT	F1	Stonewall	0.6	33			$500 to $5,000
June 26	8:15 PM CDT	F1	Harris	0.3	40			$5,000 to $50,000

June 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 28	8:00 PM CDT	F2	Trinity	3.0	73			$5,000 to $50,000

July 2 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 2	8:37 PM CDT	F1	Ector	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000

July 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 7	3:10 PM CDT	F0	Jefferson	0.2	27			under $50

July 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 14	1:20 PM CDT	F1	Chambers	0.1	27			$500 to $5,000

July 27 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 27	2:00 PM CDT	F0	Collin	1.0	27			$500 to $5,000

September 3 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 3	4:30 PM CDT	F1	Harris	1.0	200	1	2	$50,000 to $500,000

September 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 14	4:00 PM CDT	F0	Polk	0.5	50			$50,000 to $500,000

September 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 28	9:56 PM CDT	F1	Gaines	0.5	20		9	$50,000 to $500,000

November 22 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
November 22	4:10 PM CST	F1	Grayson	2.0	50	$500 to $5,000
November 22	4:25 PM CST	F1	Grayson	6.0	73	$5,000 to $50,000
November 22	6:50 PM CST	F1	Fannin	5.0	50	$500 to $5,000

December 23 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
December 23	12:37 PM CST	F2	Cass to AR	25.0	123			$500,000 to $5 million

Nearby

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.