What the record says
On 11 February 1950, a tornado touched down near Pasadena, Texas. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 12 miles long and up to 1,000 yards wide, rated F3 on the Fujita (F) scale. It killed 1 person and injured 12.
- F3Fujita rating
- 1death
- 12injuries
- 12 mipath length
- 1,000 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it was rated 3 and killed at least one person.
This page gives the official record's figures. Numbers of deaths and injuries are sometimes revised after a survey, and they cannot convey what the day was like for the people who lived through it.
Counties it crossed
The start point was at 29.67, -95.05 and the end point at 29.83, -95.00 (latitude, longitude).
How to read this path
The Storm Prediction Center records most tornadoes as a straight line from the point where they touched down to the point where they lifted. The real path usually curved and was not the same width all the way along. The width given is the widest part. Older records are less precise, and the record starts in 1950.
Source: the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database, public domain.
Other notable tornadoes in Texas
- Waco, Texas tornado11 May 1953, F5, 114 deaths, 597 injuries, 20.9 miles long
- Wichita Falls, Texas tornado10 April 1979, F4, 42 deaths, 1,740 injuries, 46.9 miles long
- Balmorhea, Texas tornado22 May 1987, F4, 30 deaths, 121 injuries, 3 miles long
- Jarrell, Texas tornado27 May 1997, F5, 27 deaths, 12 injuries, 5.1 miles long
- Lubbock, Texas tornado11 May 1970, F5, 26 deaths, 500 injuries, 8.4 miles long
- Silverton, Texas tornado15 May 1957, F4, 21 deaths, 80 injuries, 17 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 1950
- Logansport, Louisiana tornado12 February 1950, F4, 18 deaths, 77 injuries, 82.6 miles long
- Ripley, Tennessee tornado13 February 1950, F2, 9 deaths, 1 injury, 0.2 miles long
- Holdenville, Oklahoma tornado28 April 1950, F4, 5 deaths, 32 injuries, 4.5 miles long
- Clyde, Texas tornado28 April 1950, F4, 5 deaths, 5 injuries, 1.3 miles long
- Zwolle, Louisiana tornado12 February 1950, F3, 5 deaths, 25 injuries, 74.5 miles long
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