The tornado outbreak of September 20, 1967

69 tornadoesTexas, Kansas and Nebraska

69 tornadoes touched down across 3 states between 4:00 AM and 12:00 AM the next day CDT, 8 of them rated F3 or stronger, and 5 people were killed. The 29th-most tornadoes of any day since 1950.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · September 20, 1967

How the day unfolded

Every tornado recorded that day, at its logged touchdown time and along its path, with the counties it crossed.

About this replay

Central time—Historical replay — logged touchdown times

Tornadoes—of 69 that day

Strongest so far—

Killed—in tornadoes so far

The day’s milestones

Tornado pathsWider and brighter with the rating; F3 and stronger glow

On the groundEach grows from its logged touchdown time

Counties crossedLit as a tornado reaches them, brighter for F3 or stronger

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database (touchdown times, ratings, start and end points) and Storm Events Database (segment paths and times for the notable tornadoes that have record pages). SPC logs the touchdown time only; other paths are drawn at a typical forward speed of 35 mph. Times are Central Daylight Time.

The day in numbers

Tornadoes: 69; 29th of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
F3 or stronger: 8; None rated F4 or F5
Killed: 5; Along all the paths
Injured: 35; Along all the paths
Path miles: 103; All the paths end to end
First and last: 4:00 AM to 12:00 AM the next day; Touchdowns, Central Daylight Time

Hour by hour

Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Daylight Time.

Every tornado

In order of touchdown.

Tornadoes of September 20, 1967

4:00 AM	F1	Victoria County TX	0.1	10	0	1
4:10 AM	F2	Calhoun County TX	15.4	10	0	1
5:00 AM	F0	Goliad County TX	0.1	10	0	0
5:00 AM	F0	Goliad County TX	0.1	10	0	0
5:00 AM	F0	Goliad County TX	0.1	10	0	0
5:00 AM	F0	Goliad County TX	0.1	10	0	0
5:00 AM	F0	Goliad County TX	0.1	10	0	0
5:00 AM	F0	Goliad County TX	0.1	10	0	0
5:20 AM	F1	Calhoun County TX	0.1	10	0	1
6:00 AM	F1	Colorado County TX	0.1	10	0	0
6:00 AM	F3	Matagorda County TX	1.0	100	4	7
6:28 AM	F0	Bexar County TX	0.1	10	0	0
6:30 AM	F1	Jackson County TX	0.1	10	0	0
6:30 AM	F1	Jackson County TX	0.1	10	0	0
8:00 AM	F0	Kleberg County TX	0.1	10	0	0
8:00 AM	F1	Fort Bend County TX	0.1	10	0	0
9:00 AM	F1	Matagorda County TX	1.0	33	0	0
9:00 AM	F0	Matagorda County TX	0.1	10	0	0
9:00 AM	F1	Wharton County TX	0.1	10	0	0
9:00 AM	F0	Kleberg County TX	0.1	10	0	0
9:00 AM	F0	Jackson County TX	0.1	10	0	0
9:00 AM	F0	Victoria County TX	0.1	10	0	0
9:00 AM	F0	Victoria County TX	0.1	10	0	0
9:00 AM	F0	Victoria County TX	0.1	10	0	0
9:00 AM	F1	Wharton County TX	0.1	10	0	2
9:00 AM	F1	Jackson County TX	0.1	10	0	0
9:00 AM	F3	Jackson County TX	0.1	10	0	3
9:20 AM	F2	Brazoria County TX	13.8	10	0	0
9:50 AM	F0	Matagorda County TX	0.1	10	0	0
10:00 AM	F1	Jackson County TX	0.1	10	0	1
10:15 AM	F1	Lavaca County TX	0.1	10	0	3
10:20 AM	F1	Wharton County TX	0.1	10	1	1
10:30 AM	F1	Jackson County TX	0.1	10	0	0
10:30 AM	F1	Jackson County TX	0.1	10	0	0
10:30 AM	F1	Jackson County TX	0.1	10	0	0
11:00 AM	F1	Travis County TX	0.5	33	0	1
11:00 AM	F0	Travis County TX	0.1	33	0	0
11:00 AM	F0	Travis County TX	0.1	33	0	0
11:00 AM	F0	Travis County TX	0.1	33	0	0
11:00 AM	F1	Travis County TX	1.0	33	0	0
11:15 AM	F1	Bee County TX	0.1	10	0	0
11:15 AM	F0	DeWitt County TX	0.1	10	0	0
11:20 AM	F1	Jackson County TX	0.1	10	0	1
11:35 AM	F1	Karnes County TX	0.1	10	0	0
11:45 AM	F1	Hays County TX	0.1	10	0	0
11:45 AM	F0	Hays County TX	0.1	10	0	0
12:00 PM	F1	Gonzales County TX	0.1	10	0	0
12:00 PM	F1	Gonzales County TX	7.7	10	0	0
12:07 PM	F3	Lavaca County TX	4.3	333	0	4
1:25 PM	F0	Mason County TX	0.1	10	0	0
1:30 PM	F1	Gonzales County TX	0.1	10	0	1
2:15 PM	F1	Guadalupe County TX	0.1	10	0	0
2:30 PM	F0	Galveston County TX	0.1	10	0	0
3:00 PM	F3	Comal County TX	5.0	67	0	0
3:11 PM	F0	Wilson County TX	0.1	10	0	0
4:00 PM	F3	Lavaca County TX	2.0	167	0	3
4:30 PM	F0	DeWitt County TX	0.1	10	0	0
5:40 PM	F1	Victoria County TX	0.1	10	0	0
5:55 PM	F1	Republic County KS	3.0	10	0	0
6:00 PM	F1	Guadalupe County TX	0.1	10	0	0
6:10 PM	F0	Thayer County NE	0.1	10	0	0
6:15 PM	F1	Burnet County TX	0.1	10	0	0
6:30 PM	F1	Burnet County TX	1.0	100	0	1
8:05 PM	F0	Fayette County TX	0.1	10	0	0
10:00 PM	F1	Medina County TX	1.0	300	0	0
10:05 PM	F3	Aransas County TX	1.5	100	0	3
11:00 PM	F1	Wharton County TX	0.1	10	0	1
12:00 AM	F3	Austin County TX	19.9	10	0	0
12:00 AM	F3	Austin County TX	19.9	10	0	0

By state

Tornadoes by state, September 20, 1967

Texas	67	8	5
Kansas	1	0	0
Nebraska	1	0	0

Tornadoes in 1967 · On this date in other years · The biggest outbreak days

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025. A day is SPC’s calendar date in Central Standard Time; an outbreak day here has 40 or more tornadoes, or 6 or more rated F3/EF3 or stronger.