Radar image showing Hurricane Carla approaching landfall in Port O'Connor, Texas as seen from WSR-57 in Galveston, Texas.
Type
Tornado outbreak
Duration
September 10–13, 1961
Tornadoes confirmed
21
Max. rating1
F4 tornado
Duration of tornado outbreak2
3 days, 2 hours, 10 minutes
Fatalities
14 fatalities, 337 injuries
Damage
≥$3.461 million[1]
Areas affected
Southern United States, Midwest
Part of the tornado outbreaks of 1961
1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale 2Time from first tornado to last tornado
Hurricane Carla triggered a destructive and deadly outbreak of 21 tornadoes in Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, and Michigan that occurred from September 10–13, 1961. A total of 11 tornadoes touched down in Louisiana, and eight more in Texas. The strongest tornado of the outbreak was a 1 mile (1.6 km) long, 100 yards (91 m) wide F4 tornado that moved across Galveston Island in the early morning hours of Tuesday, September 12, 1961, killing eight people. This was the first of only two known violent tornadoes ever spawned by a hurricane with the other one happening during Hurricane Hilda in 1964. By the time it was over, the outbreak had killed 14 people, injured 337 others, and caused over $3.461 million in damage.
^"Tornado Summaries". National Weather Service. National Centers for Environmental Information. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
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