The Goliad Tornado was a tornado that struck the town of Goliad, Texas on May 18, 1902. The twister touched down on the south side of the San Antonio River at 3:35 p.m. Union City, Oklahoma tornado (1973) A tornado is a violently rotating column of air which is in contact with both a cumulonimbus (or, in rare cases, cumulus) cloud base and the surface of the earth. ... Goliad is a city located in Goliad County, Texas, United States. ... May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

The tornado claimed 114 lives, injured 230 people, and caused $50,000 damage (in 1902 dollars). Of those 114 deaths, at least 50 were members of an African-American Methodist church, who died when their sanctuary was razed. After the disaster, the Goliad County courthouse served as a temporary hospital and morgue. [1]

It is tied with the Waco Tornado of May 11, 1953 as the deadliest in Texas history and tenth overall in the United States. The Waco Tornado was the tornado that hit in Waco, Texas on May 11, 1953. ... May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (132nd in leap years). ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ...

See Also

List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks // Tornado Events These are some notable tornadoes, tornado outbreaks, and tornado outbreak sequences that have occurred around the globe. ...