1902 Goliad, Texas, tornado

On the 18th at 12:15pm, the Galveston weather office issued a special warning of "Squalls, with brisk and occasionally high winds are indicated for the west gulf this afternoon and to-night."

[4] The tornado is believed to have first touched down near Berclair, about 15 miles southwest of Goliad, and moved toward the northeast.

[8] The tornado was a couple of blocks wide when it moved up the west side of town destroying more homes, businesses and churches.

Dr. Louis Warren Chilton, a young doctor whose wife was injured and whose daughter was lifted into the tornado funnel but survived, set up a temporary hospital and morgue in the first floor of the county courthouse.

At the time, it was the fourth deadliest tornado in the United States and the worst in Texas history.

The Waco tornado of May 11, 1953 tied as the deadliest in Texas history and is now eleventh overall in the United States.