1902 Goliad, Texas tornado

The 1902 Goliad, Texas tornado was a F4 tornado that struck the town of Goliad, Texas on May 18, 1902. The tornado touched down on the south side of the San Antonio River at 3:35 p.m.

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It travelled northeast and struck Goliad. A total of 114 people died, 250 were injured, and $125,000 damage occurred. Inflation put it at $3,424,800 damage. Within a few hours, 85 people were reported dead and 29 more over the next several days. Across the city, 150 homes, 100 businesses, a Baptist church and parsonage, a black Methodist church, a white Methodist church, and the second story of the county courthouse were destroyed. At least 50 people were in the black church. None survived. The first floor of the county courthouse was changed into a medical center. After the tornado, all the bodies were buried in a trench due to lack of time and money. It tied with the Waco tornado of May 11, 1953 as the deadliest in Texas history and eleventh overall in the United States.

25 deadliest US tornadoes
Rank	Name (location)	Date	Deaths
1	"Tri-State" (Missouri, Illinois and Indiana)	March 18, 1925	695
2	Natchez, Mississippi	May 6, 1840	317
3	St. Louis, Missouri and East St. Louis, Illinois	May 27, 1896	255
4	Tupelo, Mississippi	April 5, 1936	216
5	Gainesville, Georgia	April 6, 1936	203
6	Woodward, Oklahoma	April 9, 1947	181
7	Joplin, Missouri	May 22, 2011	162
8	Amite, Louisiana and Purvis, Mississippi	April 24, 1908	143
9	New Richmond, Wisconsin	June 12, 1899	117
10	Flint, Michigan	June 8, 1953	116
11 - - -	Waco, Texas Goliad, Texas	May 11, 1953 May 18, 1902	114 114
13	Omaha, Nebraska	March 23, 1913	103
14	Mattoon, Illinois	May 26, 1917	101
15	Shinnston, West Virginia	June 23, 1944	100
16	Marshfield, Missouri	April 18, 1880	99
17 - - -	Gainesville and Holland, Georgia Poplar Bluff, Missouri	June 1, 1903 May 9, 1927	98 98
19	Snyder, Oklahoma	May 10, 1905	97
20	Worcester, Massachusetts	June 9, 1953	94
21	Camanche, Iowa	June 3, 1860	92
22	Natchez, Mississippi	April 24, 1908	91
23	Starkville, Mississippi and Waco, Alabama	April 20, 1920	88
24	Lorain and Sandusky, Ohio	June 28, 1924	85
25	Udall, Kansas	May 25, 1955	80
Sources: Storm Prediction Center: The 25 Deadliest U.S. Tornadoes, SPC Annual U.S. Killer Tornado Statistics, Tornado Project