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Hurricane Beulah produced numerous tornadoes in Texas around the time of its landfall in September 1967.

Hurricane Beulah made landfall south of the Mexico–United States border on September 20 and subsequently entered Texas east of Brownsville.

Tornadoes
At the time, Beulah produced more tornadoes than any other tropical cyclone on record, with estimates for the number of tornadoes spawned ranging from 47 to 141. Prior to Beulah, the 26 tornadoes spawned by Hurricane Carla in 1961 were the most documented in any tropical cyclone; Beulah's record would remain until 2004, when Hurricane Ivan produced 120 tornadoes. An analysis of the tornado outbreak conducted by Robert Orton – the Environmental Science Services Administration (ESSA) state climatologist for Texas – enumerated 115 tornadoes and 1 waterspout occurring between September 19–23, with 5 tornadoes on September 19, 67 on September 20, 21 on September 21, 21 on September 22, and 1 on September 23. The ESSA "best estimate" of 115 tornadoes was based on an investigation of newspaper clippings, interviews, and storm reports received by the agency. The tornadoes primarily occurred along the Texas Gulf Coast and over south-central Texas, with the affected area reaching spanning up the coast to Houston and inland to Austin. Tornadoes were also reported as far north as Johnson County and as far west as the Big Bend area. Additional unreported tornadoes may have occurred over northern Mexico. There were two peaks in tornadic activity; the first occurred on September 20 between 7 a.m.–2 p.m. CDT as the center of Beulah drifted north just inland of the Texas coast. The time of day, shape of the Texas coast, and Beulah's slow movement near the coast may have contributed to the first outbreak of tornadoes. The second peak in tornado activity occurred on September 22 while the center of Beulah was over 150 mi inland. Many of the tornadoes associated with the second peak in activity were touched down in the Texas Coastal Bend between Falfurrias and Refugio.

The atypical southward curvature of Beulah after landfall led to an unusual distribution of tornadoes with respect to the hurricane's forward motion and center, with an anomalously high amount of tornadoes developing behind the center of Beulah. Out of 91 tornadoes cataloged with known times of occurrence, 47 occurred in either the left-rear or right-rear quadrants of the tropical cyclone. Independent of the storm's motion, a majority of tornadoes occurred northeast of Beulah's center. Two tornadoes occurred within areas subjected to hurricane-force winds associated with Beulah, including one near Kingsville and one near Rockport.

The ESSA attributed 5 deaths and 34 injuries to tornadoes spawned by Hurricane Beulah, as well as $1.94 million in property damage; the tornadoes were responsible for a majority of injuries caused by Hurricane Beulah and two percent of Beulah's overall damage toll. Most of the tornadoes were small and occurred in rural areas, causing minor damage, and few caused any damage. The ESSA's Storm Data publication documented two tornadoes causing fatalities, with one in Palacios causing four deaths and another in Louise causing one death; both tornadoes occurred on September 20.