Tornado, Nueces
- When
- April 26, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Nueces County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 27.780, -97.420
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 26, 1960
12 hail, 3 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
12 hail, 3 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Harrison
- When
- April 26, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -94.280
Hail, Hidalgo
- When
- April 26, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Hidalgo County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 26.280, -98.280
Hail, Crane
- When
- April 26, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Crane County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.280, -102.680
Hail, Panola
- When
- April 26, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Panola County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.200, -94.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Panola
- When
- April 26, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Panola County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.200, -94.080
Hail, Schleicher
- When
- April 26, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Schleicher County
- Measured
- 5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.000, -100.500
Hail, Howard
- When
- April 26, 4:48 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -101.400
Hail, Llano
- When
- April 26, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Llano County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.780, -98.680
Hail, Winkler
- When
- April 26, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Winkler County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.900, -103.080
Hail, Mason
- When
- April 26, 5:04 PM CST
- Where
- Mason County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.700, -99.180
Hail, Upton
- When
- April 26, 5:47 PM CST
- Where
- Upton County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.100, -102.180
Tornado, Upton
- When
- April 26, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Upton County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 10.9 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 31.130, -102.220
Hail, Tom Green
- When
- April 26, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Tom Green County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.400, -100.500
Hail, Burnet
- When
- April 26, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Burnet County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.780, -98.000
Tornado, Concho
- When
- April 26, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Concho County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.3 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 31.380, -99.850
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10122166, 10122167, 10122168, 10122169, 10122170, 10122171, 10122172, 10122173, 10122174, 10122175, 10122176, 10122177, 10122178, 10122179, 10122180, 10122181.