Texas, 1960

Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 27, 1960

April 27, 1960 · 5 events in 4 counties and zones

4 hail, 1 tornado, 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
5

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

4 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Tarrant

When
April 27, 11:45 AM CST
Where
Tarrant County
Measured
2.75 in hail
Coordinates
32.880, -97.400

Hail, Hill

When
April 27, 3:30 PM CST
Where
Hill County
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
31.780, -97.180

Tornado, McLennan

When
April 27, 4:00 PM CST
Where
McLennan County
Rating
F1
Path length
0.2 mi
Path width
17 yd
Coordinates
31.720, -97.130

Hail, McLennan

When
April 27, 4:35 PM CST
Where
McLennan County
Measured
1.5 in hail
Coordinates
31.600, -97.180

Hail, San Jacinto

When
April 27, 9:30 PM CST
Where
San Jacinto County
Measured
3 in hail
Coordinates
30.500, -95.000

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

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: 10122182, 10122183, 10122184, 10122185, 10122186.