Hail, Denton
- When
- May 27, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Denton County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.200, -97.080
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 27, 1963
11 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 20
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
11 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Dallas
- When
- May 27, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -96.780
Hail, Collin
- When
- May 27, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Collin County
- Measured
- 3.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.000, -96.680
Hail, Mason
- When
- May 27, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Mason County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.700, -99.180
Hail, Wise
- When
- May 27, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wise County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.200, -97.780
Hail, Collin
- When
- May 27, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Collin County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.280, -96.400
Hail, Gillespie
- When
- May 27, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gillespie County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.180, -98.680
Tornado, Howard
- When
- May 27, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.650, -95.670
Tornado, Dallas
- When
- May 27, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.800, -96.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Comanche
- When
- May 27, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County
- Coordinates
- 32.080, -98.500
Hail, Blanco
- When
- May 27, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Blanco County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.080, -98.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Blanco
- When
- May 27, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Blanco County
- Coordinates
- 30.080, -98.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Briscoe
- When
- May 27, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Briscoe County
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -101.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Collin
- When
- May 27, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Collin County
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.280, -96.400
Hail, Comal
- When
- May 27, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Comal County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.780, -98.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Comal
- When
- May 27, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Comal County
- Coordinates
- 29.780, -98.400
Hail, Blanco
- When
- May 27, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Blanco County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.280, -98.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Blanco
- When
- May 27, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Blanco County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.280, -98.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Wood
- When
- May 27, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Wood County
- Coordinates
- 32.880, -95.280
Hail, Bexar
- When
- May 27, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Bexar County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.580, -98.500
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.
- 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
- Tornadoes in Ohio, May 27, 1963
- Tornado in Alabama, May 27, 1963
- Tornado in Indiana, May 27, 1963
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 27, 1963
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 27, 1963
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 27, 1963
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 27, 1963
- Hail in Florida, May 27, 1963
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, May 27, 1963
- Hail in Mississippi, May 27, 1963
More
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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: 10119061, 10119062, 10119063, 10119064, 10119065, 10119066, 10119067, 10119068, 10119069, 10119070, 10119071, 10119072, 10119073, 10119074, 10119928, 10119929, 10119930, 10119931, 10119932, 10119933.