Hail, Frio
- When
- May 1, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Frio County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.780, -99.180
Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 1, 1964
10 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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
10 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Bell
- When
- May 1, 12:50 PM CST
- Where
- Bell County
- Coordinates
- 31.100, -97.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Bell
- When
- May 1, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Bell County
- Coordinates
- 31.100, -97.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Bell
- When
- May 1, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Bell County
- Coordinates
- 31.100, -97.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Williamson
- When
- May 1, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Williamson County
- Coordinates
- 30.580, -97.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- May 1, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Coordinates
- 30.380, -97.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Tarrant
- When
- May 1, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -97.400
Hail, Tarrant
- When
- May 1, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -97.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Falls
- When
- May 1, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Falls County
- Coordinates
- 31.100, -97.080
Tornado, Washington
- When
- May 1, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5.6 mi
- Path width
- 880 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.300, -96.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Wichita
- When
- May 1, 5:14 PM CST
- Where
- Wichita County
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.880, -98.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Tarrant
- When
- May 1, 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -97.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Henderson
- When
- May 1, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Henderson County
- Coordinates
- 32.200, -95.780
What these are
- 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.
- 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
More
Every storm in Texas in 1964Every state in 1964This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 1964
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: 10120526, 10120527, 10120528, 10120529, 10120530, 10120531, 10120532, 10120533, 10120534, 10120535, 10120536, 10120537, 10120538.