Hail, Milam
- When
- April 19, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Milam County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.500, -97.180
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 19, 1965
10 hail, 4 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 3
- Property damage
- $25,000
- 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
10 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, De Witt
- When
- April 19, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- De Witt County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.200, -97.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Victoria
- When
- April 19, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Victoria County
- Coordinates
- 28.700, -96.900
Tornado, Fort Bend
- When
- April 19, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Fort Bend County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 29.450, -96.000
Hail, Milam
- When
- April 19, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Milam County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.580, -97.000
Hail, De Witt
- When
- April 19, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- De Witt County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.200, -97.180
Hail,
- When
- April 19, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 26.380, -99.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Anderson
- When
- April 19, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Anderson County
- Coordinates
- 31.900, -95.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Webb
- When
- April 19, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Webb County
- Coordinates
- 27.380, -99.000
Hail, Victoria
- When
- April 19, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Victoria County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.880, -96.900
Hail, Hardin
- When
- April 19, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hardin County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.180, -94.080
Hail, Victoria
- When
- April 19, 5:33 PM CST
- Where
- Victoria County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.780, -96.900
Hail, Live Oak
- When
- April 19, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Live Oak County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.280, -98.080
Tornado, Hidalgo
- When
- April 19, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hidalgo County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 26.700, -98.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Harris
- When
- April 19, 7:44 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 29.580, -95.180
Hail, Milam
- When
- April 19, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Milam County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.900, -97.000
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Fort Bend | 1965-04-19 | Direct |
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 1965Every state in 1965This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 1965
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: 10119389, 10119390, 10119391, 10119392, 10119393, 10119394, 10119395, 10119396, 10119397, 10119398, 10119399, 10119400, 10119401, 10119402, 10119403, 10119404.