Hail, Ector
- When
- May 15, 12:33 PM CST
- Where
- Ector County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.900, -102.400
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 15, 1965
8 hail, 7 tornado, 5 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $500,000
- 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
8 hail, 7 tornado, 5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Howard
- When
- May 15, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Coordinates
- 32.200, -101.500
Tornado, Nolan
- When
- May 15, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Nolan County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.330, -100.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Taylor
- When
- May 15, 3:52 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -99.680
Tornado, Nolan
- When
- May 15, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Nolan County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.250, -100.430
Tornado, Jones
- When
- May 15, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 9.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.450, -99.730
Tornado, San Patricio
- When
- May 15, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- San Patricio County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 27.830, -97.230
Hail, Cooke
- When
- May 15, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Cooke County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.700, -97.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Runnels
- When
- May 15, 6:17 PM CST
- Where
- Runnels County
- Coordinates
- 31.600, -100.180
Hail, Palo Pinto
- When
- May 15, 6:37 PM CST
- Where
- Palo Pinto County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -98.080
Hail, Coleman
- When
- May 15, 6:56 PM CST
- Where
- Coleman County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.780, -99.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Cooke
- When
- May 15, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cooke County
- Coordinates
- 33.580, -97.180
Hail, Midland
- When
- May 15, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Midland County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.900, -102.180
Hail, Coleman
- When
- May 15, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Coleman County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.600, -99.400
Hail, Winkler
- When
- May 15, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Winkler County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.700, -103.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Winkler
- When
- May 15, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Winkler County
- Coordinates
- 31.700, -103.300
Tornado, Coleman
- When
- May 15, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Coleman County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.770, -99.350
Tornado, Coleman
- When
- May 15, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Coleman County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.770, -99.350
Hail, Winkler
- When
- May 15, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Winkler County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.780, -103.180
Tornado, Midland
- When
- May 15, 11:40 PM CST
- Where
- Midland County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.970, -102.100
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, May 15, 1965
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 15, 1965
- Tornadoes in Oklahoma, May 15, 1965
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 15, 1965
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 15, 1965
- Tornadoes in Nebraska, May 15, 1965
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 15, 1965
- Hail in Arkansas, May 15, 1965
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: 10122806, 10122807, 10122808, 10122809, 10122810, 10122811, 10122812, 10122813, 10122814, 10122815, 10122816, 10122817, 10122818, 10122819, 10122820, 10122821, 10122822, 10122823, 10122824, 10122825.