Texas, 1968Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 22, 1968
April 22, 1968 · 12 events in 9 counties and zones
7 hail, 4 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $28,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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
7 hail, 4 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Stonewall
- When
- April 22, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Stonewall County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.080, -100.280
Tornado, Denton
- When
- April 22, 6:40 AM CST
- Where
- Denton County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 33.170, -97.300
Tornado, Collin
- When
- April 22, 7:50 AM CST
- Where
- Collin County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.280, -96.730
Hail, Fort Bend
- When
- April 22, 8:30 AM CST
- Where
- Fort Bend County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.580, -95.500
Hail, Harris
- When
- April 22, 9:25 AM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.880, -95.400
Hail, Tarrant
- When
- April 22, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -97.280
Tornado, Tarrant
- When
- April 22, 11:08 AM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.670, -97.420
Hail, Tarrant
- When
- April 22, 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.880, -97.080
Hail, Rockwall
- When
- April 22, 12:26 PM CST
- Where
- Rockwall County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.880, -96.500
Hail, Collin
- When
- April 22, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Collin County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.080, -96.400
Hail, Titus
- When
- April 22, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Titus County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.200, -95.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Childress
- When
- April 22, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Childress County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.380, -100.280
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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: 10133588, 10133589, 10133590, 10133591, 10133592, 10133593, 10133594, 10133595, 10133596, 10133597, 10133598, 10133599.