Hail, Jim Wells
- When
- May 12, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jim Wells County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.000, -98.000
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 12, 1969
13 hail, 7 tornado, 3 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $78,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 23
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
13 hail, 7 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Nueces
- When
- May 12, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Nueces County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.9 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 27.780, -97.830
Hail, Bee
- When
- May 12, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bee County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.200, -97.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Bee
- When
- May 12, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bee County
- Coordinates
- 28.200, -97.580
Hail, Willacy
- When
- May 12, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Willacy County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 26.500, -97.780
Hail, Willacy
- When
- May 12, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Willacy County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 26.380, -97.680
Hail, Willacy
- When
- May 12, 4:49 PM CST
- Where
- Willacy County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 26.380, -97.780
Hail, Willacy
- When
- May 12, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Willacy County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 26.380, -97.780
Hail, Willacy
- When
- May 12, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Willacy County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 26.380, -97.780
Tornado, Roberts
- When
- May 12, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Roberts County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.920, -100.830
Hail, Cameron
- When
- May 12, 5:37 PM CST
- Where
- Cameron County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 26.280, -97.780
Hail, Starr
- When
- May 12, 5:42 PM CST
- Where
- Starr County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 26.600, -98.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Roberts
- When
- May 12, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Roberts County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.700, -100.580
Tornado, Cameron
- When
- May 12, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cameron County
- Rating
- F3
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 26.220, -97.680
Hail, Cameron
- When
- May 12, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cameron County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 26.200, -97.680
Tornado, Wheeler
- When
- May 12, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.420, -100.270
Hail, Roberts
- When
- May 12, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Roberts County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.780, -101.000
Hail, Cameron
- When
- May 12, 7:17 PM CST
- Where
- Cameron County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 26.000, -97.400
Hail,
- When
- May 12, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 25.880, -97.580
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- May 12, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Measured
- 68 kt (78 mph)
- Coordinates
- 25.880, -97.580
Tornado, Cameron
- When
- May 12, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cameron County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 25.880, -97.480
Tornado, Cameron
- When
- May 12, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cameron County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 26.100, -97.600
Tornado, Wheeler
- When
- May 12, 11:20 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -100.070
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
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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: 10134226, 10134227, 10134228, 10134229, 10134230, 10134231, 10134232, 10134233, 10134234, 10134235, 10134236, 10134237, 10134238, 10134239, 10134240, 10134241, 10134242, 10134243, 10134244, 10134245, 10134246, 10134247, 10134248.