Hail, Lamb
- When
- May 8, 9:15 AM CST
- Where
- Lamb County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.880, -102.280
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 8, 1971
19 hail, 5 tornado, 2 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
- $53,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 26
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
19 hail, 5 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Hockley
- When
- May 8, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hockley County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.580, -102.400
Hail, Lubbock
- When
- May 8, 10:37 AM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.700, -101.780
Hail, Deaf Smith
- When
- May 8, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Deaf Smith County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.780, -102.500
Hail, Castro
- When
- May 8, 12:35 PM CST
- Where
- Castro County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -102.280
Hail, Fisher
- When
- May 8, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Fisher County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -100.400
Hail, Jones
- When
- May 8, 1:59 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -99.680
Hail, Eastland
- When
- May 8, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Eastland County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -99.000
Tornado, Dawson
- When
- May 8, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Dawson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.600, -102.120
Tornado, Lubbock
- When
- May 8, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.400, -101.770
Hail, Erath
- When
- May 8, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Erath County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.200, -98.180
Hail, Cottle
- When
- May 8, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Cottle County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -100.280
Hail, Runnels
- When
- May 8, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Runnels County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.000, -99.900
Hail, Reagan
- When
- May 8, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Reagan County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.200, -101.500
Hail, Brown
- When
- May 8, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.600, -99.000
Hail, Runnels
- When
- May 8, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Runnels County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.900, -99.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Mitchell
- When
- May 8, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -101.000
Tornado, Coleman
- When
- May 8, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Coleman County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 31.830, -99.420
Tornado, Coleman
- When
- May 8, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Coleman County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.830, -99.550
Tornado, Coleman
- When
- May 8, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Coleman County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.980, -99.620
Hail, Brown
- When
- May 8, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Measured
- 4 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.700, -99.080
Hail, Coleman
- When
- May 8, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Coleman County
- Measured
- 4.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.780, -99.400
Hail, Mills
- When
- May 8, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Mills County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.500, -98.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Mills
- When
- May 8, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Mills County
- Coordinates
- 31.500, -98.580
Hail, Bell
- When
- May 8, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Bell County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.100, -97.500
Hail, McCulloch
- When
- May 8, 10:20 PM CST
- Where
- McCulloch County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.280, -99.400
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
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: 10136182, 10136183, 10136184, 10136185, 10136186, 10136187, 10136188, 10136189, 10136190, 10136191, 10136192, 10136193, 10134835, 10134836, 10134837, 10134838, 10134839, 10134840, 10134841, 10134842, 10134843, 10134844, 10134845, 10134846, 10134847, 10134848.