Tornado, Rockwall
- When
- May 10, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Rockwall County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.930, -99.970
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 10, 1972
10 hail, 6 tornado, 4 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
- $278,000
- 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
10 hail, 6 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Tom Green
- When
- May 10, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Tom Green County
- Coordinates
- 31.400, -100.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Runnels
- When
- May 10, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Runnels County
- Coordinates
- 32.080, -99.900
Tornado, Victoria
- When
- May 10, 5:05 AM CST
- Where
- Victoria County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 28.800, -97.000
Hail, Webb
- When
- May 10, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Webb County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 27.600, -99.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Webb
- When
- May 10, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Webb County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 27.500, -99.500
Hail, Webb
- When
- May 10, 10:15 AM CST
- Where
- Webb County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 27.500, -99.500
Tornado, Hartley
- When
- May 10, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Hartley County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.930, -102.750
Tornado, Hartley
- When
- May 10, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Hartley County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.070, -102.550
Hail,
- When
- May 10, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 26.500, -97.400
Hail, Hartley
- When
- May 10, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hartley County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -102.680
Hail, Hidalgo
- When
- May 10, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hidalgo County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 26.380, -98.000
Hail, Hartley
- When
- May 10, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Hartley County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -102.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Hartley
- When
- May 10, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Hartley County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -102.580
Hail, Hidalgo
- When
- May 10, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hidalgo County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 26.280, -98.180
Hail, Hidalgo
- When
- May 10, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hidalgo County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 26.200, -98.000
Hail, Potter
- When
- May 10, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -101.680
Tornado, Dallam
- When
- May 10, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Dallam County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.230, -102.230
Tornado, Dallam
- When
- May 10, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Dallam County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.250, -102.230
Hail, Hale
- When
- May 10, 9:57 PM CST
- Where
- Hale County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.080, -101.780
What these are
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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: 10136317, 10136318, 10136319, 10136320, 10136321, 10136322, 10136323, 10136324, 10136325, 10136326, 10136327, 10136328, 10136329, 10136330, 10136331, 10136332, 10136333, 10136334, 10136335, 10136336.