Hail, Crosby
- When
- April 13, 12:15 AM CST
- Where
- Crosby County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.670, -101.230
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 13, 1973
4 tornado, 3 hail, 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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
4 tornado, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Armstrong
- When
- April 13, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Armstrong County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 14.9 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -101.570
Tornado, Potter
- When
- April 13, 5:58 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.480, -102.120
Hail, Potter
- When
- April 13, 5:58 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.520, -102.050
Tornado, Armstrong
- When
- April 13, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Armstrong County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 18.8 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.300, -101.330
Tornado, Gray
- When
- April 13, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 56.4 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.550, -101.200
Hail, Carson
- When
- April 13, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Carson County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.400, -101.200
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.
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: 10133015, 10133016, 10133017, 10133018, 10133019, 10133020, 10133021.