Hail, Fisher
- When
- April 22, 9:20 AM CST
- Where
- Fisher County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -100.370
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 22, 1973
8 hail, 4 tornado, 1 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
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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
8 hail, 4 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Jones
- When
- April 22, 10:28 AM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.600, -99.800
Hail, Tarrant
- When
- April 22, 11:35 AM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.820, -97.350
Hail, Wichita
- When
- April 22, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wichita County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.970, -98.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Wichita
- When
- April 22, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wichita County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.970, -98.620
Tornado, Callahan
- When
- April 22, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Callahan County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -99.320
Tornado, Runnels
- When
- April 22, 1:34 PM CST
- Where
- Runnels County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 31.680, -99.980
Tornado, Runnels
- When
- April 22, 1:34 PM CST
- Where
- Runnels County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 31.680, -99.980
Tornado, Runnels
- When
- April 22, 1:34 PM CST
- Where
- Runnels County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 31.680, -99.980
Hail, Collin
- When
- April 22, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Collin County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.200, -96.620
Hail, Runnels
- When
- April 22, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Runnels County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.700, -99.980
Hail, McLennan
- When
- April 22, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- McLennan County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.630, -97.220
Hail, Morris
- When
- April 22, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Morris County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.000, -94.720
What these are
- 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.
- 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: 10133911, 10133912, 10133913, 10133914, 10133915, 10133916, 10133917, 10134131, 10134132, 10134133, 10134134, 10134135, 10134136.