Hail, Midland
- When
- April 23, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Midland County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.930, -102.200
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 23, 1973
9 hail, 5 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
- 3
- Property damage
- $255,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 18
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
9 hail, 5 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Sterling
- When
- April 23, 3:06 PM CST
- Where
- Sterling County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.850, -100.980
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- April 23, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Coordinates
- 29.370, -100.980
Tornado, Runnels
- When
- April 23, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Runnels County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 333 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.520, -100.170
Hail, Coleman
- When
- April 23, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Coleman County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.830, -99.430
Hail, Tom Green
- When
- April 23, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tom Green County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.520, -100.170
Hail, Crockett
- When
- April 23, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Crockett County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.720, -101.200
Hail, Reagan
- When
- April 23, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Reagan County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.200, -101.470
Tornado, Johnson
- When
- April 23, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 333 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 32.370, -97.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Erath
- When
- April 23, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Erath County
- Coordinates
- 32.080, -98.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Ellis
- When
- April 23, 5:49 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -97.000
Hail, Panola
- When
- April 23, 6:48 PM CST
- Where
- Panola County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.320, -94.520
Hail, Panola
- When
- April 23, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Panola County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.300, -94.200
Tornado, Cochran
- When
- April 23, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Cochran County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 33.680, -102.630
Tornado, Cochran
- When
- April 23, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Cochran County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 33.680, -102.630
Hail, Cochran
- When
- April 23, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Cochran County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.680, -102.630
Tornado, Wheeler
- When
- April 23, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.270, -100.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Childress
- When
- April 23, 10:22 PM CST
- Where
- Childress County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.430, -100.200
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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: 10134137, 10134138, 10134139, 10134140, 10134141, 10134142, 10134143, 10134144, 10134145, 10134146, 10134147, 10134148, 10134149, 10134150, 10134151, 10134152, 10134153, 10134154.