Hail, Terry
- When
- May 22, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Terry County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.170, -102.250
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 22, 1973
12 hail, 3 tornado, 3 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
- 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
12 hail, 3 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Yoakum
- When
- May 22, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Yoakum County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.180, -102.920
Hail, Lubbock
- When
- May 22, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.600, -102.030
Hail, Midland
- When
- May 22, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Midland County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.930, -102.200
Tornado, Randall
- When
- May 22, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.100, -101.750
Hail, Gaines
- When
- May 22, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Gaines County
- Measured
- 5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.900, -102.620
Hail, Lynn
- When
- May 22, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lynn County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.970, -101.820
Hail, Hale
- When
- May 22, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hale County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -102.000
Hail, Lynn
- When
- May 22, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lynn County
- Measured
- 4 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.170, -101.800
Tornado, Hale
- When
- May 22, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hale County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.180, -102.000
Hail, Swisher
- When
- May 22, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Swisher County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.530, -101.570
Hail, Hale
- When
- May 22, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hale County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.180, -101.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Hale
- When
- May 22, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hale County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.180, -101.700
Hail, Scurry
- When
- May 22, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Scurry County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.720, -100.920
Hail, Nolan
- When
- May 22, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Nolan County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -100.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Wichita
- When
- May 22, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wichita County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.970, -98.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Coke
- When
- May 22, 10:50 PM CST
- Where
- Coke County
- Coordinates
- 32.100, -100.300
Tornado, Runnels
- When
- May 22, 10:55 PM CST
- Where
- Runnels County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 31.820, -100.020
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: 10135315, 10135316, 10135317, 10135318, 10135319, 10135320, 10135321, 10135322, 10135323, 10135324, 10135325, 10135326, 10135327, 10135328, 10135329, 10135330, 10135331, 10135332.