Tornado, Bell
- When
- May 20, 7:35 AM CST
- Where
- Bell County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.120, -97.350
Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 20, 1975
5 hail, 1 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
- None recorded
- 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
5 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Tom Green
- When
- May 20, 8:55 AM CST
- Where
- Tom Green County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.580, -100.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Palo Pinto
- When
- May 20, 10:28 AM CST
- Where
- Palo Pinto County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -98.070
Hail, Eastland
- When
- May 20, 10:45 AM CST
- Where
- Eastland County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.400, -98.820
Hail, Red River
- When
- May 20, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Red River County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.750, -95.080
Hail, Limestone
- When
- May 20, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Limestone County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.530, -96.520
Hail, Harrison
- When
- May 20, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.530, -94.370
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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 20, 1975
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, May 20, 1975
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, May 20, 1975
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 20, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 20, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 20, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Maine, May 20, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 20, 1975
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 20, 1975
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: 10131968, 10131969, 10131970, 10131971, 10131972, 10131973, 10131974.