Hail, Ward
- When
- May 24, 12:50 AM CST
- Where
- Ward County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.580, -102.900
Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 24, 1975
3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 6
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
3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Ector
- When
- May 24, 2:15 AM CST
- Where
- Ector County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.850, -102.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Lubbock
- When
- May 24, 3:45 AM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County
- Coordinates
- 33.430, -101.650
Hail, Uvalde
- When
- May 24, 8:15 AM CST
- Where
- Uvalde County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.220, -99.800
Tornado, Nueces
- When
- May 24, 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Nueces County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 29.580, -97.800
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- May 24, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Measured
- 80 kt (92 mph)
- Coordinates
- 26.550, -97.430
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
Every storm in Texas in 1975Every state in 1975This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 1975
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: 10135506, 10135507, 10135508, 10135509, 10135510, 10135511.