Tornado, Parker
- When
- April 19, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Parker County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 32.680, -97.580
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 19, 1976
12 tornado, 6 hail, 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
- 13
- Property damage
- $2.8 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 21
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 tornado, 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Palo Pinto
- When
- April 19, 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- Palo Pinto County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -98.070
Tornado, Tarrant
- When
- April 19, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 32.850, -97.530
Tornado, Moore
- When
- April 19, 2:55 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.680, -102.000
Hail, Moore
- When
- April 19, 3:42 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.820, -101.650
Tornado, Cooke
- When
- April 19, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Cooke County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 33.650, -97.150
Tornado, Montague
- When
- April 19, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Montague County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 10.4 mi
- Path width
- 373 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.750, -97.580
Tornado, Brown
- When
- April 19, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Rating
- F5
- Path length
- 10.5 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Injuries
- 11 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 31.720, -99.070
Tornado, Comanche
- When
- April 19, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 2.2 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.070, -98.880
Tornado, Erath
- When
- April 19, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Erath County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 11.1 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 32.000, -98.420
Hail, Wichita
- When
- April 19, 7:33 PM CST
- Where
- Wichita County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.100, -98.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Runnels
- When
- April 19, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Runnels County
- Coordinates
- 31.750, -99.950
Tornado, Hood
- When
- April 19, 8:28 PM CST
- Where
- Hood County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.450, -97.820
Hail, Wichita
- When
- April 19, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wichita County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.100, -98.570
Hail, Wichita
- When
- April 19, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Wichita County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.030, -98.830
Tornado, Hood
- When
- April 19, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Hood County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.520, -97.780
Hail, Coleman
- When
- April 19, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Coleman County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.930, -99.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Tarrant
- When
- April 19, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.580, -97.320
Tornado, Tarrant
- When
- April 19, 10:55 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.620, -97.280
Tornado, Wise
- When
- April 19, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wise County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.220, -97.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Tarrant
- When
- April 19, 11:53 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Measured
- 100 kt (115 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.730, -97.370
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
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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: 10129296, 10129510, 10129511, 10129512, 10129513, 10129514, 10129515, 10129516, 10129517, 10129518, 10129519, 10129520, 10129521, 10129522, 10129523, 10129524, 10129525, 10129526, 10129527, 10129528, 10129529.