Texas, 1976

Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 26, 1976

March 26, 1976 · 8 events in 6 counties and zones

7 hail, 1 tornado, 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$250
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
8

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

7 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Dallas

When
March 26, 2:08 PM CST
Where
Dallas County
Measured
2 in hail
Coordinates
32.920, -96.630

Hail, Dallas

When
March 26, 2:20 PM CST
Where
Dallas County
Measured
2 in hail
Coordinates
32.850, -96.770

Tornado, Dallas

When
March 26, 2:30 PM CST
Where
Dallas County
Rating
F1
Path width
33 yd
Property damage
$250
Coordinates
32.530, -96.870

Hail, Navarro

When
March 26, 4:40 PM CST
Where
Navarro County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
31.870, -96.330

Hail, Smith

When
March 26, 5:15 PM CST
Where
Smith County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
32.350, -95.300

Hail, Rusk

When
March 26, 5:50 PM CST
Where
Rusk County
Measured
2 in hail
Coordinates
32.270, -94.970

Hail, Shelby

When
March 26, 6:40 PM CST
Where
Shelby County
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
31.900, -94.350

Hail, Panola

When
March 26, 7:15 PM CST
Where
Panola County
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
31.980, -94.180

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.

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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: 10132140, 10132141, 10132142, 10132143, 10132144, 10132145, 10132146, 10132147.