Tornado, Liberty
- When
- May 10, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Liberty County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 30.070, -94.800
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 10, 1976
6 hail, 2 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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
6 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Orange
- When
- May 10, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Orange County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.100, -93.730
Hail, Orange
- When
- May 10, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Orange County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.070, -93.700
Tornado, Galveston
- When
- May 10, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Galveston County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 29.400, -95.200
Hail, Wise
- When
- May 10, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Wise County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.120, -97.670
Hail, Parker
- When
- May 10, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Parker County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.970, -97.680
Hail, Wise
- When
- May 10, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Wise County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.070, -97.720
Hail, Tarrant
- When
- May 10, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Measured
- 3.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.680, -97.450
Hail, Johnson
- When
- May 10, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.350, -97.400
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.
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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: 10130665, 10130666, 10130667, 10130668, 10130669, 10130670, 10130671, 10130672, 10130673.