Hail, Wichita
- When
- May 12, 12:50 PM CST
- Where
- Wichita County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.970, -98.920
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 12, 1976
10 hail, 6 tornado, 2 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
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 18
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
10 hail, 6 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Wichita
- When
- May 12, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wichita County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.900, -98.500
Tornado, Liberty
- When
- May 12, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Liberty County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 30.070, -94.800
Hail, Archer
- When
- May 12, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Archer County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.650, -98.470
Hail, Eastland
- When
- May 12, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Eastland County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.400, -98.820
Hail, Jack
- When
- May 12, 3:43 PM CST
- Where
- Jack County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.420, -98.150
Hail, Palo Pinto
- When
- May 12, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Palo Pinto County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.930, -98.250
Hail, Eastland
- When
- May 12, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Eastland County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.470, -98.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Wise
- When
- May 12, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wise County
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.170, -97.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Palo Pinto
- When
- May 12, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Palo Pinto County
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -98.100
Tornado, Parker
- When
- May 12, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Parker County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -98.020
Tornado, Parker
- When
- May 12, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Parker County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -97.830
Tornado, Parker
- When
- May 12, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Parker County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.720, -97.850
Hail, Cass
- When
- May 12, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.180, -94.570
Tornado, Upshur
- When
- May 12, 7:12 PM CST
- Where
- Upshur County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.800, -94.930
Tornado, Travis
- When
- May 12, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Travis County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 30.370, -97.770
Hail, Travis
- When
- May 12, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Travis County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.370, -97.770
Hail, Lavaca
- When
- May 12, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lavaca County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.320, -97.130
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.
- 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
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: 10130677, 10130678, 10130679, 10130680, 10130681, 10130682, 10130683, 10130684, 10130685, 10130686, 10130687, 10130688, 10130689, 10130690, 10130691, 10130692, 10130693, 10130694.