Thunderstorm Wind, Midland
- When
- April 14, 12:46 AM CST
- Where
- Midland County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 31.930, -102.200
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 14, 1977
8 hail, 5 tornado, 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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
8 hail, 5 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Reeves
- When
- April 14, 10:33 AM CST
- Where
- Reeves County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 30.980, -103.850
Tornado, Ward
- When
- April 14, 12:25 PM CST
- Where
- Ward County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.330, -102.880
Hail, Howard
- When
- April 14, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.220, -101.520
Hail, Hays
- When
- April 14, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Hays County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.130, -98.080
Tornado, Travis
- When
- April 14, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Travis County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 21.6 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 30.270, -98.000
Hail, Travis
- When
- April 14, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Travis County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.270, -97.980
Tornado, Williamson
- When
- April 14, 5:58 PM CST
- Where
- Williamson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 19.4 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 30.570, -97.900
Hail, Travis
- When
- April 14, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Travis County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.380, -97.880
Hail, Hays
- When
- April 14, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hays County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.900, -97.900
Tornado, Atascosa
- When
- April 14, 7:23 PM CST
- Where
- Atascosa County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 28.880, -98.680
Hail, Atascosa
- When
- April 14, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Atascosa County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.870, -98.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Kimble
- When
- April 14, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Kimble County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.500, -99.770
Hail, Williamson
- When
- April 14, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Williamson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.830, -97.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Williamson
- When
- April 14, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Williamson County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.830, -97.820
Hail, Kerr
- When
- April 14, 11:10 PM CST
- Where
- Kerr County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.920, -99.520
What these are
- 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.
- 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: 10128265, 10128266, 10128267, 10128268, 10128269, 10128270, 10128271, 10128272, 10128273, 10128274, 10128275, 10128276, 10128277, 10128278, 10128279, 10128280.