Hail, Johnson
- When
- April 24, 4:03 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.470, -97.380
Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 24, 1978
7 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
7 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Tarrant
- When
- April 24, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.570, -97.130
Hail, Coryell
- When
- April 24, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Coryell County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.130, -97.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Bell
- When
- April 24, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Bell County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 31.150, -97.400
Hail, Bell
- When
- April 24, 5:38 PM CST
- Where
- Bell County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.100, -97.350
Hail, Williamson
- When
- April 24, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Williamson County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.830, -98.000
Hail, Henderson
- When
- April 24, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Henderson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.200, -95.850
Tornado, Upshur
- When
- April 24, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Upshur County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 32.730, -94.930
Hail, Blanco
- When
- April 24, 9:55 PM CST
- Where
- Blanco County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.200, -98.400
What these are
- 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.
- 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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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: 10130898, 10130899, 10130900, 10130901, 10130902, 10130903, 10130904, 10130905, 10130906.