Thunderstorm Wind, Cameron
- When
- April 3, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cameron County
- Coordinates
- 26.170, -97.670
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 3, 1978
10 hail, 3 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
- $30
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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, 3 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Hardeman
- When
- April 3, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hardeman County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 4.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.470, -99.970
Tornado, Childress
- When
- April 3, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Childress County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 34.530, -100.000
Hail, Childress
- When
- April 3, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Childress County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.530, -100.000
Hail, Stephens
- When
- April 3, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Stephens County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -98.900
Tornado, Hardeman
- When
- April 3, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hardeman County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.180, -99.650
Hail, Hardeman
- When
- April 3, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hardeman County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -99.500
Hail, Wilbarger
- When
- April 3, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wilbarger County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -99.280
Hail, Palo Pinto
- When
- April 3, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Palo Pinto County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.630, -98.330
Hail, Palo Pinto
- When
- April 3, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Palo Pinto County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.670, -98.070
Hail, Palo Pinto
- When
- April 3, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Palo Pinto County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.600, -98.120
Hail, Palo Pinto
- When
- April 3, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Palo Pinto County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.570, -98.180
Hail, Hood
- When
- April 3, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hood County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.430, -97.820
Hail, Hood
- When
- April 3, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Hood County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.450, -97.800
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
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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: 10129774, 10129775, 10129776, 10129777, 10129778, 10129779, 10129780, 10129781, 10129782, 10129783, 10129784, 10129785, 10129786, 10130635.