Hail, Moore
- When
- April 30, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.850, -101.970
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 30, 1978
10 hail, 10 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
- $380,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 22
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, 10 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Ochiltree
- When
- April 30, 3:24 PM CST
- Where
- Ochiltree County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 8.6 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.500, -100.920
Tornado, Lipscomb
- When
- April 30, 4:28 PM CST
- Where
- Lipscomb County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 14.4 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.370, -100.430
Tornado, San Saba
- When
- April 30, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- San Saba County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5.9 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 31.250, -98.730
Hail, Hamilton
- When
- April 30, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.920, -98.170
Tornado, Mills
- When
- April 30, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Mills County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5.9 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.380, -98.500
Hail, Erath
- When
- April 30, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Erath County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.180, -98.130
Hail, Mills
- When
- April 30, 5:54 PM CST
- Where
- Mills County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.450, -98.570
Tornado, Johnson
- When
- April 30, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 32.400, -97.400
Hail, Lampasas
- When
- April 30, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lampasas County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.250, -98.180
Tornado, Hamilton
- When
- April 30, 6:33 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.480, -98.330
Tornado, Johnson
- When
- April 30, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 32.550, -97.300
Tornado, Tarrant
- When
- April 30, 6:52 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 10 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 32.550, -97.280
Hail, Parker
- When
- April 30, 6:52 PM CST
- Where
- Parker County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -97.600
Hail, Lampasas
- When
- April 30, 7:03 PM CST
- Where
- Lampasas County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.300, -98.170
Tornado, Bosque
- When
- April 30, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Bosque County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 31.870, -97.620
Tornado, Ellis
- When
- April 30, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.450, -96.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Tarrant
- When
- April 30, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Coordinates
- 32.730, -97.120
Hail, Bosque
- When
- April 30, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bosque County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.650, -97.480
Hail, Smith
- When
- April 30, 9:35 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.520, -95.320
Hail, Smith
- When
- April 30, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.250, -95.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Gregg
- When
- April 30, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Gregg County
- Coordinates
- 32.480, -94.730
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 30, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 30, 1978
- Hail in Arkansas, April 30, 1978
- Hail in Missouri, April 30, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 30, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 30, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 30, 1978
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: 10130908, 10130909, 10130910, 10130911, 10130912, 10130913, 10130914, 10130915, 10130916, 10130917, 10130918, 10131767, 10131768, 10131769, 10131770, 10131771, 10131772, 10131773, 10131774, 10127536, 10127537, 10127538.