Hail, Deaf Smith
- When
- May 26, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Deaf Smith County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.820, -102.400
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 26, 1978
10 tornado, 7 hail, 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $525,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 20
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 tornado, 7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Reeves
- When
- May 26, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Reeves County
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.420, -103.480
Hail, Ward
- When
- May 26, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ward County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.450, -103.400
Hail, Deaf Smith
- When
- May 26, 4:17 PM CST
- Where
- Deaf Smith County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.820, -102.400
Hail, Castro
- When
- May 26, 4:19 PM CST
- Where
- Castro County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.550, -102.320
Tornado, Reeves
- When
- May 26, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Reeves County
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.420, -103.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Deaf Smith
- When
- May 26, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Deaf Smith County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.880, -102.470
Tornado, Lubbock
- When
- May 26, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 4.5 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.500, -101.850
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 26, 6:27 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.980, -101.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Parmer
- When
- May 26, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Parmer County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.380, -103.030
Tornado, Randall
- When
- May 26, 6:56 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.980, -101.920
Hail, Potter
- When
- May 26, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.930, -102.070
Tornado, Deaf Smith
- When
- May 26, 7:04 PM CST
- Where
- Deaf Smith County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.820, -102.400
Tornado, Deaf Smith
- When
- May 26, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Deaf Smith County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.680, -102.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Randall
- When
- May 26, 7:27 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.980, -101.970
Hail, Midland
- When
- May 26, 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Midland County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.020, -102.500
Tornado, Donley
- When
- May 26, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Donley County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.870, -100.670
Tornado, Hall
- When
- May 26, 10:19 PM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 4.5 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 34.720, -100.530
Tornado, Hall
- When
- May 26, 10:38 PM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.720, -100.530
Tornado, Hall
- When
- May 26, 10:40 PM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.720, -100.530
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Hall | 1978-05-26 | Direct |
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 Damaging Winds in North Dakota, May 26, 1978
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 26, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 26, 1978
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 26, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 26, 1978
- Tornadoes in Florida, May 26, 1978
- Damaging Winds in New Mexico, May 26, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 26, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 26, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 26, 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: 10128705, 10128706, 10128707, 10128708, 10128709, 10128710, 10128711, 10128712, 10128713, 10128714, 10128715, 10128716, 10128717, 10128718, 10128719, 10128720, 10128721, 10128722, 10128723, 10128724.