Texas, 1978Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 6, 1978
May 6, 1978 · NWS NG · 11 events in 8 counties and zones
10 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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.
Hail, Fisher
- When
- May 6, 5:44 PM CST
- Where
- Fisher County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.650, -100.380
Hail, Fisher
- When
- May 6, 6:44 PM CST
- Where
- Fisher County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -100.270
Hail, Tom Green
- When
- May 6, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Tom Green County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.670, -100.730
Hail, Jones
- When
- May 6, 7:44 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.950, -99.780
Hail, Runnels
- When
- May 6, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Runnels County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.870, -100.130
Hail, Runnels
- When
- May 6, 8:36 PM CST
- Where
- Runnels County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.750, -100.000
Hail, Runnels
- When
- May 6, 8:36 PM CST
- Where
- Runnels County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.750, -100.270
Hail, Haskell
- When
- May 6, 8:37 PM CST
- Where
- Haskell County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.170, -99.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Young
- When
- May 6, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Young County
- Coordinates
- 33.250, -98.500
Hail, Potter
- When
- May 6, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.320, -101.880
Hail, Bowie
- When
- May 6, 10:20 PM CST
- Where
- Bowie County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.370, -94.070
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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: 10127597, 10127598, 10131838, 10131839, 10131840, 10131841, 10131842, 10131843, 10131844, 10131845, 10127607.