Storms in Texas in 1979
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas in 1979, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Texas in 1979 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 726
- Deaths
- 54
- Injuries
- 1,835
- Damage
- $327 million
- Episodes
- 105
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.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 303 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 254 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 169 | 54 | 1,835 | $327 million |
Every episode, month by month
January 1979
- Damaging Winds in Texas, January 18, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Texas, January 19, 1979
- Tornado in Texas, January 20, 1979
February 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, February 22, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, February 23, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 24, 1979
- Hail in Texas, February 27, 1979
March 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 2, 1979
- Hail in Texas, March 15, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 17, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 18, 1979
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 19, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 20, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 21, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 22, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 26, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 29, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 31, 1979
April 1979
- Tornadoes in Texas, April 1, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 2, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 3, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 9, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 10, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 11, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 18, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 19, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 20, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 21, 1979
- Hail in Texas, April 28, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 29, 1979
- Hail in Texas, April 30, 1979
May 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 1, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 2, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 3, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 4, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 9, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 10, 1979
- Hail in Texas, May 11, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 16, 1979
- Hail in Texas, May 19, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 20, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 21, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 22, 1979
- Tornado in Texas, May 26, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 27, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 28, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 29, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 30, 1979
June 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 1, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 3, 1979
- Tornado in Texas, June 4, 1979
- Tornadoes in Texas, June 5, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 6, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 8, 1979
- Hail in Texas, June 22, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 23, 1979
- Tornado in Texas, June 24, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 25, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 30, 1979
July 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, July 5, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 6, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, July 7, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, July 9, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, July 10, 1979
- Tornado in Texas, July 12, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 14, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 15, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 16, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 17, 1979
- Tornado in Texas, July 19, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 22, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, July 23, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, July 24, 1979
- Hail in Texas, July 27, 1979
- Hail in Texas, July 30, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 31, 1979
August 1979
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 1, 1979
- Tornado in Texas, August 2, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 10, 1979
- Tornado in Texas, August 11, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 13, 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 17, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 19, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, August 20, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, August 21, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 22, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 23, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 24, 1979
- Tornado in Texas, August 25, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 26, 1979
September 1979
- Damaging Winds in Texas, September 1, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 2, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, September 3, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Texas, September 6, 1979
- Tornadoes in Texas, September 18, 1979
October 1979
- Hail in Texas, October 14, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, October 15, 1979
- Hail in Texas, October 18, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Texas, October 21, 1979
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, October 22, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, October 29, 1979
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, October 30, 1979
November 1979
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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.