Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 10, 1979

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 10, 1979
Start: 1979-04-10T12:00
End: 1979-04-10T23:57
Location: Texas

April 10, 1979 · 35 events in 21 counties and zones

21 tornado, 12 hail, 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
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The toll

Deaths: 54
Injuries: 1,809
Property damage: $278 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 35

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

21 tornado, 12 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Cooke

When: April 10, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Cooke County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 33.630, -97.150

Hail, Dickens

When: April 10, 1:00 PM CST
Where: Dickens County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.750, -100.800

Tornado, Crosby

When: April 10, 1:08 PM CST
Where: Crosby County
Rating: F0
Path length: 2 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $30
Coordinates: 33.650, -101.230

Hail, Swisher

When: April 10, 1:30 PM CST
Where: Swisher County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.530, -101.770

Hail, Armstrong

When: April 10, 1:30 PM CST
Where: Armstrong County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.180, -101.580

Tornado, Hale

When: April 10, 1:38 PM CST
Where: Hale County
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $30
Coordinates: 34.200, -101.680

Hail, Armstrong

When: April 10, 1:40 PM CST
Where: Armstrong County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.180, -101.500

Tornado, Foard

When: April 10, 3:05 PM CST
Where: Foard County
Rating: F2
Path length: 22.1 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 33.850, -99.800

Tornado, Foard

When: April 10, 3:20 PM CST
Where: Foard County
Rating: F0
Path length: 2.5 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 33.980, -99.530

Tornado, Foard

When: April 10, 3:20 PM CST
Where: Foard County
Rating: F4
Path length: 7.6 mi
Path width: 880 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 33.980, -99.580

Tornado, Wilbarger

When: April 10, 3:25 PM CST
Where: Wilbarger County
Rating: F4
Path length: 21.5 mi
Path width: 880 yd
Deaths: 11 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 67 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 34.030, -99.470

Tornado, Wilbarger

When: April 10, 3:55 PM CST
Where: Wilbarger County
Rating: F2
Path length: 5.2 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Coordinates: 34.080, -99.030

Tornado, Wichita

When: April 10, 4:05 PM CST
Where: Wichita County
Rating: F2
Path length: 4.7 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Coordinates: 34.100, -98.950

Tornado, Baylor

When: April 10, 4:49 PM CST
Where: Baylor County
Rating: F2
Path length: 10.4 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 33.620, -99.300

Tornado, Wichita

When: April 10, 5:08 PM CST
Where: Wichita County
Rating: F1
Path width: 33 yd
Coordinates: 33.900, -98.800

Tornado, Archer

When: April 10, 5:50 PM CST
Where: Archer County
Rating: F4
Path length: 1.3 mi
Path width: 880 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 33.820, -98.650

Tornado, Wichita

When: April 10, 5:55 PM CST
Where: Wichita County
Rating: F4
Path length: 12.9 mi
Path width: 1,760 yd
Deaths: 42 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 1,700 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250 million
Coordinates: 33.830, -98.630

Tornado, Wichita

When: April 10, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Wichita County
Rating: F1
Path length: 2 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 33.900, -98.500

Tornado, Clay

When: April 10, 6:20 PM CST
Where: Clay County
Rating: F4
Path length: 19.9 mi
Path width: 1,320 yd
Injuries: 40 direct, 0 indirect
Coordinates: 33.920, -98.430

Hail, Sterling

When: April 10, 8:16 PM CST
Where: Sterling County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.770, -100.870

Hail, Tom Green

When: April 10, 8:28 PM CST
Where: Tom Green County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.600, -100.630

Hail, Taylor

When: April 10, 8:40 PM CST
Where: Taylor County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 32.350, -99.880

Tornado, Runnels

When: April 10, 9:17 PM CST
Where: Runnels County
Rating: F2
Path length: 2.7 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Coordinates: 31.970, -99.800

Tornado, Coleman

When: April 10, 9:25 PM CST
Where: Coleman County
Rating: F2
Path length: 6.9 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Coordinates: 31.970, -99.750

Tornado, Runnels

When: April 10, 9:30 PM CST
Where: Runnels County
Rating: F3
Path length: 3.3 mi
Path width: 880 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 31.700, -99.750

Tornado, Coleman

When: April 10, 9:35 PM CST
Where: Coleman County
Rating: F3
Path length: 21.7 mi
Path width: 880 yd
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 31.730, -99.720

Hail, Brown

When: April 10, 11:14 PM CST
Where: Brown County
Measured: 3 in hail
Coordinates: 31.750, -98.980

Hail, Brown

When: April 10, 11:25 PM CST
Where: Brown County
Measured: 3.5 in hail
Coordinates: 31.680, -98.800

Thunderstorm Wind, Brown

When: April 10, 11:25 PM CST
Where: Brown County
Coordinates: 31.680, -98.800

Hail, Mills

When: April 10, 11:45 PM CST
Where: Mills County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.720, -98.520

Thunderstorm Wind, Mills

When: April 10, 11:45 PM CST
Where: Mills County
Coordinates: 31.720, -98.520

Tornado, Comanche

When: April 10, 11:50 PM CST
Where: Comanche County
Rating: F1
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 31.870, -98.520

Tornado, Comanche

When: April 10, 11:50 PM CST
Where: Comanche County
Rating: F2
Path length: 15 mi
Path width: 200 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 31.750, -98.370

Tornado, Palo Pinto

When: April 10, 11:56 PM CST
Where: Palo Pinto County
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 32.800, -98.120

Hail, Comanche

When: April 10, 11:57 PM CST
Where: Comanche County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.820, -98.700

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, Wilbarger	1979-04-10				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

Every storm in Texas in 1979 Every state in 1979 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Texas, 1979

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: 10130752, 10130753, 10130754, 10130755, 10130756, 10130757, 10130758, 10130759, 10130760, 10130761, 10130762, 10130763, 10130764, 10130765, 10130766, 10130767, 10130768, 10130769, 10130770, 10130771, 10130772, 10130773, 10130774, 10130775, 10130776, 10130777, 10130778, 10131627, 10131628, 10131629, 10131630, 10131631, 10131632, 10131633, 10131846.