Tornado, Hamilton
- When
- April 11, 12:10 AM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 9 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.900, -98.180
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 11, 1979
6 tornado, 5 hail, 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
- 3
- Property damage
- $528,000
- 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.
Event by event
6 tornado, 5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Wise
- When
- April 11, 12:56 AM CST
- Where
- Wise County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.180, -97.600
Tornado, Grayson
- When
- April 11, 2:06 AM CST
- Where
- Grayson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.630, -96.730
Hail, Tarrant
- When
- April 11, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.680, -97.450
Tornado, Henderson
- When
- April 11, 10:10 AM CST
- Where
- Henderson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 10 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 32.250, -95.900
Tornado, Hopkins
- When
- April 11, 10:12 AM CST
- Where
- Hopkins County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 8.3 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.120, -95.600
Tornado, Van Zandt
- When
- April 11, 10:20 AM CST
- Where
- Van Zandt County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3.3 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 32.370, -95.800
Tornado, Wood
- When
- April 11, 11:02 AM CST
- Where
- Wood County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.720, -95.370
Hail, Cherokee
- When
- April 11, 11:19 AM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.950, -95.270
Hail, Titus
- When
- April 11, 11:20 AM CST
- Where
- Titus County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.170, -94.980
Hail, Cass
- When
- April 11, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.020, -94.330
What these are
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 11, 1979
- Tornadoes in Kansas, April 11, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, April 11, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, April 11, 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 11, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 11, 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 11, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, April 11, 1979
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: 10131847, 10131848, 10131849, 10131850, 10131851, 10131852, 10131853, 10131854, 10131855, 10131856, 10131857.