Hail, Dawson
- When
- August 20, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Dawson County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -102.170
Tornado and Hail in Texas, August 20, 1979
9 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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
9 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Terry
- When
- August 20, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Terry County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.050, -102.430
Hail, Lamb
- When
- August 20, 3:49 PM CST
- Where
- Lamb County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.920, -102.320
Tornado, Martin
- When
- August 20, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Martin County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.180, -101.800
Hail, Martin
- When
- August 20, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Martin County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.130, -101.800
Hail, Gaines
- When
- August 20, 4:14 PM CST
- Where
- Gaines County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.930, -102.550
Hail, Hockley
- When
- August 20, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hockley County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.580, -102.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Martin
- When
- August 20, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Martin County
- Coordinates
- 32.130, -101.800
Hail, Stonewall
- When
- August 20, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Stonewall County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.320, -100.230
Hail, Dawson
- When
- August 20, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dawson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.730, -101.950
Hail, Stonewall
- When
- August 20, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Stonewall County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.220, -100.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Jones
- When
- August 20, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.950, -99.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Jones
- When
- August 20, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.950, -99.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilbarger
- When
- August 20, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Wilbarger County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.150, -99.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Wichita
- When
- August 20, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Wichita County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.100, -98.600
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
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, August 20, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, August 20, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 20, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 20, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 20, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 20, 1979
- Hail in New Mexico, August 20, 1979
- Hail in North Carolina, August 20, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 20, 1979
- Hail in Missouri, August 20, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 20, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, August 20, 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: 10128920, 10128921, 10128922, 10128923, 10128924, 10128925, 10128926, 10128927, 10128928, 10128929, 10128930, 10128931, 10128932, 10128933, 10128934.