Thunderstorm Wind, Cooke
- When
- August 22, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cooke County
- Coordinates
- 33.630, -97.150
Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 22, 1979
11 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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
11 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Grayson
- When
- August 22, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Grayson County
- Coordinates
- 33.750, -96.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Collin
- When
- August 22, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Collin County
- Coordinates
- 33.200, -96.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Hopkins
- When
- August 22, 1:50 AM CST
- Where
- Hopkins County
- Coordinates
- 33.130, -95.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Kaufman
- When
- August 22, 2:25 AM CST
- Where
- Kaufman County
- Coordinates
- 32.730, -96.250
Hail, Roberts
- When
- August 22, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Roberts County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.700, -100.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Roberts
- When
- August 22, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Roberts County
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.700, -100.630
Hail, Johnson
- When
- August 22, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.350, -97.400
Hail, Gillespie
- When
- August 22, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Gillespie County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.280, -98.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Ellis
- When
- August 22, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.400, -96.850
Hail, Dallas
- When
- August 22, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -96.780
Hail, Foard
- When
- August 22, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Foard County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.980, -99.720
Thunderstorm Wind, McLennan
- When
- August 22, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- McLennan County
- Coordinates
- 31.550, -97.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Foard
- When
- August 22, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Foard County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.980, -99.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Bell
- When
- August 22, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Bell County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 31.150, -97.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Bosque
- When
- August 22, 9:05 PM CST
- Where
- Bosque County
- Coordinates
- 32.020, -97.620
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
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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: 10130015, 10130016, 10130017, 10130018, 10130019, 10130020, 10130021, 10130022, 10130023, 10130024, 10130025, 10130026, 10130027, 10130028, 10130029, 10130030.