Tornado, Hemphill
- When
- July 23, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Hemphill County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.880, -100.370
Tornado and Hail in Texas, July 23, 1979
4 hail, 3 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Hutchinson
- When
- July 23, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.670, -101.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Roberts
- When
- July 23, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Roberts County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.700, -100.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Hutchinson
- When
- July 23, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.670, -101.380
Hail, Hutchinson
- When
- July 23, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.670, -101.380
Hail, Parmer
- When
- July 23, 6:32 PM CST
- Where
- Parmer County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.630, -102.730
Hail, Potter
- When
- July 23, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.330, -101.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Potter
- When
- July 23, 8:18 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.220, -101.720
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.
- 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 Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 23, 1979
- Tornado in Michigan, July 23, 1979
- Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 23, 1979
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 23, 1979
- Hail in Kansas, July 23, 1979
- Hail in Colorado, July 23, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 23, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 23, 1979
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 23, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 23, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 23, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 23, 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: 10128887, 10128888, 10128889, 10128890, 10128891, 10128892, 10128893, 10128894.