Thunderstorm Wind, Terry
- When
- March 18, 12:03 AM CST
- Where
- Terry County
- Coordinates
- 33.530, -101.820
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 18, 1979
7 tornado, 3 hail, 1 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
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- $3.0 million
- 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
7 tornado, 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Lubbock
- When
- March 18, 12:09 AM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 73 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 33.600, -101.830
Tornado, Hale
- When
- March 18, 12:40 AM CST
- Where
- Hale County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.830, -101.830
Tornado, Hale
- When
- March 18, 12:45 AM CST
- Where
- Hale County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.170, -101.700
Tornado, Crosby
- When
- March 18, 12:45 AM CST
- Where
- Crosby County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 10.5 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.650, -101.270
Tornado, Motley
- When
- March 18, 1:18 AM CST
- Where
- Motley County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.020, -100.980
Hail, Briscoe
- When
- March 18, 2:23 AM CST
- Where
- Briscoe County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.370, -101.000
Tornado, Carson
- When
- March 18, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Carson County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -101.150
Hail, Hall
- When
- March 18, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.580, -100.920
Hail, Briscoe
- When
- March 18, 2:34 AM CST
- Where
- Briscoe County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.370, -101.050
Tornado, Collingsworth
- When
- March 18, 3:10 AM CST
- Where
- Collingsworth County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 13.3 mi
- Path width
- 500 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.870, -100.400
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.
- 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.
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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: 10129323, 10129324, 10129325, 10129326, 10129327, 10129328, 10129329, 10129330, 10129331, 10129332, 10129333.