Hail, Howard
- When
- May 21, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.470, -100.820
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 21, 1979
8 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
- 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
8 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Bell
- When
- May 21, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Bell County
- Coordinates
- 31.100, -97.350
Tornado, Tarrant
- When
- May 21, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.880, -97.350
Tornado, Tarrant
- When
- May 21, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.970, -97.380
Hail, Shackelford
- When
- May 21, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Shackelford County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.550, -99.170
Hail, Palo Pinto
- When
- May 21, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Palo Pinto County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -98.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Callahan
- When
- May 21, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Callahan County
- Coordinates
- 32.420, -99.250
Hail, Stephens
- When
- May 21, 4:54 PM CST
- Where
- Stephens County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -98.970
Hail, Stephens
- When
- May 21, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Stephens County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -98.970
Tornado, Stephens
- When
- May 21, 5:37 PM CST
- Where
- Stephens County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 1,320 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.570, -98.820
Hail, Wilbarger
- When
- May 21, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wilbarger County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.070, -99.330
Hail, Eastland
- When
- May 21, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Eastland County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.220, -98.680
Hail, Shackelford
- When
- May 21, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Shackelford County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.550, -99.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Austin
- When
- May 21, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Austin County
- Coordinates
- 29.850, -96.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Waller
- When
- May 21, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Waller County
- Coordinates
- 30.950, -96.030
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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: 10129693, 10129694, 10129695, 10129696, 10129697, 10129698, 10129699, 10129700, 10129701, 10129702, 10129703, 10129704, 10129705, 10129706, 10129707.