Thunderstorm Wind, Smith
- When
- May 30, 7:20 AM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Coordinates
- 32.350, -95.300
Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 30, 1979
8 hail, 7 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
- 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
8 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rusk
- When
- May 30, 8:30 AM CST
- Where
- Rusk County
- Coordinates
- 32.150, -94.800
Tornado, Liberty
- When
- May 30, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Liberty County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 30.350, -94.800
Hail, Gillespie
- When
- May 30, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Gillespie County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.280, -98.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Harris
- When
- May 30, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Coordinates
- 29.720, -95.050
Hail, Kerr
- When
- May 30, 5:27 PM CST
- Where
- Kerr County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.980, -99.080
Hail, Kerr
- When
- May 30, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kerr County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.880, -99.100
Hail, Guadalupe
- When
- May 30, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Guadalupe County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.570, -97.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Guadalupe
- When
- May 30, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Guadalupe County
- Coordinates
- 29.570, -97.970
Hail, Kendall
- When
- May 30, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Kendall County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.970, -98.920
Hail, Bandera
- When
- May 30, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Bandera County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.750, -99.380
Hail, Bandera
- When
- May 30, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Bandera County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.530, -99.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Guadalupe
- When
- May 30, 6:27 PM CST
- Where
- Guadalupe County
- Coordinates
- 29.580, -98.050
Hail, Uvalde
- When
- May 30, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Uvalde County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.620, -99.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Comal
- When
- May 30, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Comal County
- Coordinates
- 29.700, -98.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Matagorda
- When
- May 30, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Matagorda County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 28.720, -96.250
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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes in Alabama, May 30, 1979
- Tornado in Kentucky, May 30, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, May 30, 1979
- Hail in Massachusetts, May 30, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 30, 1979
- Hail in Rhode Island, May 30, 1979
- Hail in Connecticut, May 30, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 30, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 30, 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: 10130812, 10130813, 10130814, 10130815, 10130816, 10130817, 10130818, 10130819, 10130820, 10130821, 10130822, 10130823, 10130824, 10130825, 10130826, 10130827.