Tornado, Baylor
- When
- April 2, 12:10 PM CST
- Where
- Baylor County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 8.4 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.600, -99.180
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 2, 1980
17 hail, 9 tornado, 2 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
- 3
- Property damage
- $525,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 28
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
17 hail, 9 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Archer
- When
- April 2, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Archer County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.700, -98.780
Hail, Archer
- When
- April 2, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Archer County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.700, -98.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Haskell
- When
- April 2, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Haskell County
- Coordinates
- 33.130, -99.750
Tornado, Archer
- When
- April 2, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Archer County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.800, -98.780
Hail, Archer
- When
- April 2, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Archer County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.800, -98.700
Tornado, Archer
- When
- April 2, 1:16 PM CST
- Where
- Archer County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.800, -98.680
Tornado, Young
- When
- April 2, 1:38 PM CST
- Where
- Young County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 27 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.350, -98.750
Hail, Wichita
- When
- April 2, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wichita County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.900, -98.500
Hail, Jack
- When
- April 2, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jack County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.030, -98.070
Hail, Jack
- When
- April 2, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jack County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.030, -98.070
Hail, Young
- When
- April 2, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Young County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.100, -98.600
Tornado, Parker
- When
- April 2, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Parker County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.5 mi
- Path width
- 277 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.950, -98.020
Tornado, Palo Pinto
- When
- April 2, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Palo Pinto County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.770, -98.080
Hail, Palo Pinto
- When
- April 2, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Palo Pinto County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.900, -98.100
Tornado, Montague
- When
- April 2, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Montague County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.930, -97.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Montague
- When
- April 2, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Montague County
- Coordinates
- 33.880, -97.620
Hail, Parker
- When
- April 2, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Parker County
- Measured
- 4.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.770, -97.800
Hail, Tarrant
- When
- April 2, 4:43 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.800, -97.500
Hail, Tarrant
- When
- April 2, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Measured
- 4.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.800, -97.330
Tornado, Tarrant
- When
- April 2, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -97.350
Hail, Tarrant
- When
- April 2, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.730, -97.220
Hail, Johnson
- When
- April 2, 5:46 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.400, -97.330
Hail, Johnson
- When
- April 2, 6:02 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.530, -97.320
Hail, Tarrant
- When
- April 2, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.630, -97.320
Hail, Baylor
- When
- April 2, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Baylor County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.030, -95.870
Hail, Ellis
- When
- April 2, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.400, -96.920
Hail, Hill
- When
- April 2, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Hill County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.100, -97.150
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
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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: 10131217, 10131218, 10131219, 10131220, 10131221, 10131222, 10131223, 10131224, 10131225, 10131226, 10131227, 10131228, 10131229, 10131230, 10131231, 10131232, 10131233, 10131234, 10131235, 10131236, 10131237, 10131238, 10131239, 10131240, 10131241, 10131242, 10131243, 10131244.