Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 7, 1980

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 7, 1980
Start: 1980-04-07T14:10
End: 1980-04-07T19:15
Location: Texas

April 7, 1980 · NWS NG · 28 events in 16 counties and zones

23 hail, 5 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

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The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 5
Property damage: $1.0 million
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

23 hail, 5 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Coryell

When: April 7, 2:10 PM CST
Where: Coryell County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.430, -98.080

Hail, Burnet

When: April 7, 3:15 PM CST
Where: Burnet County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 30.750, -98.220

Hail, Williamson

When: April 7, 3:30 PM CST
Where: Williamson County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 30.830, -97.800

Hail, Burnet

When: April 7, 3:30 PM CST
Where: Burnet County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 30.870, -97.920

Hail, Williamson

When: April 7, 3:40 PM CST
Where: Williamson County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 30.630, -97.670

Hail, Dallas

When: April 7, 3:40 PM CST
Where: Dallas County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 32.630, -96.530

Hail, Williamson

When: April 7, 3:50 PM CST
Where: Williamson County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 30.570, -97.420

Hail, McLennan

When: April 7, 4:00 PM CST
Where: McLennan County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.450, -97.200

Hail, Williamson

When: April 7, 4:26 PM CST
Where: Williamson County
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Coordinates: 30.580, -97.850

Hail, Travis

When: April 7, 4:30 PM CST
Where: Travis County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 30.430, -97.620

Hail, Travis

When: April 7, 4:35 PM CST
Where: Travis County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 30.400, -97.400

Hail, Delta

When: April 7, 4:40 PM CST
Where: Delta County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.370, -95.680

Hail, Gillespie

When: April 7, 4:45 PM CST
Where: Gillespie County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 30.180, -98.750

Tornado, Williamson

When: April 7, 4:48 PM CST
Where: Williamson County
Rating: F3
Path length: 6.5 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 30.520, -97.700

Hail, Williamson

When: April 7, 4:50 PM CST
Where: Williamson County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 30.750, -97.520

Hail, Hopkins

When: April 7, 4:55 PM CST
Where: Hopkins County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.180, -95.670

Hail, Blanco

When: April 7, 5:15 PM CST
Where: Blanco County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 30.200, -98.500

Hail, Franklin

When: April 7, 5:20 PM CST
Where: Franklin County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.180, -95.230

Tornado, Travis

When: April 7, 5:30 PM CST
Where: Travis County
Rating: F3
Path length: 5.7 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Injuries: 3 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 30.480, -97.600

Hail, Bastrop

When: April 7, 5:30 PM CST
Where: Bastrop County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 30.350, -97.370

Hail, Camp

When: April 7, 5:30 PM CST
Where: Camp County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.000, -94.970

Hail, Lee

When: April 7, 5:40 PM CST
Where: Lee County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 30.400, -97.250

Tornado, Bastrop

When: April 7, 5:50 PM CST
Where: Bastrop County
Rating: F3
Path length: 16.5 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 30.450, -97.520

Hail, Eastland

When: April 7, 5:58 PM CST
Where: Eastland County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.150, -94.480

Tornado, Camp

When: April 7, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Camp County
Rating: F0
Path width: 33 yd
Coordinates: 33.000, -94.930

Hail, Camp

When: April 7, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Camp County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 32.980, -95.080

Tornado, Lee

When: April 7, 6:05 PM CST
Where: Lee County
Rating: F3
Path length: 3 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 30.380, -97.250

Hail, Live Oak

When: April 7, 7:15 PM CST
Where: Live Oak County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 28.470, -98.170

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Tornado, Williamson	1980-04-07				Direct

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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

Every storm in Texas in 1980 Every state in 1980 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Texas, 1980

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: 10131245, 10131246, 10131247, 10131248, 10131249, 10131250, 10131251, 10131252, 10131253, 10131254, 10131255, 10131256, 10131257, 10131258, 10131259, 10131260, 10131261, 10131262, 10131263, 10131264, 10131265, 10131266, 10131267, 10131268, 10131269, 10131270, 10131271, 10127670.