Thunderstorm Wind, Burnet
- When
- February 29, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Burnet County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.870, -97.920
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, February 29, 1980
7 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 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
7 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Williamson
- When
- February 29, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Williamson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.630, -97.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Williamson
- When
- February 29, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Williamson County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.500, -97.670
Tornado, Williamson
- When
- February 29, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Williamson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 6.1 mi
- Path width
- 43 yd
- Coordinates
- 30.520, -97.530
Hail, Travis
- When
- February 29, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Travis County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.300, -97.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Travis
- When
- February 29, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Travis County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.300, -97.770
Tornado, Travis
- When
- February 29, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Travis County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.9 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 30.470, -97.450
Hail, Travis
- When
- February 29, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Travis County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.300, -97.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Travis
- When
- February 29, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Travis County
- Coordinates
- 30.300, -97.930
Hail, Bastrop
- When
- February 29, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bastrop County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.120, -97.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Bastrop
- When
- February 29, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bastrop County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.120, -97.320
Hail, Hays
- When
- February 29, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hays County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.080, -97.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Hays
- When
- February 29, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hays County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.080, -97.850
Hail, Caldwell
- When
- February 29, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Caldwell County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.920, -97.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Caldwell
- When
- February 29, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Caldwell County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 29.920, -97.750
Hail, McLennan
- When
- February 29, 11:10 PM CST
- Where
- McLennan County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.470, -97.120
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.
- 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.
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: 10131183, 10131184, 10131185, 10131186, 10131187, 10131188, 10131189, 10131190, 10131191, 10131192, 10131193, 10131194, 10131195, 10131196, 10131197, 10131198.