Tornado, Castro
- When
- July 27, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Castro County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 34.550, -102.300
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 27, 1980
14 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $250
- 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
14 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Shackelford
- When
- July 27, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Shackelford County
- Coordinates
- 32.730, -99.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Castro
- When
- July 27, 1:50 AM CST
- Where
- Castro County
- Coordinates
- 34.550, -102.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Wise
- When
- July 27, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wise County
- Coordinates
- 33.220, -97.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Tarrant
- When
- July 27, 1:25 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.680, -97.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Hopkins
- When
- July 27, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hopkins County
- Measured
- 78 kt (90 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.130, -95.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Hood
- When
- July 27, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hood County
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -97.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Dallas
- When
- July 27, 2:16 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -96.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Ellis
- When
- July 27, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Coordinates
- 32.330, -96.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Burnet
- When
- July 27, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Burnet County
- Coordinates
- 30.780, -98.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Bosque
- When
- July 27, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bosque County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.020, -97.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Bosque
- When
- July 27, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Bosque County
- Coordinates
- 31.920, -97.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Navarro
- When
- July 27, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Navarro County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.100, -96.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Bosque
- When
- July 27, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bosque County
- Coordinates
- 31.650, -97.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Angelina
- When
- July 27, 6:42 PM CST
- Where
- Angelina County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 31.170, -94.720
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.
- 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 27, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 27, 1980
- Hail in North Dakota, July 27, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 27, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 27, 1980
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 27, 1980
- Hail in Mississippi, July 27, 1980
- Hail in California, July 27, 1980
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: 10131915, 10131916, 10127678, 10127679, 10127680, 10127681, 10127682, 10127683, 10127684, 10127685, 10127686, 10127687, 10127688, 10127689, 10127690.