Tornado, Gaines
- When
- June 7, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Gaines County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1.3 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.950, -102.570
Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 7, 1980
4 tornado, 1 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $275,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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
4 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Andrews
- When
- June 7, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Andrews County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 32.400, -102.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Gaines
- When
- June 7, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gaines County
- Coordinates
- 32.720, -102.650
Tornado, Lubbock
- When
- June 7, 10:40 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.420, -101.670
Tornado, Lynn
- When
- June 7, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lynn County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.030, -101.680
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
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- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, June 7, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, June 7, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, June 7, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 7, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 7, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 7, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 7, 1980
- Hail in Virginia, June 7, 1980
- Hail in Maryland, June 7, 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: 10130781, 10130782, 10130783, 10130784, 10130785.