Tornado, Lubbock
- When
- May 1, 2:47 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.620, -102.070
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 1, 1980
15 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 27
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
15 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Coleman
- When
- May 1, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Coleman County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.070, -99.680
Tornado, Lubbock
- When
- May 1, 3:09 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 7 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.570, -101.780
Hail, Palo Pinto
- When
- May 1, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Palo Pinto County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.770, -98.330
Hail, Dickens
- When
- May 1, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Dickens County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.620, -100.830
Hail, Bexar
- When
- May 1, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Bexar County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.420, -98.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Bexar
- When
- May 1, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Bexar County
- Coordinates
- 29.370, -98.550
Hail, Atascosa
- When
- May 1, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Atascosa County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.670, -98.300
Hail, Live Oak
- When
- May 1, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Live Oak County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.630, -98.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Live Oak
- When
- May 1, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Live Oak County
- Coordinates
- 28.630, -98.270
Tornado, Throckmorton
- When
- May 1, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Throckmorton County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.180, -99.250
Tornado, Throckmorton
- When
- May 1, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Throckmorton County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.230, -99.220
Hail, Frio
- When
- May 1, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Frio County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.950, -99.020
Hail, Bee
- When
- May 1, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bee County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.650, -98.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Bee
- When
- May 1, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bee County
- Coordinates
- 28.650, -98.000
Tornado, Frio
- When
- May 1, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Frio County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 28.980, -98.970
Hail, Atascosa
- When
- May 1, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Atascosa County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.920, -98.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Atascosa
- When
- May 1, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Atascosa County
- Coordinates
- 28.950, -98.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Mason
- When
- May 1, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Mason County
- Measured
- 86 kt (99 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.900, -98.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Stonewall
- When
- May 1, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Stonewall County
- Coordinates
- 33.150, -100.230
Hail, San Patricio
- When
- May 1, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- San Patricio County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.050, -97.870
Hail, San Patricio
- When
- May 1, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- San Patricio County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.030, -97.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Llano
- When
- May 1, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Llano County
- Measured
- 87 kt (100 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.830, -98.670
Hail, Jones
- When
- May 1, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.000, -99.780
Hail, Hopkins
- When
- May 1, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Hopkins County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.000, -95.800
Hail, Shackelford
- When
- May 1, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Shackelford County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.930, -99.230
Hail, Gregg
- When
- May 1, 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Gregg County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.520, -94.850
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: 10128950, 10128951, 10128952, 10128953, 10128954, 10128955, 10128956, 10128957, 10128958, 10128959, 10128960, 10128961, 10128962, 10128963, 10128964, 10128965, 10128966, 10128967, 10128968, 10128969, 10128970, 10128971, 10128972, 10128973, 10128974, 10128975, 10128976.