Hail, Briscoe
- When
- May 20, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Briscoe County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.330, -101.000
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 20, 1980
10 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $30
- 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
10 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Childress
- When
- May 20, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Childress County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.370, -100.380
Hail, King
- When
- May 20, 3:07 PM CST
- Where
- King County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.820, -100.520
Hail, Gray
- When
- May 20, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.220, -100.730
Hail, Ochiltree
- When
- May 20, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Ochiltree County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -100.800
Hail, Howard
- When
- May 20, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.450, -101.470
Hail, Howard
- When
- May 20, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.250, -101.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Howard
- When
- May 20, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Coordinates
- 32.120, -101.370
Hail, Callahan
- When
- May 20, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Callahan County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.400, -99.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Callahan
- When
- May 20, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Callahan County
- Coordinates
- 32.400, -99.500
Tornado, Midland
- When
- May 20, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Midland County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 32.080, -102.080
Hail, Midland
- When
- May 20, 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Midland County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.980, -102.080
Hail, Menard
- When
- May 20, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Menard County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.880, -99.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Tom Green
- When
- May 20, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Tom Green County
- Coordinates
- 31.650, -100.330
Tornado, Reagan
- When
- May 20, 11:05 PM CST
- Where
- Reagan County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.050, -101.470
What these are
- 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.
- 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
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: 10130442, 10130443, 10130444, 10130445, 10130446, 10130447, 10130448, 10130449, 10130450, 10130451, 10130452, 10130453, 10130454, 10130455, 10130456.