Tornado, Stephens
- When
- May 6, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Stephens County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.280, -99.070
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 6, 1980
7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 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
- 17
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 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Jones
- When
- May 6, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.930, -99.930
Hail, Palo Pinto
- When
- May 6, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Palo Pinto County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.930, -98.250
Hail, Tarrant
- When
- May 6, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -97.350
Tornado, Young
- When
- May 6, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Young County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.950, -98.750
Tornado, Hunt
- When
- May 6, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Hunt County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.880, -96.050
Hail, Ellis
- When
- May 6, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.200, -96.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Hood
- When
- May 6, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hood County
- Coordinates
- 32.450, -97.750
Hail, Jack
- When
- May 6, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jack County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.430, -98.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- May 6, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -97.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Dallas
- When
- May 6, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.580, -96.950
Hail, Montague
- When
- May 6, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Montague County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.570, -97.850
Hail, Archer
- When
- May 6, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Archer County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.800, -98.700
Hail, Cooke
- When
- May 6, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cooke County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.630, -97.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Coleman
- When
- May 6, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Coleman County
- Coordinates
- 31.500, -99.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton
- When
- May 6, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Coordinates
- 31.670, -98.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Coryell
- When
- May 6, 10:45 PM CST
- Where
- Coryell County
- Coordinates
- 31.320, -97.600
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
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: 10128983, 10128984, 10128985, 10128986, 10128987, 10128988, 10128989, 10128990, 10128991, 10128992, 10128993, 10128994, 10128995, 10128996, 10128997, 10128998, 10128999.