Hail, Edwards
- When
- May 7, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Edwards County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.020, -100.220
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 7, 1980
15 hail, 4 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 21
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, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Chambers
- When
- May 7, 3:26 PM CST
- Where
- Chambers County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.820, -94.380
Hail, Chambers
- When
- May 7, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Chambers County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.820, -94.380
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- May 7, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.850, -94.300
Tornado, Knox
- When
- May 7, 4:36 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.630, -99.530
Hail, McCulloch
- When
- May 7, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- McCulloch County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.450, -99.430
Hail, Coryell
- When
- May 7, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Coryell County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.430, -97.750
Hail, Haskell
- When
- May 7, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Haskell County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.170, -99.750
Hail, Stephens
- When
- May 7, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Stephens County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -98.900
Hail, Haskell
- When
- May 7, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Haskell County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.170, -99.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Haskell
- When
- May 7, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Haskell County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.170, -99.830
Hail, Young
- When
- May 7, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Young County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.000, -98.670
Hail, Stephens
- When
- May 7, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Stephens County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.820, -99.000
Hail, Shackelford
- When
- May 7, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Shackelford County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.730, -99.300
Hail, Comanche
- When
- May 7, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.000, -98.730
Hail, Deaf Smith
- When
- May 7, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Deaf Smith County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.820, -102.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Comanche
- When
- May 7, 9:05 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 31.900, -98.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- May 7, 9:13 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Coordinates
- 32.230, -97.350
Hail, Comanche
- When
- May 7, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.900, -98.620
Tornado, Hamilton
- When
- May 7, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.780, -98.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Mills
- When
- May 7, 10:07 PM CST
- Where
- Mills County
- Coordinates
- 31.550, -98.670
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
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: 10129000, 10129001, 10129002, 10129003, 10129004, 10129005, 10129006, 10129007, 10129008, 10129009, 10129859, 10129860, 10129861, 10129862, 10129863, 10129864, 10129865, 10130079, 10130080, 10130081, 10130082.