Thunderstorm Wind, Travis
- When
- October 16, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Travis County
- Coordinates
- 30.320, -97.770
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, October 16, 1980
6 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $275,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Williamson
- When
- October 16, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Williamson County
- Coordinates
- 30.650, -97.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Bell
- When
- October 16, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Bell County
- Coordinates
- 31.100, -97.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Limestone
- When
- October 16, 6:15 AM CST
- Where
- Limestone County
- Coordinates
- 31.400, -96.580
Tornado, Anderson
- When
- October 16, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Anderson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.720, -95.630
Tornado, Hopkins
- When
- October 16, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Hopkins County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.7 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.130, -95.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Smith
- When
- October 16, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Coordinates
- 32.150, -95.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Grayson
- When
- October 16, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Grayson County
- Coordinates
- 33.630, -96.570
What these are
- 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
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kansas, October 16, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, October 16, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, October 16, 1980
- Tornadoes in Iowa, October 16, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, October 16, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, October 16, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, October 16, 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: 10129942, 10129943, 10129944, 10129945, 10129946, 10129947, 10129948, 10129949.