Tornado, Tom Green
- When
- April 20, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Tom Green County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.370, -100.320
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 20, 1981
8 hail, 4 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 13
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
8 hail, 4 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Tom Green
- When
- April 20, 1:40 PM CST
- Where
- Tom Green County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 31.370, -100.270
Tornado, Tom Green
- When
- April 20, 2:17 PM CST
- Where
- Tom Green County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.470, -100.670
Hail, Tom Green
- When
- April 20, 2:53 PM CST
- Where
- Tom Green County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.670, -100.730
Tornado, Concho
- When
- April 20, 2:56 PM CST
- Where
- Concho County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.470, -100.130
Hail, Concho
- When
- April 20, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Concho County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.430, -95.920
Hail, McLennan
- When
- April 20, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- McLennan County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.430, -96.920
Hail, Tom Green
- When
- April 20, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Tom Green County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.570, -100.850
Hail, Falls
- When
- April 20, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Falls County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.250, -96.980
Hail, Tom Green
- When
- April 20, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Tom Green County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.470, -100.430
Hail, Hamilton
- When
- April 20, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.980, -98.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Tom Green
- When
- April 20, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Tom Green County
- Coordinates
- 31.430, -100.400
Hail, Harrison
- When
- April 20, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -94.570
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
Every storm in Texas in 1981Every state in 1981This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 1981
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: 10131129, 10127809, 10127810, 10127811, 10127812, 10127813, 10127814, 10127815, 10127816, 10127817, 10128030, 10128031, 10128032.