Tornado, Bailey
- When
- July 4, 3:03 PM CST
- Where
- Bailey County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 33.870, -102.930
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, July 4, 1981
5 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 hail, 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
- $530
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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
5 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Hale
- When
- July 4, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hale County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.070, -101.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Hale
- When
- July 4, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hale County
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.070, -101.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Hansford
- When
- July 4, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hansford County
- Coordinates
- 36.120, -101.300
Tornado, Hansford
- When
- July 4, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hansford County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -101.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Lubbock
- When
- July 4, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.600, -102.050
Hail, Lubbock
- When
- July 4, 5:38 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.670, -101.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Lubbock
- When
- July 4, 5:38 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County
- Measured
- 74 kt (85 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.670, -101.820
Hail, Lubbock
- When
- July 4, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.470, -101.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Lubbock
- When
- July 4, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.430, -101.650
Tornado, Upton
- When
- July 4, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Upton County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 31.630, -101.850
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: 10130362, 10130363, 10130364, 10130365, 10130366, 10130367, 10130368, 10130369, 10130370, 10130371, 10130372.