Hail, Tarrant
- When
- May 18, 2:25 AM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.900, -97.530
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 18, 1981
11 hail, 3 tornado, 2 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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
11 hail, 3 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Hunt
- When
- May 18, 4:45 AM CST
- Where
- Hunt County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.250, -95.900
Hail, Bastrop
- When
- May 18, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Bastrop County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.080, -97.320
Hail, Cherokee
- When
- May 18, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.650, -95.070
Hail, Lee
- When
- May 18, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.180, -96.930
Hail, Washington
- When
- May 18, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.230, -96.430
Tornado, Nacogdoches
- When
- May 18, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Nacogdoches County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.750, -94.750
Tornado, Nacogdoches
- When
- May 18, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Nacogdoches County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 7.1 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.720, -94.750
Hail, Fayette
- When
- May 18, 5:07 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.070, -96.530
Tornado, Trinity
- When
- May 18, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Trinity County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.120, -95.200
Hail, Nacogdoches
- When
- May 18, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Nacogdoches County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.720, -94.670
Hail, Nacogdoches
- When
- May 18, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Nacogdoches County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.600, -94.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Trinity
- When
- May 18, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Trinity County
- Coordinates
- 31.030, -95.150
Hail, Polk
- When
- May 18, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.800, -94.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- May 18, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Coordinates
- 30.800, -94.820
Hail, Tyler
- When
- May 18, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Tyler County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.770, -94.350
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
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, May 18, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, May 18, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, May 18, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, May 18, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, May 18, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 18, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 18, 1981
- Hail in Tennessee, May 18, 1981
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: 10131519, 10131520, 10131521, 10131522, 10131523, 10131524, 10131525, 10131526, 10131527, 10131528, 10131529, 10131530, 10131531, 10131532, 10131533, 10131534.