Tornado, Floyd
- When
- May 24, 11:58 AM CST
- Where
- Floyd County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 7 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.270, -101.400
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 24, 1981
13 hail, 9 tornado, 3 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
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 25
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
13 hail, 9 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Lubbock
- When
- May 24, 12:10 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 7 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.620, -102.070
Tornado, Lubbock
- When
- May 24, 12:59 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.580, -101.950
Hail, Lubbock
- When
- May 24, 12:59 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.600, -102.070
Hail, Lubbock
- When
- May 24, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.450, -101.820
Hail, Crosby
- When
- May 24, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Crosby County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.670, -101.530
Tornado, Bailey
- When
- May 24, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Bailey County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 7 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -102.920
Tornado, Wilbarger
- When
- May 24, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Wilbarger County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.150, -99.450
Tornado, Baylor
- When
- May 24, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Baylor County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.750, -99.230
Tornado, Baylor
- When
- May 24, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Baylor County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.730, -99.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilbarger
- When
- May 24, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Wilbarger County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.150, -99.280
Tornado, Baylor
- When
- May 24, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Baylor County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.730, -99.220
Hail, Maverick
- When
- May 24, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Maverick County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.700, -100.380
Hail, Williamson
- When
- May 24, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Williamson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.580, -97.850
Tornado, Maverick
- When
- May 24, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Maverick County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 28.370, -100.330
Hail, Maverick
- When
- May 24, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Maverick County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.700, -100.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Williamson
- When
- May 24, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Williamson County
- Coordinates
- 30.650, -97.580
Hail, Dimmit
- When
- May 24, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Dimmit County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.420, -99.750
Hail, Real
- When
- May 24, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Real County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.800, -99.830
Hail, Bandera
- When
- May 24, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Bandera County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.750, -99.250
Hail, Medina
- When
- May 24, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Medina County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.380, -99.080
Hail, Kendall
- When
- May 24, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Kendall County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.920, -98.680
Hail, Travis
- When
- May 24, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Travis County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.320, -97.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Travis
- When
- May 24, 10:07 PM CST
- Where
- Travis County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.200, -97.670
Hail, Webb
- When
- May 24, 10:10 PM CST
- Where
- Webb County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 27.750, -99.330
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
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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: 10127886, 10127887, 10127888, 10127889, 10128101, 10128102, 10128103, 10128104, 10128105, 10128106, 10128107, 10128108, 10128109, 10128110, 10128111, 10128112, 10128113, 10128114, 10128115, 10128116, 10128117, 10128118, 10128119, 10128120, 10128121.