Tornado, Hockley
- When
- May 28, 2:14 PM CST
- Where
- Hockley County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.550, -102.400
Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 28, 1981
11 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lubbock
- When
- May 28, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.600, -102.050
Hail, Terry
- When
- May 28, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Terry County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.180, -102.280
Hail, Foard
- When
- May 28, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Foard County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.070, -99.500
Hail, Potter
- When
- May 28, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -101.820
Hail, Wilbarger
- When
- May 28, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Wilbarger County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.080, -99.330
Hail, Foard
- When
- May 28, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Foard County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.980, -99.720
Hail, Dickens
- When
- May 28, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Dickens County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.620, -100.670
Hail, Childress
- When
- May 28, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Childress County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.420, -100.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Childress
- When
- May 28, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Childress County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.420, -100.200
Hail, Wilbarger
- When
- May 28, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wilbarger County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.850, -99.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Haskell
- When
- May 28, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Haskell County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.170, -99.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Foard
- When
- May 28, 8:12 PM CST
- Where
- Foard County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.980, -99.530
Hail, Sterling
- When
- May 28, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Sterling County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.780, -100.880
Hail, Midland
- When
- May 28, 10:35 PM CST
- Where
- Midland County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.880, -101.930
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: 10128134, 10128135, 10128136, 10128137, 10128138, 10128139, 10128140, 10128141, 10128142, 10128143, 10128144, 10128145, 10128146, 10128147, 10128148.