Hail, Midland
- When
- May 7, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Midland County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.000, -102.080
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 7, 1981
12 hail, 10 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
- $1.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 24
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
12 hail, 10 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Brewster
- When
- May 7, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Brewster County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 30.180, -103.250
Hail, Brewster
- When
- May 7, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Brewster County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.200, -103.250
Tornado, Crosby
- When
- May 7, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Crosby County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 6.1 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.670, -101.370
Tornado, Crosby
- When
- May 7, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Crosby County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.480, -101.380
Tornado, Floyd
- When
- May 7, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Floyd County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 7 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.200, -101.400
Hail, Floyd
- When
- May 7, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Floyd County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.120, -101.430
Hail, Terrell
- When
- May 7, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Terrell County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.150, -102.400
Hail, Motley
- When
- May 7, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Motley County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.100, -100.880
Hail, Terrell
- When
- May 7, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Terrell County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.150, -102.400
Tornado, Crosby
- When
- May 7, 5:34 PM CST
- Where
- Crosby County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.700, -101.370
Hail, Motley
- When
- May 7, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Motley County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.020, -100.820
Tornado, Crosby
- When
- May 7, 5:54 PM CST
- Where
- Crosby County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.680, -101.330
Tornado, Crosby
- When
- May 7, 5:54 PM CST
- Where
- Crosby County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.680, -101.330
Tornado, Crosby
- When
- May 7, 5:54 PM CST
- Where
- Crosby County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.680, -101.330
Tornado, Crosby
- When
- May 7, 5:54 PM CST
- Where
- Crosby County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.680, -101.330
Tornado, Crosby
- When
- May 7, 5:54 PM CST
- Where
- Crosby County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.7 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.680, -101.330
Hail, Dickens
- When
- May 7, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dickens County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.470, -100.850
Hail, Lynn
- When
- May 7, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lynn County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.880, -101.580
Hail, Scurry
- When
- May 7, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Scurry County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.720, -100.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Scurry
- When
- May 7, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Scurry County
- Coordinates
- 32.720, -100.900
Hail, Scurry
- When
- May 7, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Scurry County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.720, -100.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Scurry
- When
- May 7, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Scurry County
- Coordinates
- 32.720, -100.900
Hail, Fisher
- When
- May 7, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Fisher County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.850, -100.470
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
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: 10129184, 10129185, 10129186, 10129187, 10129188, 10129189, 10129190, 10129191, 10129192, 10129193, 10129194, 10129195, 10129196, 10129197, 10129198, 10129199, 10129200, 10129201, 10129202, 10129203, 10129204, 10129205, 10129206, 10129207.