Texas, 1982

Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 5, 1982

June 5, 1982 · 3 events in 1 county or zone

2 hail, 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
6
Property damage
$2.5 million
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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

2 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Hutchinson

When
June 5, 5:35 PM CST
Where
Hutchinson County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
35.630, -101.600

Tornado, Hutchinson

When
June 5, 6:32 PM CST
Where
Hutchinson County
Rating
F2
Path length
3 mi
Path width
67 yd
Injuries
6 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$2.5 million
Coordinates
35.670, -101.380

Hail, Hutchinson

When
June 5, 6:32 PM CST
Where
Hutchinson County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
35.670, -101.380

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.

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: 10131803, 10131804, 10131805.