Tornado, Brazoria
- When
- July 15, 10:55 AM CST
- Where
- Brazoria County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.7 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 29.050, -95.450
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, July 15, 1983
3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $275,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Victoria
- When
- July 15, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Victoria County
- Coordinates
- 28.780, -97.000
Tornado, Harris
- When
- July 15, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 29.770, -95.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Taylor
- When
- July 15, 4:29 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County
- Measured
- 67 kt (77 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.420, -99.680
Hail, Tom Green
- When
- July 15, 6:23 PM CST
- Where
- Tom Green County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.470, -100.430
Hail, Tom Green
- When
- July 15, 7:23 PM CST
- Where
- Tom Green County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.520, -100.430
Hail, Tom Green
- When
- July 15, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tom Green County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.470, -100.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Tom Green
- When
- July 15, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tom Green County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 31.470, -100.430
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.
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, July 15, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 15, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, July 15, 1983
- Hail in Maine, July 15, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Connecticut, July 15, 1983
- Hail in South Dakota, July 15, 1983
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 15, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 15, 1983
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: 10141387, 10141388, 10141389, 10141390, 10141391, 10141392, 10141393, 10141394.