Hail, Randall
- When
- May 13, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -101.820
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 13, 1983
13 hail, 4 tornado, 1 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
- $120
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 18
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, 4 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 13, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -101.820
Hail, Potter
- When
- May 13, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -101.820
Hail, Potter
- When
- May 13, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -101.820
Tornado, Moore
- When
- May 13, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 35.830, -101.700
Tornado, Wichita
- When
- May 13, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wichita County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.8 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 34.150, -98.930
Hail, Hutchinson
- When
- May 13, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.650, -101.420
Hail, Wilbarger
- When
- May 13, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Wilbarger County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.150, -99.280
Tornado, Briscoe
- When
- May 13, 2:42 PM CST
- Where
- Briscoe County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 80 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 34.380, -101.130
Hail, Hutchinson
- When
- May 13, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.780, -101.230
Hail, Hutchinson
- When
- May 13, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.830, -101.380
Hail, Hall
- When
- May 13, 4:16 PM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.630, -100.570
Hail, Carson
- When
- May 13, 4:16 PM CST
- Where
- Carson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.580, -101.420
Tornado, Hall
- When
- May 13, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 34.570, -100.520
Hail, Hemphill
- When
- May 13, 4:53 PM CST
- Where
- Hemphill County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.900, -100.380
Hail, Collingsworth
- When
- May 13, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Collingsworth County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.850, -100.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Wheeler
- When
- May 13, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County
- Coordinates
- 35.320, -100.230
Hail, Collingsworth
- When
- May 13, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Collingsworth County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.850, -100.220
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: 10141788, 10141789, 10141790, 10141791, 10141792, 10141793, 10141794, 10142648, 10142649, 10142650, 10142651, 10142652, 10142653, 10142654, 10142655, 10142656, 10142657, 10142658.