Hail, Red River
- When
- May 18, 10:55 AM CST
- Where
- Red River County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.470, -95.220
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 18, 1983
4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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
4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Travis
- When
- May 18, 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Travis County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 12 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 30.230, -97.880
Tornado, Williamson
- When
- May 18, 11:45 AM CST
- Where
- Williamson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 30.470, -97.680
Hail, Van Zandt
- When
- May 18, 12:10 PM CST
- Where
- Van Zandt County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.550, -95.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Van Zandt
- When
- May 18, 12:10 PM CST
- Where
- Van Zandt County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.550, -95.870
Hail, Smith
- When
- May 18, 1:04 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.370, -95.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Anderson
- When
- May 18, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Anderson County
- Coordinates
- 31.920, -95.930
Tornado, Cherokee
- When
- May 18, 3:16 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 31.720, -95.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Nacogdoches
- When
- May 18, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Nacogdoches County
- Coordinates
- 31.820, -94.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Nacogdoches
- When
- May 18, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Nacogdoches County
- Coordinates
- 31.680, -94.750
Hail, Travis
- When
- May 18, 10:50 PM CST
- Where
- Travis County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.280, -97.750
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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 18, 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 18, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 18, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 18, 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 18, 1983
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 18, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 18, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 18, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 18, 1983
More
Every storm in Texas in 1983Every state in 1983This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 1983
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: 10142892, 10142893, 10142894, 10142895, 10142896, 10142897, 10142898, 10142899, 10142900, 10142901, 10142902.