Hail, Hemphill
- When
- May 24, 6:02 PM CST
- Where
- Hemphill County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.900, -100.380
Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 24, 1983
4 hail, 1 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Briscoe
- When
- May 24, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Briscoe County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.470, -101.500
Tornado, Hemphill
- When
- May 24, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hemphill County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.020, -100.250
Hail, Lipscomb
- When
- May 24, 8:01 PM CST
- Where
- Lipscomb County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.120, -100.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Floyd
- When
- May 24, 8:13 PM CST
- Where
- Floyd County
- Coordinates
- 34.120, -101.430
Hail, Floyd
- When
- May 24, 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Floyd County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.100, -101.450
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 24, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 24, 1983
- Hail in Iowa, May 24, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 24, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 24, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 24, 1983
- Hail in North Carolina, May 24, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 24, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 24, 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: 10144708, 10144709, 10141088, 10141089, 10141090, 10141091.