Hail, Denton
- When
- November 22, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Denton County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.070, -97.000
Tornado and Hail in Texas, November 22, 1983
12 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 6
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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
12 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Denton
- When
- November 22, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Denton County
- Coordinates
- 33.070, -97.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Uvalde
- When
- November 22, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Uvalde County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 29.620, -99.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Kaufman
- When
- November 22, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kaufman County
- Coordinates
- 32.730, -96.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Hill
- When
- November 22, 10:40 PM CST
- Where
- Hill County
- Coordinates
- 32.170, -97.150
Thunderstorm Wind, McLennan
- When
- November 22, 10:52 PM CST
- Where
- McLennan County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 31.620, -97.230
Tornado, Ellis
- When
- November 22, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Injuries
- 6 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 32.350, -96.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Ellis
- When
- November 22, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Coordinates
- 32.350, -96.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Bell
- When
- November 22, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bell County
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Coordinates
- 31.130, -97.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Ellis
- When
- November 22, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Coordinates
- 32.180, -96.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Travis
- When
- November 22, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Travis County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.200, -97.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Bell
- When
- November 22, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bell County
- Coordinates
- 31.020, -97.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Bexar
- When
- November 22, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Bexar County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 29.450, -98.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Kaufman
- When
- November 22, 11:40 PM CST
- Where
- Kaufman County
- Coordinates
- 32.730, -96.280
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- 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
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: 10143437, 10143438, 10143439, 10143440, 10143441, 10143442, 10143653, 10143654, 10143655, 10143656, 10143657, 10143658, 10143659, 10143660.