Thunderstorm Wind, Hidalgo
- When
- December 31, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- Hidalgo County
- Coordinates
- 26.170, -97.980
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, December 31, 1984
12 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 hail, 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
- 59
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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, 3 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Milam
- When
- December 31, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- Milam County
- Coordinates
- 30.620, -97.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Cameron
- When
- December 31, 6:30 AM CST
- Where
- Cameron County
- Coordinates
- 26.180, -97.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- December 31, 8:10 AM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Injuries
- 6 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 30.350, -96.930
Tornado, Matagorda
- When
- December 31, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Matagorda County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 28.830, -95.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Brazoria
- When
- December 31, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Brazoria County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 28.950, -95.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Brazoria
- When
- December 31, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Brazoria County
- Coordinates
- 29.470, -95.350
Tornado, Harris
- When
- December 31, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 53 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Coordinates
- 29.600, -95.200
Tornado, Harris
- When
- December 31, 11:40 AM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 29.700, -95.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Harris
- When
- December 31, 11:45 AM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Coordinates
- 29.850, -95.230
Hail, Harris
- When
- December 31, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.730, -95.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- December 31, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 29.920, -94.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Gregg
- When
- December 31, 12:25 PM CST
- Where
- Gregg County
- Coordinates
- 32.480, -94.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- December 31, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -94.570
Hail, Harris
- When
- December 31, 12:35 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.700, -95.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- December 31, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 29.920, -94.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Hays
- When
- December 31, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hays County
- Coordinates
- 29.900, -97.880
What these are
- 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.
- 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
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: 10142743, 10142744, 10142745, 10142746, 10142747, 10142748, 10142749, 10142750, 10142751, 10142752, 10142753, 10142754, 10142755, 10142756, 10142757, 10142758, 10142759.