Tornado and Hail in Texas, October 22, 1984

Name: Tornado and Hail in Texas, October 22, 1984
Start: 1984-10-22T00:30
End: 1984-10-22T11:35
Location: Texas

October 22, 1984 · 4 events in 3 counties and zones

3 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

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $25 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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

3 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Harris

When: October 22, 12:30 AM CST
Where: Harris County
Rating: F1
Path length: 5 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 29.620, -95.250

Hail, Harris

When: October 22, 12:45 AM CST
Where: Harris County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 29.700, -95.030

Hail, Bexar

When: October 22, 8:15 AM CST
Where: Bexar County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 29.530, -98.470

Hail, Colorado

When: October 22, 11:35 AM CST
Where: Colorado County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 29.720, -96.570

What these are

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 1984 Every state in 1984 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Texas, 1984

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: 10141638, 10141639, 10141640, 10141641.