Hail, Crane
- When
- April 21, 1:23 PM CST
- Where
- Crane County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.400, -102.350
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 21, 1985
22 hail, 8 tornado, 5 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
- 3
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- $1.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 35
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
22 hail, 8 tornado, 5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Cass
- When
- April 21, 2:05 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.270, -94.070
Hail, Jones
- When
- April 21, 2:11 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -99.880
Hail, Bowie
- When
- April 21, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Bowie County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.330, -94.350
Hail, Nacogdoches
- When
- April 21, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Nacogdoches County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.600, -94.670
Hail, Jones
- When
- April 21, 2:28 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -99.880
Hail, Bowie
- When
- April 21, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Bowie County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.430, -94.050
Hail, Nacogdoches
- When
- April 21, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Nacogdoches County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.600, -94.670
Hail, Haskell
- When
- April 21, 3:28 PM CST
- Where
- Haskell County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.170, -99.750
Hail, Knox
- When
- April 21, 3:38 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.420, -99.800
Tornado, Throckmorton
- When
- April 21, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Throckmorton County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.200, -99.300
Hail, Shelby
- When
- April 21, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.800, -94.400
Tornado, Throckmorton
- When
- April 21, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Throckmorton County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.100, -99.230
Hail, Panola
- When
- April 21, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Panola County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.180, -94.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- April 21, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Coordinates
- 31.900, -94.400
Tornado, Throckmorton
- When
- April 21, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Throckmorton County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.130, -99.200
Hail, Nacogdoches
- When
- April 21, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Nacogdoches County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.780, -94.480
Hail, Panola
- When
- April 21, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Panola County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -94.480
Hail, Haskell
- When
- April 21, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Haskell County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.170, -99.770
Hail, Glasscock
- When
- April 21, 4:59 PM CST
- Where
- Glasscock County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.880, -101.500
Hail, Throckmorton
- When
- April 21, 5:08 PM CST
- Where
- Throckmorton County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.180, -99.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Nacogdoches
- When
- April 21, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Nacogdoches County
- Coordinates
- 31.820, -94.500
Hail, Knox
- When
- April 21, 5:11 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.450, -99.620
Tornado, Throckmorton
- When
- April 21, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Throckmorton County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Deaths
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.230, -99.000
Tornado, Young
- When
- April 21, 5:36 PM CST
- Where
- Young County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.250, -98.980
Hail, Throckmorton
- When
- April 21, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Throckmorton County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.180, -99.180
Hail, Wheeler
- When
- April 21, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.220, -100.100
Tornado, Young
- When
- April 21, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Young County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.8 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.380, -98.920
Hail, Dallas
- When
- April 21, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.770, -96.600
Tornado, Archer
- When
- April 21, 6:36 PM CST
- Where
- Archer County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.2 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.420, -98.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Archer
- When
- April 21, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Archer County
- Coordinates
- 33.500, -98.770
Tornado, Mitchell
- When
- April 21, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.230, -100.850
Hail, Zavala
- When
- April 21, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Zavala County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.680, -99.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Dimmit
- When
- April 21, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Dimmit County
- Coordinates
- 28.520, -99.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Childress
- When
- April 21, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Childress County
- Coordinates
- 34.420, -100.200
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 Hail in Minnesota, April 21, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, April 21, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 21, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, April 21, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, April 21, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, April 21, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 21, 1985
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, April 21, 1985
- Hail in Michigan, April 21, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 21, 1985
More
Every storm in Texas in 1985Every state in 1985This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 1985
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: 10145006, 10145007, 10145008, 10145009, 10145010, 10145011, 10145012, 10145013, 10145014, 10145015, 10145016, 10145017, 10145018, 10145019, 10145020, 10145021, 10145022, 10145023, 10145024, 10145025, 10145026, 10145027, 10145028, 10145029, 10145030, 10145031, 10145032, 10145033, 10145034, 10145035, 10145036, 10145037, 10145038, 10145039, 10145040.