Hail, Bell
- When
- April 23, 4:10 AM CST
- Where
- Bell County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.130, -97.730
Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 23, 1985
40 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 46
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
40 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Bowie
- When
- April 23, 12:20 PM CST
- Where
- Bowie County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.430, -94.050
Tornado, Harrison
- When
- April 23, 12:55 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.600, -94.400
Hail, Marion
- When
- April 23, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.850, -94.470
Hail, Cass
- When
- April 23, 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.020, -94.330
Hail, Harrison
- When
- April 23, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -94.570
Hail, Rusk
- When
- April 23, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Rusk County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.020, -94.970
Hail, Bowie
- When
- April 23, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Bowie County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.430, -94.050
Hail, Camp
- When
- April 23, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Camp County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.000, -94.970
Hail, Rusk
- When
- April 23, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Rusk County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.150, -94.900
Hail, Gregg
- When
- April 23, 1:48 PM CST
- Where
- Gregg County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -94.880
Hail, Cass
- When
- April 23, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.930, -94.250
Hail, Harrison
- When
- April 23, 1:52 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.570, -94.400
Hail, Houston
- When
- April 23, 1:55 PM CST
- Where
- Houston County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.320, -95.420
Hail, Marion
- When
- April 23, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.850, -94.470
Hail, Marion
- When
- April 23, 2:05 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.680, -94.280
Hail, Cass
- When
- April 23, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.130, -94.470
Hail, Gregg
- When
- April 23, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Gregg County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.480, -94.730
Hail, Harrison
- When
- April 23, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -94.570
Hail, Rusk
- When
- April 23, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Rusk County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.020, -94.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Gregg
- When
- April 23, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Gregg County
- Coordinates
- 32.480, -94.730
Hail, Cherokee
- When
- April 23, 2:17 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.820, -95.180
Hail, Rusk
- When
- April 23, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Rusk County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.130, -94.800
Hail, Cherokee
- When
- April 23, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.850, -95.680
Hail, Gregg
- When
- April 23, 2:48 PM CST
- Where
- Gregg County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -94.880
Hail, Cass
- When
- April 23, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.930, -94.250
Hail, Harrison
- When
- April 23, 2:52 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.570, -94.400
Hail, Houston
- When
- April 23, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Houston County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.420, -95.570
Hail, Gregg
- When
- April 23, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Gregg County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.480, -94.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Gregg
- When
- April 23, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Gregg County
- Coordinates
- 32.480, -94.730
Hail, Rusk
- When
- April 23, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Rusk County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.830, -95.000
Hail, Rusk
- When
- April 23, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Rusk County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.150, -94.800
Hail, Houston
- When
- April 23, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Houston County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.320, -95.450
Hail, Lavaca
- When
- April 23, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Lavaca County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.430, -97.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Houston
- When
- April 23, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Houston County
- Coordinates
- 31.320, -95.450
Hail, Shelby
- When
- April 23, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.900, -94.400
Hail, Shelby
- When
- April 23, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.970, -94.070
Hail, Angelina
- When
- April 23, 4:52 PM CST
- Where
- Angelina County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.350, -94.730
Hail, Marion
- When
- April 23, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -94.350
Hail, Shelby
- When
- April 23, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.900, -94.400
Hail, Shelby
- When
- April 23, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.970, -94.070
Hail, Nacogdoches
- When
- April 23, 6:09 PM CST
- Where
- Nacogdoches County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.600, -94.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Matagorda
- When
- April 23, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Matagorda County
- Coordinates
- 28.880, -96.220
Hail, Polk
- When
- April 23, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.700, -94.930
Hail, Tyler
- When
- April 23, 7:43 PM CST
- Where
- Tyler County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.770, -94.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Matagorda
- When
- April 23, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Matagorda County
- Coordinates
- 28.870, -96.020
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 Arkansas, April 23, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, April 23, 1985
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 23, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 23, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 23, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 23, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, April 23, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 23, 1985
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: 10141666, 10141667, 10141668, 10141669, 10141670, 10141671, 10141672, 10141673, 10141674, 10141675, 10141676, 10141677, 10141678, 10141679, 10141680, 10141681, 10141682, 10141683, 10141684, 10141685, 10141686, 10141687, 10141688, 10141689, 10141690, 10141691, 10141692, 10141693, 10141694, 10141695, 10141696, 10141697, 10141698, 10141699, 10141700, 10141701, 10141702, 10141703, 10141704, 10141705, and more.