Texas, 1985Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 11, 1985
May 11, 1985 · NWS AT · 11 events in 3 counties and zones
6 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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
6 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Parker
- When
- May 11, 10:15 AM CST
- Where
- Parker County
- Coordinates
- 32.770, -97.800
Hail, Montague
- When
- May 11, 11:35 AM CST
- Where
- Montague County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.800, -97.750
Hail, Parker
- When
- May 11, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Parker County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -98.020
Tornado, Parker
- When
- May 11, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Parker County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.800, -97.830
Hail, Parker
- When
- May 11, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Parker County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.670, -97.680
Hail, Tarrant
- When
- May 11, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.770, -97.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Tarrant
- When
- May 11, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.770, -97.450
Hail, Parker
- When
- May 11, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Parker County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.670, -97.680
Hail, Tarrant
- When
- May 11, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.680, -97.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Tarrant
- When
- May 11, 4:59 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.630, -97.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Tarrant
- When
- May 11, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.770, -97.450
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 11, 19851 injured · $2.8 million · F1 · 7 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 11, 19854 injured · $100,000 · F1 · 26 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 11, 1985F0 · 22 events
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, May 11, 1985F0 · 8 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 11, 19851.5 in hail · 4 events
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 11, 1985F0 · 3 events
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 11, 19851 event
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 11, 19851 event
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: 10145101, 10145102, 10145103, 10145104, 10145105, 10145106, 10145107, 10145108, 10145109, 10145110, 10145111.