Hail, Sutton
- When
- May 22, 1:50 AM CST
- Where
- Sutton County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.570, -100.630
Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 22, 1985
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 6
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 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Winkler
- When
- May 22, 4:10 AM CST
- Where
- Winkler County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.850, -103.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Tom Green
- When
- May 22, 6:37 AM CST
- Where
- Tom Green County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 31.370, -100.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Gillespie
- When
- May 22, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Gillespie County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.280, -98.870
Tornado, Gaines
- When
- May 22, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Gaines County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.930, -102.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Gaines
- When
- May 22, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Gaines County
- Coordinates
- 32.930, -102.550
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, May 22, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 22, 1985
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 22, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 22, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 22, 1985
- Hail in Florida, May 22, 1985
- Hail in West Virginia, May 22, 1985
- Hail in New Mexico, May 22, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 22, 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: 10141584, 10141585, 10141586, 10141587, 10141588, 10141589.