Texas, 1986

Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 18, 1986

April 18, 1986 · NWS FTW · 9 events in 5 counties and zones

8 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
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
9

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

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

Hail, Knox

When
April 18, 12:12 AM CST
Where
Knox County
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
33.800, -99.930

Hail, Foard

When
April 18, 12:40 AM CST
Where
Foard County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
33.980, -99.600

Hail, Wilbarger

When
April 18, 1:06 AM CST
Where
Wilbarger County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
34.080, -99.400

Hail, Erath

When
April 18, 5:30 PM CST
Where
Erath County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
32.270, -98.250

Hail, Comanche

When
April 18, 5:30 PM CST
Where
Comanche County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
32.250, -98.220

Hail, Comanche

When
April 18, 6:05 PM CST
Where
Comanche County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
32.080, -98.470

Hail, Erath

When
April 18, 6:20 PM CST
Where
Erath County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
32.080, -98.330

Tornado, Erath

When
April 18, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Erath County
Rating
F0
Path length
0.2 mi
Path width
10 yd
Coordinates
32.180, -98.200

Hail, Comanche

When
April 18, 8:30 PM CST
Where
Comanche County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
31.900, -98.620

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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: 10145291, 10145292, 10145293, 10145294, 10145295, 10145296, 10145297, 10145298, 10145299.