Texas, 1986Tornado 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.
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
- 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.
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
- 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.
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.