Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 3, 1986

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 3, 1986
Start: 1986-04-03T09:18
End: 1986-04-03T21:20
Location: Texas

April 3, 1986 · NWS FTW · 24 events in 10 counties and zones

21 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 24

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

21 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Wichita

When: April 3, 9:18 AM CST
Where: Wichita County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.950, -98.670

Hail, Archer

When: April 3, 9:33 AM CST
Where: Archer County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 33.780, -98.720

Hail, Archer

When: April 3, 9:33 AM CST
Where: Archer County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 33.620, -98.700

Hail, Wichita

When: April 3, 9:41 AM CST
Where: Wichita County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.950, -98.670

Hail, Wichita

When: April 3, 9:56 AM CST
Where: Wichita County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.100, -98.570

Hail, Wichita

When: April 3, 10:40 AM CST
Where: Wichita County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.030, -98.630

Hail, Wichita

When: April 3, 10:56 AM CST
Where: Wichita County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.100, -98.570

Hail, Wichita

When: April 3, 11:17 AM CST
Where: Wichita County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.950, -98.670

Hail, Archer

When: April 3, 11:20 AM CST
Where: Archer County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.780, -98.800

Hail, Wichita

When: April 3, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Wichita County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.100, -98.570

Thunderstorm Wind, Navarro

When: April 3, 5:20 PM CST
Where: Navarro County
Coordinates: 32.100, -96.470

Hail, Navarro

When: April 3, 5:30 PM CST
Where: Navarro County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 32.100, -96.720

Hail, Tarrant

When: April 3, 5:30 PM CST
Where: Tarrant County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 32.680, -97.450

Thunderstorm Wind, Kaufman

When: April 3, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Kaufman County
Coordinates: 32.520, -96.380

Hail, Kaufman

When: April 3, 6:10 PM CST
Where: Kaufman County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 32.730, -96.280

Hail, Grayson

When: April 3, 6:15 PM CST
Where: Grayson County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.570, -96.920

Thunderstorm Wind, Grayson

When: April 3, 6:15 PM CST
Where: Grayson County
Coordinates: 33.820, -96.800

Hail, Tarrant

When: April 3, 6:30 PM CST
Where: Tarrant County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 32.820, -97.420

Hail, Hunt

When: April 3, 6:40 PM CST
Where: Hunt County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.130, -96.120

Hail, Brown

When: April 3, 6:40 PM CST
Where: Brown County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.720, -99.130

Hail, Comanche

When: April 3, 7:15 PM CST
Where: Comanche County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 32.070, -98.620

Hail, Denton

When: April 3, 7:40 PM CST
Where: Denton County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.020, -97.180

Hail, Brown

When: April 3, 9:05 PM CST
Where: Brown County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.720, -98.880

Hail, Comanche

When: April 3, 9:20 PM CST
Where: Comanche County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.800, -98.730

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.

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

The same day elsewhere

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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: 10142800, 10142801, 10143017, 10143018, 10143019, 10143020, 10143021, 10143022, 10143023, 10143024, 10143025, 10143026, 10143027, 10143028, 10143029, 10143030, 10143031, 10143032, 10143033, 10143034, 10143035, 10143036, 10143037, 10143038.