Tornado, Sabine
- When
- March 12, 12:05 AM CST
- Where
- Sabine County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.250, -93.980
Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 12, 1986
8 hail, 1 tornado, 1 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.
- 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
- 10
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, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Tyler
- When
- March 12, 12:15 AM CST
- Where
- Tyler County
- Coordinates
- 30.970, -94.420
Hail, Victoria
- When
- March 12, 12:35 AM CST
- Where
- Victoria County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.530, -96.980
Hail, Lavaca
- When
- March 12, 1:12 AM CST
- Where
- Lavaca County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.430, -97.170
Hail, Parker
- When
- March 12, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Parker County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.800, -98.100
Hail, Palo Pinto
- When
- March 12, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Palo Pinto County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.900, -98.500
Hail, Palo Pinto
- When
- March 12, 10:10 PM CST
- Where
- Palo Pinto County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.800, -98.100
Hail, Palo Pinto
- When
- March 12, 10:25 PM CST
- Where
- Palo Pinto County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.800, -98.100
Hail, Parker
- When
- March 12, 10:55 PM CST
- Where
- Parker County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.770, -97.800
Hail, Tarrant
- When
- March 12, 11:42 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.870, -97.370
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, March 12, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, March 12, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, March 12, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 12, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, March 12, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 12, 1986
- Hail in Ohio, March 12, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, March 12, 1986
More
Every storm in Texas in 1986Every state in 1986This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 1986Warnings in Texas, March 1986
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: 10141907, 10141908, 10141909, 10141910, 10141911, 10141912, 10141913, 10141914, 10141915, 10141916.