Tornado and Hail in Texas, January 24, 1987

Name: Tornado and Hail in Texas, January 24, 1987
Start: 1987-01-24T19:15
End: 1987-01-24T21:12
Location: Texas

January 24, 1987 · NWS SAT · 6 events in 5 counties and zones

3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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: 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 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Madison

When: January 24, 7:15 PM CST
Where: Madison County
Measured: 0.87 in hail
Coordinates: 30.950, -95.880

Hail, Trinity

When: January 24, 8:00 PM CST
Where: Trinity County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 30.930, -95.380

Thunderstorm Wind, Trinity

When: January 24, 8:05 PM CST
Where: Trinity County
Coordinates: 31.070, -95.150

Tornado, Nacogdoches

When: January 24, 8:19 PM CST
Where: Nacogdoches County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.2 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Coordinates: 31.600, -94.900

Thunderstorm Wind, Polk

When: January 24, 8:30 PM CST
Where: Polk County
Coordinates: 31.000, -94.820

Hail, Shelby

When: January 24, 9:12 PM CST
Where: Shelby County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 31.850, -94.250

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

Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, January 24, 19871 in hail · 14 events

Every storm in Texas in 1987 Every state in 1987 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Texas, 1987 Warnings in Texas, January 1987

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: 10143244, 10143245, 10143246, 10143247, 10143248, 10143249.