Texas, 1987Tornado and Hail in Texas, July 2, 1987
July 2, 1987 · NWS SAT · 21 events in 19 counties and zones
16 thunderstorm wind, 4 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
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 21
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
16 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Carson
- When
- July 2, 12:16 AM CST
- Where
- Carson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.430, -101.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Cooke
- When
- July 2, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cooke County
- Coordinates
- 33.630, -97.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Denton
- When
- July 2, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Denton County
- Coordinates
- 33.370, -97.180
Hail, Young
- When
- July 2, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Young County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.100, -98.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Tarrant
- When
- July 2, 9:40 AM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -97.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Tarrant
- When
- July 2, 9:40 AM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Coordinates
- 32.850, -97.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Collin
- When
- July 2, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Collin County
- Coordinates
- 33.100, -96.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Dallas
- When
- July 2, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Coordinates
- 32.950, -96.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Rockwall
- When
- July 2, 10:15 AM CST
- Where
- Rockwall County
- Coordinates
- 32.930, -96.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Hunt
- When
- July 2, 10:20 AM CST
- Where
- Hunt County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.130, -96.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Kaufman
- When
- July 2, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Kaufman County
- Coordinates
- 32.730, -96.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Hopkins
- When
- July 2, 10:55 AM CST
- Where
- Hopkins County
- Coordinates
- 33.030, -95.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Henderson
- When
- July 2, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Henderson County
- Coordinates
- 32.200, -95.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- July 2, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Coordinates
- 30.330, -95.470
Thunderstorm Wind, San Jacinto
- When
- July 2, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- San Jacinto County
- Deaths
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 30.630, -95.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- July 2, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Coordinates
- 30.800, -94.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Liberty
- When
- July 2, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Liberty County
- Coordinates
- 30.350, -95.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Harris
- When
- July 2, 4:51 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 29.650, -95.280
Tornado, Parmer
- When
- July 2, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Parmer County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.770, -102.730
Hail, Hale
- When
- July 2, 7:23 PM CST
- Where
- Hale County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.980, -102.000
Hail, Collin
- When
- July 2, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Collin County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.020, -96.580
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, July 2, 1987$3,000 · F2 · 17 events
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, July 2, 19871 injured · $250,000 · F1 · 11 events
- Tornado in New Jersey, July 2, 1987$250,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 2, 19871 injured · 62 kt wind · 19 events
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 2, 198752 kt wind · 3 events
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, July 2, 19871 event
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 2, 198750 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 2, 19871 event
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 2, 19871 event
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 2, 19871 event
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 2, 19871 event
- Hail in Montana, July 2, 19871 in hail · 1 event
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: 10144522, 10144523, 10144524, 10144525, 10144526, 10144527, 10144528, 10144529, 10144530, 10144531, 10144532, 10144533, 10144534, 10144535, 10144536, 10144537, 10144538, 10144539, 10144540, 10144541, 10144542.