Thunderstorm Wind, Floyd
- When
- March 22, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Floyd County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.980, -101.330
Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 22, 1987
5 hail, 3 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $250,000
- 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.
Event by event
5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Hemphill
- When
- March 22, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Hemphill County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.900, -100.450
Tornado, Lipscomb
- When
- March 22, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Lipscomb County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 30 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -100.320
Hail, Hemphill
- When
- March 22, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Hemphill County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.020, -100.200
Hail, Ector
- When
- March 22, 8:23 PM CST
- Where
- Ector County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.850, -102.370
Hail, Upton
- When
- March 22, 9:13 PM CST
- Where
- Upton County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.550, -101.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Midland
- When
- March 22, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Midland County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 31.870, -102.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Howard
- When
- March 22, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.250, -101.470
Hail, Glasscock
- When
- March 22, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Glasscock County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.870, -101.500
What these are
- 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.
- 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
More
Every storm in Texas in 1987Every state in 1987This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 1987Warnings in Texas, March 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: 10141033, 10141034, 10141035, 10141036, 10141037, 10141038, 10141039, 10141040, 10141041.