Hail, Comal
- When
- May 16, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Comal County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.820, -98.270
Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 16, 1987
4 hail, 4 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
- 8
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
4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Harris
- When
- May 16, 2:08 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.700, -95.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Fort Bend
- When
- May 16, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Fort Bend County
- Coordinates
- 29.500, -95.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Victoria
- When
- May 16, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Victoria County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 28.800, -96.830
Hail, Galveston
- When
- May 16, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Galveston County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.530, -95.420
Hail, Brazoria
- When
- May 16, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Brazoria County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.380, -95.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Titus
- When
- May 16, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Titus County
- Coordinates
- 33.250, -94.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Grayson
- When
- May 16, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Grayson County
- Coordinates
- 33.630, -96.570
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: 10143306, 10143307, 10143308, 10143309, 10143310, 10143311, 10143312, 10143313.