Thunderstorm Wind, Kaufman
- When
- May 19, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Kaufman County
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -96.470
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 19, 1987
13 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 3 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 25
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
13 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, San Saba
- When
- May 19, 12:20 PM CST
- Where
- San Saba County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.200, -98.730
Tornado, Brewster
- When
- May 19, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Brewster County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 30.350, -103.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Erath
- When
- May 19, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Erath County
- Coordinates
- 32.170, -98.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Comanche
- When
- May 19, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County
- Coordinates
- 32.080, -98.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Eastland
- When
- May 19, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Eastland County
- Coordinates
- 32.400, -98.820
Thunderstorm Wind, McLennan
- When
- May 19, 1:25 PM CST
- Where
- McLennan County
- Coordinates
- 31.470, -97.200
Thunderstorm Wind, McLennan
- When
- May 19, 1:44 PM CST
- Where
- McLennan County
- Coordinates
- 31.430, -97.230
Hail, McLennan
- When
- May 19, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- McLennan County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.470, -97.230
Hail, Bexar
- When
- May 19, 4:44 PM CST
- Where
- Bexar County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.450, -98.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Bexar
- When
- May 19, 4:44 PM CST
- Where
- Bexar County
- Coordinates
- 29.400, -98.220
Hail, Limestone
- When
- May 19, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Limestone County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.530, -96.520
Hail, Travis
- When
- May 19, 5:23 PM CST
- Where
- Travis County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.200, -97.670
Hail, Wilson
- When
- May 19, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wilson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.370, -98.150
Hail, Dallas
- When
- May 19, 6:13 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.770, -96.780
Hail, Dallas
- When
- May 19, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.650, -96.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Ellis
- When
- May 19, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.400, -96.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Zapata
- When
- May 19, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Zapata County
- Coordinates
- 26.980, -99.230
Tornado, Coleman
- When
- May 19, 6:33 PM CST
- Where
- Coleman County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.420, -99.320
Hail, Dallas
- When
- May 19, 6:33 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.620, -96.780
Hail, Bexar
- When
- May 19, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bexar County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.420, -98.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Guadalupe
- When
- May 19, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Guadalupe County
- Coordinates
- 29.450, -97.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Dallas
- When
- May 19, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.920, -96.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Fannin
- When
- May 19, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Fannin County
- Coordinates
- 33.580, -96.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Kaufman
- When
- May 19, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Kaufman County
- Coordinates
- 32.520, -96.380
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.
- 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.
- 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
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 19, 1987
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 19, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 19, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 19, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Wyoming, May 19, 1987
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 19, 1987
- Hail in South Carolina, May 19, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 19, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 19, 1987
- Tornado in Iowa, May 19, 1987
More
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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: 10143314, 10143315, 10143316, 10143317, 10143318, 10143319, 10143320, 10143321, 10143322, 10143323, 10143324, 10143325, 10143326, 10143327, 10143328, 10143329, 10143330, 10143331, 10143332, 10143333, 10143334, 10143335, 10143336, 10143337, 10143338.