Tornado, Hardeman
- When
- May 25, 1:15 AM CST
- Where
- Hardeman County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.370, -99.750
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 25, 1987
18 tornado, 3 hail, 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
- $300,000
- 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
18 tornado, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Hall
- When
- May 25, 11:03 AM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 90 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.720, -100.430
Tornado, Childress
- When
- May 25, 11:07 AM CST
- Where
- Childress County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 90 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.720, -100.380
Tornado, Hansford
- When
- May 25, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hansford County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.250, -101.430
Tornado, Ward
- When
- May 25, 4:52 PM CST
- Where
- Ward County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.370, -103.400
Hail, Harrison
- When
- May 25, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.580, -94.270
Tornado, Hansford
- When
- May 25, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hansford County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 530 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -101.400
Hail, Marion
- When
- May 25, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -94.300
Tornado, Castro
- When
- May 25, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Castro County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.8 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.320, -102.180
Tornado, Ward
- When
- May 25, 6:09 PM CST
- Where
- Ward County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 11 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.450, -103.070
Tornado, Hansford
- When
- May 25, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hansford County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.250, -101.270
Tornado, Randall
- When
- May 25, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.020, -101.680
Tornado, Armstrong
- When
- May 25, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Armstrong County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.020, -101.470
Hail, Bowie
- When
- May 25, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Bowie County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.580, -94.720
Tornado, Randall
- When
- May 25, 6:53 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.970, -101.920
Tornado, Ochiltree
- When
- May 25, 7:12 PM CST
- Where
- Ochiltree County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 700 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.270, -101.050
Tornado, Ochiltree
- When
- May 25, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Ochiltree County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 10 mi
- Path width
- 80 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.180, -100.850
Tornado, Randall
- When
- May 25, 8:08 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.770, -101.900
Tornado, Randall
- When
- May 25, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.830, -101.980
Tornado, Randall
- When
- May 25, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.980, -101.800
Tornado, Potter
- When
- May 25, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.270, -101.900
What these are
- 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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 25, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 25, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, May 25, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 25, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 25, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Utah, May 25, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 25, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 25, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 25, 1987
- Tornado in Louisiana, May 25, 1987
- Hail in South Dakota, May 25, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 25, 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: 10143364, 10142013, 10142014, 10142015, 10142016, 10142017, 10142018, 10142019, 10142020, 10142021, 10142236, 10142237, 10142238, 10142239, 10142240, 10142241, 10142242, 10142243, 10142244, 10142245, 10142246.