Tornado, King
- When
- May 28, 9:10 AM CST
- Where
- King County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 13 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.550, -100.420
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 28, 1987
16 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado, 2 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
- None recorded
- 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
16 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Howard
- When
- May 28, 12:05 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 70 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.320, -101.400
Tornado, Shackelford
- When
- May 28, 2:22 PM CST
- Where
- Shackelford County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.570, -99.580
Hail, Taylor
- When
- May 28, 2:28 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.450, -99.730
Tornado, Palo Pinto
- When
- May 28, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Palo Pinto County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.930, -98.330
Tornado, Callahan
- When
- May 28, 2:52 PM CST
- Where
- Callahan County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.200, -99.170
Tornado, Palo Pinto
- When
- May 28, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Palo Pinto County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.730, -98.100
Hail, Taylor
- When
- May 28, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.350, -99.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Wise
- When
- May 28, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Wise County
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.000, -97.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Denton
- When
- May 28, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Denton County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.220, -97.150
Tornado, Jones
- When
- May 28, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.570, -99.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Tarrant
- When
- May 28, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Coordinates
- 32.850, -97.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Dallas
- When
- May 28, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Coordinates
- 32.900, -97.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Denton
- When
- May 28, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Denton County
- Coordinates
- 33.220, -97.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Collin
- When
- May 28, 5:52 PM CST
- Where
- Collin County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.100, -96.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Collin
- When
- May 28, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Collin County
- Coordinates
- 33.100, -96.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Dallas
- When
- May 28, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Coordinates
- 32.920, -96.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Comanche
- When
- May 28, 6:14 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County
- Coordinates
- 32.050, -98.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Tarrant
- When
- May 28, 6:19 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Coordinates
- 32.830, -97.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Kaufman
- When
- May 28, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Kaufman County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -96.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Van Zandt
- When
- May 28, 8:14 PM CST
- Where
- Van Zandt County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.670, -95.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Fannin
- When
- May 28, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Fannin County
- Coordinates
- 33.580, -96.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Van Zandt
- When
- May 28, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Van Zandt County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -96.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Hopkins
- When
- May 28, 8:32 PM CST
- Where
- Hopkins County
- Coordinates
- 33.130, -95.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Rains
- When
- May 28, 8:38 PM CST
- Where
- Rains County
- Coordinates
- 32.920, -95.880
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.
- 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
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: 10142256, 10142257, 10142258, 10142259, 10142260, 10142261, 10142262, 10142263, 10142264, 10142265, 10142266, 10142267, 10142268, 10142269, 10142270, 10142271, 10142272, 10142273, 10142274, 10142275, 10142276, 10142277, 10142278, 10142279, 10142280.