Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, September 11, 1987

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, September 11, 1987
Start: 1987-09-11T16:30
End: 1987-09-11T21:40
Location: Texas

September 11, 1987 · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

3 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

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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

3 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Callahan

When: September 11, 4:30 PM CST
Where: Callahan County
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.2 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Coordinates: 32.470, -99.330

Tornado, Stephens

When: September 11, 4:35 PM CST
Where: Stephens County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.2 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Coordinates: 32.750, -99.100

Hail, Taylor

When: September 11, 4:37 PM CST
Where: Taylor County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 32.500, -99.730

Hail, Jones

When: September 11, 4:42 PM CST
Where: Jones County
Measured: 2 in hail
Coordinates: 32.550, -99.850

Tornado, Hansford

When: September 11, 9:40 PM CST
Where: Hansford County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 40 yd
Coordinates: 36.230, -101.150

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

Every storm in Texas in 1987 Every state in 1987 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Texas, 1987 Warnings in Texas, September 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: 10141106, 10141107, 10141108, 10141109, 10141110.