Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- September 9, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 29.980, -93.980
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, September 9, 1987
7 hail, 4 tornado, 2 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
- 3
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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
7 hail, 4 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lamb
- When
- September 9, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lamb County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.080, -102.350
Hail, Hockley
- When
- September 9, 5:33 PM CST
- Where
- Hockley County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.620, -102.350
Tornado, Hockley
- When
- September 9, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Hockley County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.9 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.650, -102.170
Hail, Hockley
- When
- September 9, 6:18 PM CST
- Where
- Hockley County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.620, -102.350
Tornado, Hockley
- When
- September 9, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Hockley County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.550, -102.180
Hail, Hockley
- When
- September 9, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hockley County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.620, -102.350
Hail, Lamb
- When
- September 9, 7:03 PM CST
- Where
- Lamb County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.080, -102.350
Hail, Briscoe
- When
- September 9, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Briscoe County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.480, -101.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Hockley
- When
- September 9, 7:18 PM CST
- Where
- Hockley County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.620, -102.350
Tornado, Dawson
- When
- September 9, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Dawson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 10 mi
- Path width
- 120 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.930, -101.950
Hail, Dawson
- When
- September 9, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dawson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.730, -101.950
Tornado, Dawson
- When
- September 9, 10:40 PM CST
- Where
- Dawson County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 80 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.620, -101.820
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail in Kansas, September 9, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, September 9, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, September 9, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, September 9, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, September 9, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Florida, September 9, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, September 9, 1987
- Hail in New Mexico, September 9, 1987
- Hail in South Carolina, September 9, 1987
More
Every storm in Texas in 1987Every state in 1987This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 1987Warnings 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: 10145350, 10145351, 10145352, 10145353, 10145354, 10145355, 10145356, 10145357, 10145358, 10141095, 10141096, 10141097, 10141098.