Hail, Dallas
- When
- April 1, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.820, -96.920
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 1, 1988
13 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 7 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
- 10
- Property damage
- $5.3 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 27
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 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Dallas
- When
- April 1, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.950, -96.820
Hail, Dallas
- When
- April 1, 2:02 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.820, -96.830
Hail, Collin
- When
- April 1, 2:02 PM CST
- Where
- Collin County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.020, -96.720
Hail, Hill
- When
- April 1, 2:05 PM CST
- Where
- Hill County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.920, -96.900
Hail, Dallas
- When
- April 1, 2:06 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.950, -96.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Smith
- When
- April 1, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Coordinates
- 32.350, -95.300
Tornado, Gregg
- When
- April 1, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Gregg County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.520, -94.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Walker
- When
- April 1, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Walker County
- Coordinates
- 30.830, -95.700
Tornado, Anderson
- When
- April 1, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Anderson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.570, -95.420
Tornado, Gregg
- When
- April 1, 4:42 PM CST
- Where
- Gregg County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 32.550, -94.920
Hail, Shelby
- When
- April 1, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.670, -94.320
Tornado, Upshur
- When
- April 1, 4:46 PM CST
- Where
- Upshur County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 11 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Injuries
- 9 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 32.580, -94.920
Hail, Panola
- When
- April 1, 5:02 PM CST
- Where
- Panola County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.200, -94.370
Tornado, Harrison
- When
- April 1, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.720, -94.700
Tornado, Marion
- When
- April 1, 5:14 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 10 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -94.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- April 1, 5:22 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Coordinates
- 32.430, -94.230
Tornado, Cass
- When
- April 1, 5:24 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.880, -94.580
Hail, Rusk
- When
- April 1, 5:31 PM CST
- Where
- Rusk County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.970, -94.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Camp
- When
- April 1, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Camp County
- Coordinates
- 32.930, -94.880
Hail, Brazos
- When
- April 1, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Brazos County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.600, -96.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Cass
- When
- April 1, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Coordinates
- 33.120, -94.230
Hail, Shelby
- When
- April 1, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.850, -94.120
Hail, Rusk
- When
- April 1, 6:21 PM CST
- Where
- Rusk County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.230, -94.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- April 1, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Coordinates
- 32.420, -94.530
Hail, Bowie
- When
- April 1, 6:44 PM CST
- Where
- Bowie County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.420, -94.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Bowie
- When
- April 1, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bowie County
- Coordinates
- 33.450, -94.550
What these are
- 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.
- 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
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: 10137415, 10137416, 10137417, 10137418, 10137419, 10137420, 10137421, 10137422, 10137423, 10137424, 10137425, 10137426, 10137427, 10137428, 10137429, 10137430, 10137431, 10137432, 10137433, 10137434, 10137435, 10137436, 10137437, 10137438, 10137439, 10137440, 10137441.