Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 27, 1989

Name: Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 27, 1989
Start: 1989-03-27T13:09
End: 1989-03-27T22:20
Location: Texas

March 27, 1989 · NWS LBB · 23 events in 18 counties and zones

22 hail, 1 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.

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Wind
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Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 23

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

22 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Donley

When: March 27, 1:09 PM CST
Where: Donley County
Measured: 2.5 in hail
Coordinates: 34.730, -100.520

Hail, Wheeler

When: March 27, 2:06 PM CST
Where: Wheeler County
Measured: 2.5 in hail
Coordinates: 35.220, -100.370

Tornado, Floyd

When: March 27, 2:12 PM CST
Where: Floyd County
Rating: F0
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 60 yd
Coordinates: 34.070, -101.370

Hail, Hale

When: March 27, 2:40 PM CST
Where: Hale County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.000, -102.000

Hail, Hall

When: March 27, 3:45 PM CST
Where: Hall County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.720, -100.530

Hail, Dickens

When: March 27, 4:10 PM CST
Where: Dickens County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.620, -100.530

Hail, Collingsworth

When: March 27, 4:16 PM CST
Where: Collingsworth County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.850, -100.420

Hail, Val Verde

When: March 27, 4:23 PM CST
Where: Val Verde County
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Coordinates: 29.870, -101.570

Hail, King

When: March 27, 4:25 PM CST
Where: King County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.820, -100.520

Hail, Fisher

When: March 27, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Fisher County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 32.750, -100.180

Hail, Fisher

When: March 27, 5:30 PM CST
Where: Fisher County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 32.720, -100.250

Hail, Jones

When: March 27, 5:35 PM CST
Where: Jones County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 32.880, -100.130

Hail, Hardeman

When: March 27, 5:50 PM CST
Where: Hardeman County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.320, -99.850

Hail, Val Verde

When: March 27, 6:35 PM CST
Where: Val Verde County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 30.300, -101.050

Hail, Haskell

When: March 27, 6:43 PM CST
Where: Haskell County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.070, -99.750

Hail, Taylor

When: March 27, 6:50 PM CST
Where: Taylor County
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 32.470, -99.920

Hail, Wilbarger

When: March 27, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Wilbarger County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.350, -99.420

Hail, Haskell

When: March 27, 7:20 PM CST
Where: Haskell County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.000, -99.780

Hail, Val Verde

When: March 27, 7:41 PM CST
Where: Val Verde County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 30.280, -101.050

Hail, Val Verde

When: March 27, 7:59 PM CST
Where: Val Verde County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 29.820, -101.570

Hail, Edwards

When: March 27, 10:05 PM CST
Where: Edwards County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 29.930, -100.230

Hail, Hockley

When: March 27, 10:10 PM CST
Where: Hockley County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 33.780, -102.370

Hail, Cottle

When: March 27, 10:20 PM CST
Where: Cottle County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.900, -100.480

What these are

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.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 10139833, 10139834, 10139835, 10139836, 10139837, 10139838, 10139839, 10139840, 10139841, 10139842, 10139843, 10139844, 10139845, 10139846, 10139847, 10139848, 10139849, 10139850, 10139851, 10139852, 10139853, 10139854, 10139855.