Hail, Val Verde
- When
- May 9, 7:35 AM CST
- Where
- Val Verde County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.820, -100.900
Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 9, 1989
9 hail, 1 tornado, 1 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
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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
9 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Val Verde
- When
- May 9, 8:35 AM CST
- Where
- Val Verde County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.780, -101.200
Hail, Cass
- When
- May 9, 8:45 AM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.180, -94.070
Hail, Marion
- When
- May 9, 9:47 AM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.820, -94.170
Hail, Marion
- When
- May 9, 10:35 AM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.850, -94.350
Hail, Gregg
- When
- May 9, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Gregg County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -94.880
Hail, Rusk
- When
- May 9, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Rusk County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.350, -94.830
Hail, Panola
- When
- May 9, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Panola County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -94.500
Tornado, Edwards
- When
- May 9, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Edwards County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 30.020, -100.250
Hail, Edwards
- When
- May 9, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Edwards County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.130, -100.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Zavala
- When
- May 9, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Zavala County
- Coordinates
- 28.950, -99.830
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.
- 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 9, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 9, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 9, 1989
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 9, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Idaho, May 9, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, May 9, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Utah, May 9, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 9, 1989
More
Every storm in Texas in 1989Every state in 1989This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 1989Warnings in Texas, May 1989
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: 10138295, 10138296, 10138297, 10138298, 10138299, 10138300, 10138301, 10138302, 10138303, 10138304, 10138305.