Texas, 1990

Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 1, 1990

April 1, 1990 · NWS GLS · 11 events in 9 counties and zones

10 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.

  • 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
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

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

Hail, Galveston

When
April 1, 1:15 PM CST
Where
Galveston County
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
29.300, -94.820

Hail, Andrews

When
April 1, 1:44 PM CST
Where
Andrews County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
32.320, -102.750

Hail, Andrews

When
April 1, 1:50 PM CST
Where
Andrews County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
32.320, -102.530

Tornado, Runnels

When
April 1, 3:10 PM CST
Where
Runnels County
Rating
F0
Path length
0.5 mi
Path width
50 yd
Coordinates
31.900, -99.870

Hail, Ector

When
April 1, 3:25 PM CST
Where
Ector County
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
31.880, -102.370

Hail, Midland

When
April 1, 3:30 PM CST
Where
Midland County
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
32.000, -102.080

Hail, Loving

When
April 1, 7:22 PM CST
Where
Loving County
Measured
1.5 in hail
Coordinates
31.700, -103.600

Hail, Hidalgo

When
April 1, 7:55 PM CST
Where
Hidalgo County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
26.220, -98.500

Hail, Winkler

When
April 1, 8:10 PM CST
Where
Winkler County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
31.750, -103.150

Hail, Ward

When
April 1, 8:20 PM CST
Where
Ward County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
31.530, -103.130

Hail, Ward

When
April 1, 8:33 PM CST
Where
Ward County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
31.400, -103.020

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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: 10136689, 10136690, 10136691, 10136692, 10136693, 10136694, 10136695, 10136696, 10136697, 10137547, 10137548.