Texas, 1992

Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 16, 1992

April 16, 1992 · NWS MAF · 35 events in 22 counties and zones

29 hail, 6 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
$3,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
35

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

29 hail, 6 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Hall

When
April 16, 2:58 PM CST
Where
Hall County
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
34.550, -100.730

Hail, Hale

When
April 16, 3:10 PM CST
Where
Hale County
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
34.070, -101.800

Hail, Swisher

When
April 16, 3:25 PM CST
Where
Swisher County
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
34.430, -101.770

Hail, Swisher

When
April 16, 3:40 PM CST
Where
Swisher County
Measured
1.25 in hail
Coordinates
34.530, -101.770

Hail, Hall

When
April 16, 3:45 PM CST
Where
Hall County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
34.530, -100.430

Hail, Hall

When
April 16, 4:00 PM CST
Where
Hall County
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
34.530, -100.430

Hail, Hale

When
April 16, 4:02 PM CST
Where
Hale County
Measured
0.88 in hail
Coordinates
34.070, -101.830

Hail, Childress

When
April 16, 4:05 PM CST
Where
Childress County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
34.500, -100.380

Hail, Childress

When
April 16, 4:13 PM CST
Where
Childress County
Measured
1.5 in hail
Coordinates
34.420, -100.200

Tornado, Hale

When
April 16, 4:29 PM CST
Where
Hale County
Rating
F0
Path length
0.2 mi
Path width
30 yd
Coordinates
34.070, -101.720

Tornado, Hutchinson

When
April 16, 4:50 PM CST
Where
Hutchinson County
Rating
F0
Path length
0.5 mi
Path width
13 yd
Coordinates
35.620, -101.330

Tornado, Hutchinson

When
April 16, 4:59 PM CST
Where
Hutchinson County
Rating
F0
Path length
0.5 mi
Path width
13 yd
Coordinates
35.650, -101.380

Hail, Castro

When
April 16, 5:00 PM CST
Where
Castro County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
34.370, -102.320

Tornado, Hutchinson

When
April 16, 5:01 PM CST
Where
Hutchinson County
Rating
F1
Path length
3 mi
Path width
50 yd
Property damage
$3,000
Coordinates
35.670, -101.320

Tornado, Carson

When
April 16, 5:10 PM CST
Where
Carson County
Rating
F0
Path length
0.5 mi
Path width
10 yd
Coordinates
35.350, -101.450

Hail, Bexar

When
April 16, 5:10 PM CST
Where
Bexar County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
29.420, -98.680

Hail, Potter

When
April 16, 5:22 PM CST
Where
Potter County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
35.200, -101.800

Hail, Carson

When
April 16, 5:33 PM CST
Where
Carson County
Measured
1.25 in hail
Coordinates
35.570, -101.180

Tornado, Hale

When
April 16, 5:35 PM CST
Where
Hale County
Rating
F0
Path length
0.8 mi
Path width
50 yd
Coordinates
34.200, -101.630

Hail, Lubbock

When
April 16, 5:35 PM CST
Where
Lubbock County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
33.580, -101.850

Hail, Carson

When
April 16, 6:03 PM CST
Where
Carson County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
35.570, -101.200

Hail, Gaines

When
April 16, 6:05 PM CST
Where
Gaines County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
32.920, -102.420

Hail, Hardeman

When
April 16, 6:25 PM CST
Where
Hardeman County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
34.320, -99.730

Hail, Hale

When
April 16, 6:36 PM CST
Where
Hale County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
33.850, -101.850

Hail, Floyd

When
April 16, 6:54 PM CST
Where
Floyd County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
33.980, -101.330

Hail, Terry

When
April 16, 7:12 PM CST
Where
Terry County
Measured
0.88 in hail
Coordinates
33.030, -102.230

Hail, Terrell

When
April 16, 7:18 PM CST
Where
Terrell County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
30.220, -102.480

Hail, Crosby

When
April 16, 7:30 PM CST
Where
Crosby County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
33.670, -101.250

Hail, Lubbock

When
April 16, 7:40 PM CST
Where
Lubbock County
Measured
2.5 in hail
Coordinates
33.820, -101.850

Hail, Randall

When
April 16, 8:31 PM CST
Where
Randall County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
35.180, -101.850

Hail, Dickens

When
April 16, 8:40 PM CST
Where
Dickens County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
33.620, -100.830

Hail, Hartley

When
April 16, 8:50 PM CST
Where
Hartley County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
36.020, -102.570

Hail, Moore

When
April 16, 10:15 PM CST
Where
Moore County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
35.850, -101.970

Hail, Knox

When
April 16, 10:25 PM CST
Where
Knox County
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
33.580, -99.700

Hail, Baylor

When
April 16, 10:52 PM CST
Where
Baylor County
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
33.750, -99.230

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.

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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: 10163137, 10163140, 10158884, 10158890, 10158891, 10158893, 10158894, 10158895, 10158896, 10152639, 10152640, 10152641, 10158900, 10152642, 10152643, 10158904, 10158908, 10158912, 10152644, 10158913, 10158920, 10158921, 10158924, 10158928, 10158931, 10158936, 10158937, 10158938, 10154903, 10154905, 10154906, 10154907, 10154909, 10154910, 10154911.