Hail, Tarrant
- When
- April 7, 5:23 AM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.772, -97.291 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 7, 1993
4 tornado, 3 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $155,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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
4 tornado, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Rusk
- When
- April 7, 11:44 AM CST
- Where
- Rusk County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.108, -94.762 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Panola
- When
- April 7, 11:53 AM CST
- Where
- Panola County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.162, -94.306 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado, Wharton
- When
- April 7, 1:25 PM CST
- Where
- Wharton County, Egypt
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 29.420, -96.280
The Wharton Newspaper reported large trees blown down, metal roofs blown off barns and water pump housings blown over on Farm-to-Market Road 2614 northwest of Egypt near the community of Bonus. There were numerous reports of street flooding in the Wharton vicinity.
Tornado, Fort Bend
- When
- April 7, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Fort Bend County, Rosenberg
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.25 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 29.550, -95.800
The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office reported that a mobile home was destroyed on Farm-to-Market Road 2977 with accompanying rains of 2.00 to 3.00 inches that resulted in street flooding.
Tornado, Fort Bend
- When
- April 7, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Fort Bend County, Missouri City
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.25 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 29.528, -95.771 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A storm spotter reported tornado in the Glen Lakes Road Area. Considerable roof damage occurred to the Lane Elementary School and to numerous homes. Trees and fences were blown down. A tornado was reported in Orchard, no damage indicated.
Tornado, Harris
- When
- April 7, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County, Houston
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.25 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 29.730, -95.370
A HAMS spotter network reports tornado on Highway 288 2 miles south of Interstate 610 loop. Five or six telephone poles were knocked over.
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
More
Every storm in Texas in 1993Every state in 1993This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 1993Warnings in Texas, April 1993
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: 10352700, 10353150, 10354294, 10355245, 10351838, 10351839, 10351303.