Thunderstorm Wind, Hardeman
- When
- October 2, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hardeman County, Quanah
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.290, -99.746 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado and Hail in Texas, October 2, 1995
5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 8 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
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Knox
- When
- October 2, 7:59 AM CST
- Where
- Knox County, Gilliland
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.606, -99.741 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Morning thunderstorms produced hail as large as nickels in Gilliland in Knox County and severe thunderstorm winds up to 60 mph in Quanah in Hardeman County.
Tornado, Culberson
- When
- October 2, 11:20 AM MST to 11:24 AM MST
- Where
- Culberson County, Pine Springs
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.447, -104.517 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A supercell just south of the New Mexico border first produced a funnel cloud just east of the boundary of Guadalupe Mountains National Park. A ranger from the park later reported a tornado east of the park as the storm moved slowly to the east-southeast.
Hail, Andrews
- When
- October 2, 1:18 PM CST
- Where
- Andrews County, Andrews
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.305, -102.638 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Winkler
- When
- October 2, 1:18 PM CST
- Where
- Winkler County, Kermit
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.850, -103.048 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Ector
- When
- October 2, 1:42 PM CST
- Where
- Ector County, Goldsmith
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 31.869, -102.543 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The Andrews County Sheriffs office reported three-quarter inch hail along the Andrews/Winkler County line along State Highway 115. As the storm progressed eastward it formed into an accelerating line that moved into Ector County. As the line of storms approached Goldsmith, a bow echo formed, with the resulting winds destroying a metal shed. As the line continued moving to the southeast, it broke up with an intensifying cell dropping three-quarter inch hail in Odessa.
Hail, Ector
- When
- October 2, 2:14 PM CST
- Where
- Ector County, Odessa
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.869, -102.543 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The Andrews County Sheriffs office reported three-quarter inch hail along the Andrews/Winkler County line along State Highway 115. As the storm progressed eastward it formed into an accelerating line that moved into Ector County. As the line of storms approached Goldsmith, a bow echo formed, with the resulting winds destroying a metal shed. As the line continued moving to the southeast, it broke up with an intensifying cell dropping three-quarter inch hail in Odessa.
Hail, Reeves
- When
- October 2, 2:55 PM CST
- Where
- Reeves County, Pecos
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.323, -103.693 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A radio station reported three-quarter inch hail from a storm moving southeastward along the Pecos River.
What these are
- 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.
- 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
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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: 10351158, 10354760, 10352161, 10349079, 10355516, 10352548, 10351390, 10353637.