Tornado, Harris
- When
- May 15, 9:35 AM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 28.9 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Coordinates
- 29.870, -95.250
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 15, 1970
4 tornado, 2 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
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Fayette
- When
- May 15, 10:01 AM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.4 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 29.900, -96.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Hidalgo
- When
- May 15, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hidalgo County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 26.280, -98.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Cameron
- When
- May 15, 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- Cameron County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 26.200, -97.680
Tornado, Cameron
- When
- May 15, 2:08 PM CST
- Where
- Cameron County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Coordinates
- 26.100, -97.200
Tornado, Gillespie
- When
- May 15, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gillespie County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 27 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 30.250, -98.600
What these are
- 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
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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: 10136070, 10136071, 10136072, 10136073, 10136074, 10136075.