Thunderstorm Wind, Taylor
- When
- May 23, 2:42 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -99.680
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 23, 1970
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 40
- Property damage
- $5.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Zapata
- When
- May 23, 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Zapata County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 20 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 26.900, -99.270
Tornado, Zapata
- When
- May 23, 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Zapata County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 20 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 26.900, -99.280
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- May 23, 11:35 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Coordinates
- 26.600, -99.180
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.
- 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 23, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 23, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Utah, May 23, 1970
- Hail in Ohio, May 23, 1970
- Hail in Kansas, May 23, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 23, 1970
- Hail in Nebraska, May 23, 1970
- Hail in South Carolina, May 23, 1970
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: 10136078, 10136079, 10136080, 10136081.