Storms in Texas in 1971
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas in 1971, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Texas in 1971 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 483
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 178
- Damage
- $33 million
- Episodes
- 97
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.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 193 | 2 | 178 | $33 million |
| Hail | 165 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 125 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
February 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, February 18, 1971
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 21, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, February 25, 1971
March 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 9, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 12, 1971
- Tornado in Texas, March 18, 1971
- Hail in Texas, March 28, 1971
April 1971
- Hail in Texas, April 3, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 15, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 16, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 17, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 18, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 19, 1971
- Hail in Texas, April 22, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 28, 1971
May 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 4, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 5, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 6, 1971
- Hail in Texas, May 7, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 8, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 9, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 10, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 11, 1971
- Hail in Texas, May 18, 1971
- Hail in Texas, May 20, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 23, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 24, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 26, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 27, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 28, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 29, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 30, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 31, 1971
June 1971
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 1, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 2, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 3, 1971
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 5, 1971
- Hail in Texas, June 7, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 8, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 9, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 10, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 11, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 12, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 13, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 14, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 15, 1971
- Tornado in Texas, June 16, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 19, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 20, 1971
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 21, 1971
- Tornado in Texas, June 22, 1971
- Tornado in Texas, June 25, 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 28, 1971
- Tornado in Texas, June 29, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 30, 1971
July 1971
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 2, 1971
- Tornado in Texas, July 6, 1971
- Tornado in Texas, July 18, 1971
- Tornadoes in Texas, July 19, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 20, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 22, 1971
- Tornado in Texas, July 24, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 25, 1971
- Tornado in Texas, July 26, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 27, 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 29, 1971
August 1971
- Tornadoes in Texas, August 6, 1971
- Tornado in Texas, August 8, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 9, 1971
- Tornado in Texas, August 10, 1971
- Hail in Texas, August 11, 1971
- Tornadoes in Texas, August 12, 1971
- Tornadoes in Texas, August 13, 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 22, 1971
- Tornado in Texas, August 24, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, August 25, 1971
- Tornado in Texas, August 26, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 28, 1971
September 1971
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 4, 1971
- Hail in Texas, September 5, 1971
- Tornado in Texas, September 9, 1971
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, September 10, 1971
- Tornadoes in Texas, September 11, 1971
- Tornado in Texas, September 12, 1971
- Hail in Texas, September 23, 1971
- Tornado in Texas, September 24, 1971
October 1971
- Tornado in Texas, October 3, 1971
- Tornado in Texas, October 16, 1971
- Tornadoes in Texas, October 17, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Texas, October 18, 1971
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, October 19, 1971
November 1971
- Tornadoes in Texas, November 17, 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, November 18, 1971
- Tornado in Texas, November 22, 1971
December 1971
More
Every year in TexasEvery state in 1971Tornadoes in Texas in 197119701972
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.