Tornado, Runnels
- When
- February 18, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Runnels County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 31.950, -99.950
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, February 18, 1971
8 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado, 1 hail, 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
- $40,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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
8 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Runnels
- When
- February 18, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Runnels County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 32.000, -99.950
Hail, Montague
- When
- February 18, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Montague County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.780, -97.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Montague
- When
- February 18, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Montague County
- Coordinates
- 33.580, -97.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Denton
- When
- February 18, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Denton County
- Coordinates
- 33.280, -97.280
Tornado, Parker
- When
- February 18, 2:55 PM CST
- Where
- Parker County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 32.920, -97.630
Tornado, Johnson
- When
- February 18, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 32.330, -97.330
Tornado, Dallas
- When
- February 18, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 32.620, -96.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Hunt
- When
- February 18, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hunt County
- Coordinates
- 33.200, -96.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Rockwall
- When
- February 18, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Rockwall County
- Coordinates
- 32.880, -96.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Hill
- When
- February 18, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Hill County
- Coordinates
- 32.080, -97.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Dallas
- When
- February 18, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -96.580
Tornado, Hunt
- When
- February 18, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hunt County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.280, -96.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Fannin
- When
- February 18, 6:22 PM CST
- Where
- Fannin County
- Coordinates
- 33.380, -96.080
Tornado, Hill
- When
- February 18, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hill County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 31.830, -97.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Ellis
- When
- February 18, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -96.580
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
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: 10133885, 10133886, 10133887, 10133888, 10133889, 10133890, 10133891, 10133892, 10133893, 10133894, 10133895, 10133896, 10133897, 10133898, 10133899, 10133900.