Tornado, Harris
- When
- June 20, 7:05 AM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 20 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 29.900, -95.070
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 20, 1971
2 tornado, 1 hail, 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
- 20
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Harris
- When
- June 20, 8:30 AM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 29.480, -95.250
Hail, Jones
- When
- June 20, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.580, -99.680
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 20, 1971
- Hail in Colorado, June 20, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 20, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 20, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 20, 1971
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: 10132879, 10132880, 10132881.