Tornado, Hartley
- When
- June 8, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Hartley County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.050, -102.520
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 8, 1971
6 hail, 3 tornado, 3 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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
6 hail, 3 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Wichita
- When
- June 8, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Wichita County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.080, -98.580
Hail, Castro
- When
- June 8, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Castro County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.380, -102.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Castro
- When
- June 8, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Castro County
- Coordinates
- 34.380, -102.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Oldham
- When
- June 8, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Oldham County
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -102.180
Hail, Floyd
- When
- June 8, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Floyd County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.200, -101.280
Tornado, Hartley
- When
- June 8, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Hartley County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.050, -102.520
Tornado, Swisher
- When
- June 8, 7:16 PM CST
- Where
- Swisher County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 16.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.470, -101.750
Hail, Swisher
- When
- June 8, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Swisher County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.380, -101.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Swisher
- When
- June 8, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Swisher County
- Coordinates
- 34.380, -101.780
Hail, Randall
- When
- June 8, 8:18 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.080, -101.780
Hail, Hardeman
- When
- June 8, 11:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hardeman County
- Measured
- 5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.380, -99.900
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
- Tornado in Missouri, June 8, 1971
- Tornadoes in Wyoming, June 8, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, June 8, 1971
- Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, June 8, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, June 8, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Connecticut, June 8, 1971
- Tornadoes in South Dakota, June 8, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, June 8, 1971
- Hail in Colorado, June 8, 1971
- Hail in Florida, June 8, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 8, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 8, 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: 10136262, 10136263, 10136264, 10136265, 10136266, 10136267, 10132619, 10132620, 10132621, 10132622, 10132623, 10132624.