Hail, Montague
- When
- May 23, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Montague County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.500, -97.580
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 23, 1971
8 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 49
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Parker
- When
- May 23, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Parker County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -97.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Denton
- When
- May 23, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Denton County
- Coordinates
- 33.200, -97.080
Hail, Bosque
- When
- May 23, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Bosque County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.900, -97.900
Hail, Denton
- When
- May 23, 4:53 PM CST
- Where
- Denton County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.280, -97.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Collin
- When
- May 23, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Collin County
- Coordinates
- 33.280, -96.580
Tornado, Hill
- When
- May 23, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Hill County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 7.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.930, -97.320
Tornado, Hill
- When
- May 23, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Hill County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 7.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.930, -97.320
Tornado, Hill
- When
- May 23, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Hill County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 7.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 49 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 31.930, -97.320
Hail, Hill
- When
- May 23, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Hill County
- Measured
- 3.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.900, -97.280
Hail, Navarro
- When
- May 23, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Navarro County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.000, -96.680
Hail, Hill
- When
- May 23, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Hill County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.000, -97.080
Hail, McLennan
- When
- May 23, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- McLennan County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.600, -97.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Navarro
- When
- May 23, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Navarro County
- Coordinates
- 32.000, -96.580
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Hill | 1971-05-23 | Direct |
What these are
- 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.
- 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
More
Every storm in Texas in 1971Every state in 1971This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 1971
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: 10135108, 10135109, 10135110, 10135111, 10135112, 10135113, 10135114, 10135115, 10135116, 10135117, 10135118, 10135119, 10135120, 10135121.