Tornado, Carson
- When
- October 17, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Carson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -101.230
Tornadoes in Texas, October 17, 1971
14 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 6
- Property damage
- $13 million
- 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
14 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Hansford
- When
- October 17, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hansford County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 36.120, -101.270
Tornado, Lamb
- When
- October 17, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Lamb County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 17.6 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 34.020, -102.420
Tornado, Roberts
- When
- October 17, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Roberts County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.030, -101.020
Tornado, Roberts
- When
- October 17, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Roberts County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.030, -101.020
Tornado, Lamb
- When
- October 17, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lamb County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 22.2 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 34.030, -102.380
Tornado, Lamb
- When
- October 17, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lamb County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 15.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 34.180, -102.180
Tornado, Castro
- When
- October 17, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Castro County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 6.4 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 34.320, -102.200
Tornado, Lamb
- When
- October 17, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lamb County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 31 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 34.020, -102.420
Tornado, Cochran
- When
- October 17, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Cochran County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.9 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 33.720, -102.780
Tornado, Lamb
- When
- October 17, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lamb County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 8.2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.080, -102.180
Tornado, Lamb
- When
- October 17, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lamb County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.170, -102.080
Tornado, Lamb
- When
- October 17, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lamb County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.170, -102.080
Tornado, Carson
- When
- October 17, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Carson County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 2.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 35.370, -101.100
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.
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: 10134023, 10134024, 10134025, 10134026, 10134027, 10134028, 10134029, 10134030, 10134031, 10134032, 10134033, 10134034, 10134035, 10134036.