Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- June 12, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- County
- Coordinates
- 29.300, -94.800
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 12, 1973
3 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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
3 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Harris
- When
- June 12, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2.7 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 29.550, -95.130
Tornado, Harris
- When
- June 12, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 7.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 29.680, -95.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Val Verde
- When
- June 12, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Val Verde County
- Coordinates
- 29.370, -100.920
Tornado, Hardin
- When
- June 12, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Hardin County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 30.250, -94.180
What these are
- 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
- Tornado in Connecticut, June 12, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 12, 1973
- Tornado in Maine, June 12, 1973
- Tornado in Illinois, June 12, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 12, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, June 12, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, June 12, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 12, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 12, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 12, 1973
- Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, June 12, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 12, 1973
More
Every storm in Texas in 1973Every state in 1973This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 1973
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: 10135130, 10135131, 10135132, 10135133, 10135134.