Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Gregg County, Texas, December 14, 1971

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length0.3 mi

Width20 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (32.55, -94.97) to the end point (32.55, -94.97), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: December 14, 1971, 8:15 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Texas
Counties: Gregg County
Path: 0.3 miles long, up to 20 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on December 14, 1971

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Dec 14, 1971	F3	Arkansas	23.6 mi	880 yd	0	10
Dec 14, 1971	F2	Texas	0.2 mi	17 yd	0	0
Dec 14, 1971	F2	Oklahoma	6.9 mi	150 yd	0	0
Dec 14, 1971	F2	Texas	0.6 mi	20 yd	0	1
Dec 14, 1971	F2	Texas	0.1 mi	17 yd	0	0
Dec 14, 1971	F2	Texas	4.3 mi	167 yd	0	4
Dec 14, 1971	F2	Texas	11.9 mi	440 yd	0	2
Dec 14, 1971	F2	Texas	0.5 mi	20 yd	0	0
Dec 14, 1971	F2	Oklahoma	9.9 mi	200 yd	0	0
Dec 14, 1971	F2	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	77 yd	0	0
Dec 14, 1971	F2	Missouri	48.3 mi	200 yd	1	22
Dec 14, 1971	F1	Texas	0.1 mi	17 yd	0	0
Dec 14, 1971	F1	Texas	0.1 mi	17 yd	0	2
Dec 14, 1971	F1	Texas	0.2 mi	20 yd	0	2
Dec 14, 1971	F1	Texas	0.1 mi	17 yd	0	4
Dec 14, 1971	F1	Texas	0.1 mi	17 yd	0	1
Dec 14, 1971	F1	Texas	1 mi	17 yd	0	2
Dec 14, 1971	F1	Texas	0.1 mi	17 yd	0	0
Dec 14, 1971	F1	Texas	1 mi	100 yd	0	0
Dec 14, 1971	F1	Texas	0.3 mi	100 yd	0	2
Dec 14, 1971	F1	Texas	0.1 mi	17 yd	0	1
Dec 14, 1971	F1	Texas	1.5 mi	1,760 yd	0	4
Dec 14, 1971	F1	Texas	0.1 mi	17 yd	0	0
Dec 14, 1971	F1	Arkansas	2 mi	10 yd	0	1
Dec 14, 1971	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Dec 14, 1971	F1	Missouri	24.2 mi	100 yd	0	3
Dec 14, 1971	F1	Texas	0.5 mi	20 yd	0	0
Dec 14, 1971	F0	Texas	3.6 mi	100 yd	0	0

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Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.