Erin Strengthens to a Hurricane; Heavy Rainfall Possible in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, the Upper Midwest, South Texas

Hurricane Erin may bring isolated flash and urban flooding, landslides or mudslides, and possible tropical storm conditions to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands this weekend. Scattered thunderstorms and heavy rainfall may bring areas of flooding this weekend over the Upper Midwest. A tropical disturbance will bring locally heavy rain and mainly urban flash flooding to far southern Texas. Read More >

July 18, 1971
Counties: Henry, Shelby
F-scale: F2
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Time: 2:15pm
Grazulis narrative: In the Pleasureville-Defoe area a tornado destroyed three barns and a silo.
Noted discrepancies: NCDC and Grazulis only list Henry County. The single lat/lon SPC gives is indeed in Shelby County, but very close to the county line. SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile and a path width of 10 yards...NCDC and Grazulis give nothing for either. Both places of damage listed by Grazulis are on the Henry/Shelby county line. Using damage locations listed by Grazulis the path length might have been longer than the 1/10 mile given by SPC. Storm Data says the tornado touched down between Pleasureville and Defoe and almost immediately lifted back into the clouds. Storm Data lists both Shelby and Henry counties.

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Erin Strengthens to a Hurricane; Heavy Rainfall Possible in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, the Upper Midwest, South Texas

Tornadoes of July 18, 1971