[News Script: Tornado] Page: 1 of 2
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FOLO TORNADO
An early morning storm at San Antonio leaving
hail and 3/4-inch of rian in twenty minutes that
flooded low-lying areas.
64-mile an-hpur winds blew down signs and trees
and tonnled utility poles.
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An hour-long power blackout hit Fort Sam Houston,
utility
but at dawn 100-rameuawmm crewmen were repairing trans-
formers and downed power lines in the damaged areas.
At mid-morning a tornado was reported at Houston
but it not touch down.
Another tornado touched down in open country near
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Tornado], script, May 24, 1971, 12:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1423072/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.