There was only one tornado confirmed on June 24, 1970. It was a devastating quick-hitting twister in Nueces County, TX. It destroyed the Golden Acres Trailer Park just to the east of Bishop. Per newspaper articles, a farmhouse was hit first and injured Hal Boswell. It then struck the trailer park.
The Storm Data Entry describes the damage as such. “The tornado tore the trailer homes apart like matchboxes…”. “The destruction was so great that it was impossible to tell how many trailers were involved and where they had been situated before the tornado hit.”
Tragically, an infant was killed. Per an article in the Courier-Gazette (McKinney, TX): A little boy was “sucked out of his crib.” The article notes that The Kingsville Naval Air Station Security Force sent over 150 sailors to search through the mud for the baby. “The child was found in a pool of water a dozen yards from his trailer.” The search took 4-5 hours.
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