Tornadoes · United States · Texas

Tornadoes in Val Verde County, Texas

45 tornadoes have crossed Val Verde County since 1950, 87th of the 254 counties in Texas with a tornado on record, an average of one every 1.7 years. They have killed 0 people and injured 31. None was rated F4 or above.

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The United States rated tornadoes on Ted Fujita’s F scale until 31 January 2007 and on the Enhanced Fujita scale after it. Both run from 0 to 5, and both rate the damage rather than measure the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

  1. F0 / EF040 to 72 mph on the F scale, 65 to 85 mph on the EF scale

    Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.

  2. F1 / EF173 to 112 mph on the F scale, 86 to 110 mph on the EF scale

    Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.

  3. F2 / EF2113 to 157 mph on the F scale, 111 to 135 mph on the EF scale

    Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.

  4. F3 / EF3158 to 206 mph on the F scale, 136 to 165 mph on the EF scale

    Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.

  5. F4 / EF4207 to 260 mph on the F scale, 166 to 200 mph on the EF scale

    Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.

  6. F5 / EF5261 to 318 mph on the F scale, over 200 mph on the EF scale

    Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.

  7. Unrated

    The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

Now

Tornadoes
45
Deaths
0
Injuries
31
F4 and above
0
Worst on record
F2, May 10, 1995

The strongest

  1. F2, Val Verde County, TexasMay 12, 1982F2, 19.0 mi (31 km)
  2. F2, Val Verde County, TexasSeptember 17, 1988F2, 11.0 mi (18 km)
  3. F2, Val Verde County, TexasMay 12, 1982F2, 5.0 mi (8 km)
  4. F2, Val Verde County, TexasApril 16, 1964F2, 2.0 mi (3 km)
  5. F2, Val Verde County, TexasMay 10, 1995F2, 0.5 mi (1 km)

Every year with a tornado

The 21 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in Val Verde County. Each year links to every tornado in Texas that year.

YearTornadoesDeathsInjuriesStrongest
20251Unrated
20191Unrated
20181EF0
20171Unrated
20072EF0
20044F1
20025F0
20002F1
19991F0
19971F0
19961F0
1995322F2
19941F0
199324F1
19911F0
198921F1
198842F2
19831F0
198262F2
19801F1
19644F2

Every tornado that crossed Val Verde County

45 tornadoes, newest first.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
August 19, 20253:15 PM CDTUnratedVal Verde0.01
May 2, 20199:20 PM CDTUnratedVal Verde0.410
May 2, 201810:39 PM CDTEF0Crockett0.850$50,000
May 10, 201710:58 PM CDTUnratedVal Verde0.110
April 23, 20078:34 PM CDTEF0Val Verde1.030$100,000
April 23, 20078:06 PM CDTEF0Val Verde0.220
May 27, 20047:19 PM CDTF0Val Verde0.830
May 27, 20047:09 PM CDTF0Val Verde0.120
May 27, 20046:47 PM CDTF0Val Verde0.120
May 27, 20046:40 PM CDTF1Val Verde4.0100$50,000
April 7, 20024:40 PM CDTF0Val Verde0.230
April 7, 20024:10 PM CDTF0Val Verde0.230
March 19, 20024:10 PM CSTF0Val Verde0.230
March 19, 20023:45 PM CSTF0Val Verde0.230
March 19, 20023:20 PM CSTF0Val Verde0.230
March 22, 20001:28 AM CSTF0Val Verde0.220
March 22, 200012:40 AM CSTF1Val Verde1.0200$50,000
March 27, 19995:10 PM CSTF0Val Verde0.230
June 8, 19979:54 PM CDTF0Val Verde0.250
September 14, 199611:07 PM CDTF0Val Verde0.550
May 23, 199510:06 PM CDTF1Val Verde0.110
May 10, 199510:20 PM CDTF1Val Verde0.110$5,000 to $50,000
May 10, 19959:50 PM CDTF2Val Verde0.520022$50,000 to $500,000
June 23, 19945:15 PM CDTF0Val Verde0.220$50 to $500
October 19, 19938:37 PM CDTF1Val Verde1.5504$50,000 to $500,000
October 19, 19938:32 PM CDTF1Val Verde0.530$5,000 to $50,000
July 21, 19917:00 PM CDTF0Val Verde0.110$5,000 to $50,000
May 16, 198912:29 AM CDTF0Val Verde0.210
May 16, 198910:10 PM CDTF1Val Verde8.02001$500,000 to $5 million
September 17, 19886:52 PM CDTF0Val Verde0.210$5,000 to $50,000
September 17, 19886:39 PM CDTF0Val Verde0.210
September 17, 19885:45 PM CDTF2Val Verde11.0632$500,000 to $5 million
September 17, 19882:20 PM CDTF0Val Verde0.210
May 19, 19837:35 PM CDTF0Val Verde1.030under $50
May 12, 19828:55 PM CDTF1Val Verde1.540under $50
May 12, 19828:10 PM CDTF1Val Verde3.050$50,000 to $500,000
May 12, 19827:50 PM CDTF2Val Verde5.080$50,000 to $500,000
May 12, 19827:10 PM CDTF2Val Verde19.01202$500,000 to $5 million
May 11, 19827:55 PM CDTF1Kinney19.060$50,000 to $500,000
May 5, 19829:25 PM CDTF1Val Verde0.120$5,000 to $50,000
May 15, 19806:15 PM CDTF1Kinney99.840
May 29, 196410:00 PM GMT-5F0Val Verde0.117
May 29, 19649:00 PM GMT-5F0Val Verde0.117$500 to $5,000
May 29, 19649:00 PM GMT-5F0Val Verde0.117
April 16, 19649:55 PM GMT-6F2Val Verde2.033$50 to $500

Nearby

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What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.