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Anna, TX tornado history

23 tornadoes have passed within 10 miles of the center of Anna, TX from 1950 through 2025, according to the NOAA Storm Prediction Center, ranking 264th of 534 Texas cities with a tornado on record. 2 were rated F3/EF3 or stronger by the National Weather Service. The most recent was on May 25, 2024 (EF1, 8.3-mile path); the strongest, on May 9, 2006, was rated F3. The deadliest, on May 9, 2006, killed 3 along its path.

23tornadoes since 1950
52016–2025
F3/EF3strongest rating
3deaths
19injuries
May 25, 2024most recent
Rating: 012345 unknown or preliminaryLines run from the start to the end point of each path; dots mark where each tornado touched down.

Dashed circle: 10 miles from the city's Census center point. A tornado counts when its recorded path passes inside the circle. Paths run straight from start to end point, as SPC records them.

1950s: 31960s: 41970s: 51980s: 01990s: 22000s: 42010s: 12020s: 41950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020smax 5
Tornadoes within 10 miles of the center of Anna, TX, by decade

Source: National Storms (nationalstorms.com), CC BY 4.0, data from NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports.

Every tornado within 10 miles of the center of Anna, TX

DateRatingPath lengthDeaths / injuriesStarted inClosest to center
May 25, 2024EF18.3 mi0 / 0Collin County, TX7.1 mi
Dec 13, 2022EF217.6 mi0 / 2Collin County, TX8.0 mi
Apr 4, 2022EF10.3 mi0 / 0Collin County, TX9.3 mi
May 3, 2021EF00.5 mi0 / 0Collin County, TX6.3 mi
Apr 29, 2016EF01.3 mi0 / 0Collin County, TX9.8 mi
May 9, 2006F39.3 mi3 / 10Collin County, TX2.5 mi
May 9, 2006F00.4 mi0 / 0Collin County, TX1.5 mi
May 9, 2006F00.1 mi0 / 0Collin County, TX2.2 mi
May 9, 2006F00.1 mi0 / 0Grayson County, TX9.7 mi
Sep 13, 1993F00.1 mi0 / 0Collin County, TX2.7 mi
Nov 23, 1992F00.2 mi0 / 0Grayson County, TX6.8 mi
Apr 17, 1976F00.1 mi0 / 0Grayson County, TX5.2 mi
Aug 10, 1972F01.0 mi0 / 0Collin County, TX7.6 mi
Dec 14, 1971F03.6 mi0 / 0Collin County, TX1.4 mi
Mar 12, 1971F10.1 mi0 / 0Grayson County, TX8.4 mi
Sep 1, 1970F114.1 mi0 / 0Collin County, TX5.4 mi
Jul 29, 1963F10.5 mi0 / 0Grayson County, TX5.1 mi
Apr 28, 1963F11.0 mi0 / 0Collin County, TX1.8 mi
Mar 24, 1962F00.1 mi0 / 0Grayson County, TX5.1 mi
Mar 24, 1962F12.0 mi0 / 0Grayson County, TX5.1 mi
Apr 2, 1957F310.7 mi0 / 4Collin County, TX2.6 mi
Apr 2, 1957F20.1 mi0 / 2Grayson County, TX8.6 mi
Apr 5, 1955F237.9 mi0 / 1Denton County, TX6.8 mi

More: Collin County tornadoes · Texas tornado history · Anna hail history · Texas damaging wind

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center (SPC) Severe Weather Database (SVRGIS) tornado file, 1950–2025, and SPC preliminary storm reports for 2026 (data through November 6, 2026). Ratings are the ones the National Weather Service assigned: Fujita (F) scale before Feb 1, 2007, Enhanced Fujita (EF) after. Paths are drawn as straight lines from the start to the end point SPC records; real paths curve. City and county boundaries: US Census Bureau.

NWS Damage Survey Paths Near Anna

The National Weather Service mapped the path of 5 tornadoes within 10 miles of Anna in damage surveys (1 EF2, 1 EF1, 3 EF0). On the map, those paths follow the survey, colored by the EF rating of each stretch, instead of a straight line from start to end.

DateRatingPeak windPath lengthMax widthDeaths / injuriesOn the groundSurveyed by
May 25, 2024EF195 mph9.4 mi800 yd0 / 004:20–04:31 UTCNWS Fort Worth
Dec 13, 2022EF2125 mph17.7 mi225 yd0 / 215:47–16:13 UTCNWS Fort Worth
Apr 4, 2022EF0100 mph0.3 mi188 yd0 / 002:32–02:36 UTCNWS Fort Worth
May 3, 2021EF0–0.5 mi–0 / 000:41–00:43 UTCNWS Fort Worth
Apr 29, 2016EF070 mph0.6 mi–0 / 021:53–21:55 UTCNWS Fort Worth

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Damage Assessment Toolkit (DAT): the tornado paths and EF-rating zones NWS survey teams mapped after each storm. Survey data are preliminary and can be revised; NOAA's official record is Storm Data (NCEI). Paths are simplified to about 30 m. Times are when the tornado was on the ground, in UTC.