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Ballinger, TX tornado history

28 tornadoes have passed within 10 miles of the center of Ballinger, TX from 1950 through 2025, according to the NOAA Storm Prediction Center, ranking 181st of 534 Texas cities with a tornado on record. 1 was rated F3/EF3 or stronger by the National Weather Service. The most recent was on November 7, 2024 (EFU, 0.7-mile path); the strongest, on May 17, 2019, was rated EF3.

28tornadoes since 1950
32016–2025
F3/EF3strongest rating
0deaths
1injuries
Nov 7, 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: 11970s: 71980s: 41990s: 72000s: 32010s: 12020s: 21950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020smax 7
Tornadoes within 10 miles of the center of Ballinger, 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 Ballinger, TX

DateRatingPath lengthDeaths / injuriesStarted inClosest to center
Nov 7, 2024EFU0.7 mi0 / 0Runnels County, TX8.0 mi
May 2, 2024EF24.5 mi0 / 0Runnels County, TX2.3 mi
May 17, 2019EF318.0 mi0 / 0Runnels County, TX1.4 mi
Apr 30, 2007EF01.4 mi0 / 0Runnels County, TX4.0 mi
May 24, 2002F00.3 mi0 / 0Runnels County, TX4.9 mi
Mar 19, 2002F00.2 mi0 / 0Runnels County, TX4.1 mi
Aug 28, 1999F00.1 mi0 / 0Runnels County, TX8.3 mi
May 25, 1999F00.1 mi0 / 0Runnels County, TX1.6 mi
Aug 22, 1997F00.1 mi0 / 0Runnels County, TX7.7 mi
May 31, 1995F06.0 mi0 / 0Runnels County, TX6.8 mi
Mar 25, 1995F00.1 mi0 / 0Runnels County, TX0.7 mi
May 3, 1991F00.7 mi0 / 0Runnels County, TX7.8 mi
Jul 30, 1990F11.2 mi0 / 0Runnels County, TX0.8 mi
Sep 17, 1988F13.0 mi0 / 0Runnels County, TX8.2 mi
Jul 11, 1986F00.2 mi0 / 0Runnels County, TX6.3 mi
May 17, 1986F00.2 mi0 / 0Runnels County, TX0.8 mi
Jun 19, 1982F210.0 mi0 / 0Runnels County, TX9.7 mi
Sep 27, 1976F20.1 mi0 / 0Runnels County, TX1.4 mi
Apr 28, 1976F00.1 mi0 / 0Runnels County, TX2.9 mi
Apr 15, 1976F20.1 mi0 / 0Runnels County, TX8.3 mi
May 22, 1973F22.0 mi0 / 0Runnels County, TX6.8 mi
Apr 22, 1973F20.2 mi0 / 0Runnels County, TX4.3 mi
Apr 22, 1973F20.2 mi0 / 0Runnels County, TX4.3 mi
Apr 22, 1973F20.2 mi0 / 0Runnels County, TX4.3 mi
Apr 12, 1967F20.1 mi0 / 0Runnels County, TX0.8 mi
May 17, 1955F10.1 mi0 / 0Montgomery County, TX2.0 mi
Apr 29, 1954F10.1 mi0 / 1Runnels County, TX7.7 mi
Apr 27, 1954F211.5 mi0 / 0Runnels County, TX0.7 mi

More: Runnels County tornadoes · Texas tornado history · Ballinger 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 Ballinger

The National Weather Service mapped the path of 2 tornadoes within 10 miles of Ballinger in damage surveys (1 EF3, 1 EF2). 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 2, 2024EF2115 mph4.5 mi390 yd0 / 022:53–23:15 UTCNWS San Angelo
May 17, 2019EF3145 mph18.9 mi1,200 yd0 / 111:52–12:31 UTCNWS San Angelo

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.