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Bishop, TX tornado history

26 tornadoes have passed within 10 miles of the center of Bishop, TX from 1950 through 2025, according to the NOAA Storm Prediction Center, ranking 215th 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 August 23, 2022 (EFU, 0.1-mile path); the strongest, on June 24, 1970, was rated F3. The deadliest, on June 24, 1970, killed 1 along its path.

26tornadoes since 1950
32016–2025
F3/EF3strongest rating
1deaths
18injuries
Aug 23, 2022most 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: 11960s: 61970s: 51980s: 51990s: 42000s: 12010s: 32020s: 11950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020smax 6
Tornadoes within 10 miles of the center of Bishop, 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 Bishop, TX

DateRatingPath lengthDeaths / injuriesStarted inClosest to center
Aug 23, 2022EFU0.1 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX6.7 mi
May 31, 2016EF12.3 mi0 / 0Kleberg County, TX8.5 mi
May 31, 2016EF10.9 mi0 / 0Kleberg County, TX7.2 mi
Oct 18, 2013EF00.2 mi0 / 0Kleberg County, TX3.5 mi
Dec 26, 2000F05.4 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX9.8 mi
Aug 22, 1999F00.1 mi0 / 0Kleberg County, TX6.3 mi
Sep 20, 1996F00.2 mi0 / 0Kleberg County, TX2.8 mi
Sep 20, 1996F00.2 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX3.1 mi
Apr 7, 1993F12.0 mi0 / 0Kleberg County, TX6.3 mi
Nov 9, 1986F02.0 mi0 / 0Jim Wells County, TX8.6 mi
Jun 28, 1981F00.1 mi0 / 0Kleberg County, TX9.8 mi
Aug 10, 1980F00.5 mi0 / 0Kleberg County, TX7.7 mi
Aug 9, 1980F25.9 mi0 / 3Nueces County, TX0.4 mi
Aug 9, 1980F22.5 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX0.4 mi
Aug 21, 1978F00.2 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX5.9 mi
Jul 14, 1976F10.1 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX6.5 mi
Apr 28, 1976F20.5 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX0.4 mi
Aug 29, 1973F00.1 mi0 / 0Kleberg County, TX6.5 mi
Jun 24, 1970F31.5 mi1 / 15Nueces County, TX1.5 mi
Sep 22, 1967F00.6 mi0 / 0Kleberg County, TX8.4 mi
Sep 22, 1967F00.1 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX1.1 mi
Sep 20, 1967F00.1 mi0 / 0Kleberg County, TX8.0 mi
Mar 29, 1965F17.1 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX9.8 mi
Jun 20, 1962F11.0 mi0 / 0Kleberg County, TX7.4 mi
Jun 18, 1961F12.0 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX0.4 mi
Oct 4, 1956F11.0 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX3.8 mi

More: Nueces County tornadoes · Texas tornado history · Bishop 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 Bishop

The National Weather Service mapped the path of 2 tornadoes within 10 miles of Bishop in damage surveys (2 EF1). 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 31, 2016EF1110 mph0.9 mi200 yd0 / 023:30–23:35 UTCNWS Corpus Christi
May 31, 2016EF1110 mph2.3 mi400 yd0 / 023:31–23:37 UTCNWS Corpus Christi

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.