National Storms

Comanche, TX tornado history

16 tornadoes have passed within 10 miles of the center of Comanche, TX from 1950 through 2025, according to the NOAA Storm Prediction Center, ranking 391st 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 April 23, 2011 (EF0, 0.0-mile path); the strongest, on May 12, 1982, was rated F3.

16tornadoes since 1950
02016–2025
F3/EF3strongest rating
0deaths
6injuries
Apr 23, 2011most 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: 21960s: 11970s: 41980s: 51990s: 32000s: 02010s: 12020s: 01950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020smax 5
Tornadoes within 10 miles of the center of Comanche, 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 Comanche, TX

DateRatingPath lengthDeaths / injuriesStarted inClosest to center
Apr 23, 2011EF00.0 mi0 / 0Comanche County, TX9.7 mi
May 30, 1996F00.1 mi0 / 0Comanche County, TX10.0 mi
Apr 26, 1994F00.1 mi0 / 0Comanche County, TX1.5 mi
Apr 26, 1994F00.1 mi0 / 0Comanche County, TX9.5 mi
May 12, 1982F14.0 mi0 / 0Comanche County, TX4.4 mi
May 12, 1982F313.0 mi0 / 3Comanche County, TX5.3 mi
May 12, 1982F10.1 mi0 / 0Comanche County, TX8.6 mi
May 12, 1982F10.2 mi0 / 0Comanche County, TX8.6 mi
May 12, 1982F210.0 mi0 / 0Comanche County, TX7.9 mi
Apr 10, 1979F10.1 mi0 / 0Comanche County, TX5.4 mi
Apr 26, 1970F00.5 mi0 / 0Comanche County, TX5.8 mi
Apr 26, 1970F11.0 mi0 / 0Comanche County, TX7.5 mi
Apr 26, 1970F21.0 mi0 / 2Comanche County, TX8.7 mi
Apr 24, 1964F11.0 mi0 / 1Comanche County, TX6.9 mi
Apr 28, 1958F34.9 mi0 / 0Comanche County, TX0.3 mi
Apr 29, 1950F111.5 mi0 / 0Comanche County, TX0.3 mi

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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 Comanche

The National Weather Service mapped the path of 1 tornado within 10 miles of Comanche in damage surveys (1 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 26, 2016EF080 mph1.0 mi40 yd0 / 001:46–01:49 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.