National Storms

Combes, TX tornado history

29 tornadoes have passed within 10 miles of the center of Combes, TX from 1950 through 2025, according to the NOAA Storm Prediction Center, ranking 161st 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 July 8, 2024 (EFU, 0.5-mile path); the strongest, on May 12, 1969, was rated F3.

29tornadoes since 1950
12016–2025
F3/EF3strongest rating
0deaths
1injuries
Jul 8, 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: 21970s: 31980s: 31990s: 72000s: 82010s: 22020s: 11950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020smax 8
Tornadoes within 10 miles of the center of Combes, 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 Combes, TX

DateRatingPath lengthDeaths / injuriesStarted inClosest to center
Jul 8, 2024EFU0.5 mi0 / 0Cameron County, TX1.7 mi
Oct 29, 2015EF10.7 mi0 / 0Willacy County, TX8.9 mi
Apr 20, 2012EF00.1 mi0 / 0Cameron County, TX8.7 mi
Aug 26, 2008EF00.1 mi0 / 0Willacy County, TX8.9 mi
Aug 31, 2005F00.2 mi0 / 0Cameron County, TX4.9 mi
Aug 31, 2005F00.1 mi0 / 0Cameron County, TX2.7 mi
Jul 20, 2005F00.2 mi0 / 0Cameron County, TX9.2 mi
Sep 9, 2001F00.1 mi0 / 0Cameron County, TX3.2 mi
Sep 9, 2001F00.1 mi0 / 0Cameron County, TX3.7 mi
Sep 9, 2001F00.1 mi0 / 0Cameron County, TX4.9 mi
Sep 9, 2001F00.1 mi0 / 0Cameron County, TX6.4 mi
Apr 26, 1999F01.8 mi0 / 0Cameron County, TX5.3 mi
Apr 26, 1999F02.9 mi0 / 0Willacy County, TX7.9 mi
Dec 31, 1996F00.1 mi0 / 0Cameron County, TX4.9 mi
May 14, 1992F00.1 mi0 / 0Cameron County, TX6.7 mi
May 14, 1992F00.1 mi0 / 0Cameron County, TX7.4 mi
Sep 23, 1991F00.2 mi0 / 0Cameron County, TX7.4 mi
Apr 29, 1991F00.2 mi0 / 0Cameron County, TX4.6 mi
Sep 16, 1988F10.5 mi0 / 0Cameron County, TX4.9 mi
Sep 16, 1988F00.2 mi0 / 0Cameron County, TX4.9 mi
Oct 7, 1986F00.2 mi0 / 0Cameron County, TX3.2 mi
Aug 24, 1976F01.5 mi0 / 0Cameron County, TX8.0 mi
Jun 10, 1975F00.1 mi0 / 0Cameron County, TX9.2 mi
May 24, 1970F225.5 mi0 / 1Willacy County, TX3.9 mi
May 12, 1969F30.1 mi0 / 0Cameron County, TX3.4 mi
Jun 20, 1968F10.2 mi0 / 0Cameron County, TX8.7 mi
Jul 24, 1959F00.1 mi0 / 0Willacy County, TX6.4 mi
Feb 16, 1957F01.5 mi0 / 0Cameron County, TX4.6 mi
Jul 15, 1953F10.1 mi0 / 0Cameron County, TX0.3 mi

More: Cameron County tornadoes · Texas tornado history · Combes 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 Combes

The National Weather Service mapped the path of 1 tornado within 10 miles of Combes in damage surveys (1 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
Oct 29, 2015EF186 mph0.7 mi25 yd0 / 011:36–11:38 UTCNWS Brownsville

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.