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Elgin, TX tornado history

23 tornadoes have passed within 10 miles of the center of Elgin, TX from 1950 through 2025, according to the NOAA Storm Prediction Center, ranking 264th of 534 Texas cities with a tornado on record. 3 were rated F3/EF3 or stronger by the National Weather Service. The most recent was on April 28, 2024 (EF1, 4.8-mile path); the strongest, on April 7, 1980, was rated F3. The deadliest, on April 7, 1980, killed 1 along its path.

23tornadoes since 1950
42016–2025
F3/EF3strongest rating
1deaths
32injuries
Apr 28, 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: 41960s: 01970s: 51980s: 31990s: 32000s: 42010s: 12020s: 31950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020smax 5
Tornadoes within 10 miles of the center of Elgin, 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 Elgin, TX

DateRatingPath lengthDeaths / injuriesStarted inClosest to center
Apr 28, 2024EF14.8 mi0 / 0Travis County, TX7.5 mi
Mar 21, 2022EF05.5 mi0 / 0Bastrop County, TX6.2 mi
Mar 21, 2022EF212.0 mi0 / 0Travis County, TX2.2 mi
May 23, 2017EF01.8 mi0 / 0Bastrop County, TX2.9 mi
Mar 25, 2005F00.2 mi0 / 0Bastrop County, TX2.9 mi
Mar 25, 2005F12.5 mi0 / 0Travis County, TX7.4 mi
Dec 23, 2002F15.5 mi0 / 1Travis County, TX5.6 mi
Nov 12, 2000F00.3 mi0 / 0Bastrop County, TX1.3 mi
Oct 17, 1998F10.2 mi0 / 0Bastrop County, TX1.3 mi
Oct 17, 1998F10.1 mi0 / 1Bastrop County, TX1.3 mi
Apr 17, 1991F00.2 mi0 / 0Bastrop County, TX3.7 mi
Aug 10, 1980F030.7 mi0 / 0Williamson County, TX9.6 mi
Apr 7, 1980F331.7 mi1 / 5Williamson County, TX3.6 mi
Feb 29, 1980F111.0 mi0 / 0Williamson County, TX5.3 mi
May 2, 1977F217.7 mi0 / 0Travis County, TX2.4 mi
Mar 29, 1976F010.4 mi0 / 8Travis County, TX9.3 mi
May 9, 1974F17.9 mi0 / 10Travis County, TX9.2 mi
Nov 17, 1971F231.7 mi0 / 0Bastrop County, TX5.8 mi
Oct 23, 1970F00.5 mi0 / 0Bastrop County, TX3.0 mi
Apr 24, 1957F314.7 mi0 / 1Bastrop County, TX4.5 mi
Sep 4, 1956F256.6 mi0 / 0Williamson County, TX6.4 mi
May 19, 1954F10.1 mi0 / 0Bastrop County, TX1.3 mi
Apr 30, 1954F3139.9 mi0 / 6Travis County, TX5.7 mi

More: Bastrop County tornadoes · Texas tornado history · Elgin 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 Elgin

The National Weather Service mapped the path of 4 tornadoes within 10 miles of Elgin in damage surveys (1 EF2, 1 EF1, 2 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
Apr 28, 2024EF1110 mph4.8 mi20 yd0 / 013:31–13:41 UTCNWS Austin/San Antonio
Mar 21, 2022EF075 mph5.6 mi50 yd0 / 023:54–00:04 UTCNWS Austin/San Antonio
Mar 21, 2022EF2130 mph12.2 mi500 yd0 / 323:30–23:50 UTCNWS Austin/San Antonio
May 23, 2017EF0–1.8 mi200 yd0 / 022:37–22:39 UTCNWS Austin/San Antonio

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.