National Storms

Longview, TX tornado history

32 tornadoes have passed within 10 miles of the center of Longview, TX from 1950 through 2025, according to the NOAA Storm Prediction Center, ranking 131st of 534 Texas cities with a tornado on record. 5 were rated F3/EF3 or stronger by the National Weather Service. The most recent was on July 8, 2024 (EF0, 3.1-mile path); the strongest, on April 1, 1988, was rated F3.

32tornadoes since 1950
62016–2025
F3/EF3strongest rating
0deaths
11injuries
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: 31970s: 71980s: 51990s: 32000s: 32010s: 62020s: 21950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020smax 7
Tornadoes within 10 miles of the center of Longview, 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 Longview, TX

DateRatingPath lengthDeaths / injuriesStarted inClosest to center
Jul 8, 2024EF03.1 mi0 / 0Rusk County, TX9.4 mi
May 20, 2021EFU0.1 mi0 / 0Harrison County, TX9.2 mi
Apr 13, 2018EF14.3 mi0 / 0Gregg County, TX8.0 mi
May 28, 2017EF110.3 mi0 / 0Gregg County, TX1.6 mi
May 11, 2017EF12.7 mi0 / 0Upshur County, TX6.3 mi
Mar 28, 2017EF16.0 mi0 / 0Gregg County, TX1.5 mi
Apr 9, 2015EF14.5 mi0 / 0Harrison County, TX5.4 mi
Apr 9, 2015EF11.3 mi0 / 0Gregg County, TX1.7 mi
Dec 23, 2009EF27.0 mi0 / 0Harrison County, TX4.6 mi
Mar 18, 2008EF120.5 mi0 / 0Rusk County, TX2.7 mi
Dec 16, 2001F01.4 mi0 / 0Gregg County, TX6.9 mi
May 4, 1999F14.6 mi0 / 0Harrison County, TX7.7 mi
May 4, 1999F02.2 mi0 / 0Harrison County, TX8.2 mi
May 4, 1999F29.7 mi0 / 2Gregg County, TX7.4 mi
Apr 1, 1988F313.0 mi0 / 9Gregg County, TX9.4 mi
Nov 15, 1987F10.2 mi0 / 0Gregg County, TX6.2 mi
Apr 10, 1984F00.5 mi0 / 0Panola County, TX5.3 mi
May 9, 1981F10.1 mi0 / 0Gregg County, TX9.7 mi
May 9, 1981F27.7 mi0 / 0Gregg County, TX8.9 mi
May 3, 1979F10.1 mi0 / 0Upshur County, TX5.8 mi
Apr 1, 1979F35.6 mi0 / 0Gregg County, TX4.7 mi
May 11, 1978F10.1 mi0 / 0Harrison County, TX8.3 mi
May 11, 1978F112.1 mi0 / 0Gregg County, TX2.9 mi
May 8, 1977F10.1 mi0 / 0Gregg County, TX9.9 mi
Sep 20, 1970F20.5 mi0 / 0Harrison County, TX5.5 mi
Apr 18, 1970F21.2 mi0 / 0Gregg County, TX4.9 mi
Sep 21, 1965F30.1 mi0 / 0Upshur County, TX5.5 mi
Oct 14, 1962F10.5 mi0 / 0Gregg County, TX1.5 mi
Nov 2, 1961F24.3 mi0 / 0Gregg County, TX3.3 mi
May 2, 1958F359.2 mi0 / 0Gregg County, TX4.6 mi
Apr 26, 1957F20.2 mi0 / 0Gregg County, TX5.2 mi
Apr 26, 1957F314.2 mi0 / 0Gregg County, TX3.7 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 Longview

The National Weather Service mapped the path of 1 tornado within 10 miles of Longview 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
Jul 8, 2024EF085 mph3.1 mi570 yd0 / 019:08–19:10 UTCNWS Shreveport

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.