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Robstown, TX tornado history

35 tornadoes have passed within 10 miles of the center of Robstown, TX from 1950 through 2025, according to the NOAA Storm Prediction Center, ranking 108th of 534 Texas cities with a tornado on record. None was rated F3/EF3 or stronger by the National Weather Service. The most recent was on August 1, 2020 (EF0, 0.0-mile path); the strongest, on October 24, 2002, was rated F2. The deadliest, on October 24, 2002, killed 1 along its path.

35tornadoes since 1950
12016–2025
F2/EF2strongest rating
1deaths
28injuries
Aug 1, 2020most 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: 111970s: 51980s: 21990s: 52000s: 52010s: 32020s: 11950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020smax 11
Tornadoes within 10 miles of the center of Robstown, 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 Robstown, TX

DateRatingPath lengthDeaths / injuriesStarted inClosest to center
Aug 1, 2020EF00.0 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX8.9 mi
Sep 26, 2015EF00.3 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX8.3 mi
Jan 8, 2011EF123.3 mi0 / 0Jim Wells County, TX2.5 mi
Jun 30, 2010EF00.1 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX8.1 mi
Sep 2, 2005F00.5 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX5.3 mi
Oct 24, 2002F11.5 mi0 / 6Nueces County, TX5.3 mi
Oct 24, 2002F22.5 mi1 / 20Nueces County, TX5.3 mi
Dec 26, 2000F05.4 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX5.0 mi
Oct 6, 2000F00.1 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX1.8 mi
Jun 17, 1997F10.2 mi0 / 1Nueces County, TX8.0 mi
Aug 1, 1995F00.1 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX1.0 mi
Sep 12, 1994F00.1 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX6.1 mi
Aug 5, 1994F00.1 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX6.2 mi
Aug 25, 1992F00.1 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX0.8 mi
Aug 12, 1981F00.1 mi0 / 0San Patricio County, TX8.1 mi
Aug 10, 1980F11.0 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX3.4 mi
Aug 25, 1978F00.1 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX6.7 mi
Jul 14, 1976F10.1 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX9.9 mi
May 7, 1976F00.1 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX6.7 mi
Jun 13, 1974F00.1 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX4.4 mi
May 22, 1970F00.1 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX6.5 mi
Oct 12, 1969F00.5 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX1.7 mi
Oct 12, 1969F00.5 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX1.7 mi
Oct 12, 1969F00.5 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX1.7 mi
May 12, 1969F24.9 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX6.4 mi
May 9, 1968F21.5 mi0 / 1Nueces County, TX7.7 mi
Sep 22, 1967F00.5 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX6.3 mi
Sep 22, 1967F00.1 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX7.6 mi
Mar 29, 1965F17.1 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX5.2 mi
Jul 17, 1964F01.0 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX1.0 mi
Aug 21, 1962F11.0 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX9.6 mi
Oct 16, 1960F10.5 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX7.6 mi
Jun 22, 1955F00.1 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX1.0 mi
May 11, 1955F00.5 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX1.0 mi
May 11, 1955F11.0 mi0 / 0Nueces County, TX1.0 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.