National Storms

Tulia, TX tornado history

30 tornadoes have passed within 10 miles of the center of Tulia, TX from 1950 through 2025, according to the NOAA Storm Prediction Center, ranking 152nd 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 May 7, 2019 (EFU, 1.5-mile path); the strongest, on May 28, 1980, was rated F3.

30tornadoes since 1950
12016–2025
F3/EF3strongest rating
0deaths
3injuries
May 7, 2019most 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: 41970s: 41980s: 71990s: 52000s: 52010s: 12020s: 01950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020smax 7
Tornadoes within 10 miles of the center of Tulia, 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 Tulia, TX

DateRatingPath lengthDeaths / injuriesStarted inClosest to center
May 7, 2019EFU1.5 mi0 / 0Swisher County, TX4.4 mi
Apr 16, 2009EF01.0 mi0 / 0Swisher County, TX7.9 mi
Sep 7, 2007EF01.3 mi0 / 0Swisher County, TX5.6 mi
Apr 21, 2007EF14.0 mi0 / 0Swisher County, TX7.9 mi
Apr 21, 2007EF23.0 mi0 / 3Swisher County, TX0.5 mi
Jun 21, 2004F00.5 mi0 / 0Swisher County, TX5.0 mi
Apr 10, 1997F00.1 mi0 / 0Swisher County, TX5.0 mi
Apr 10, 1997F00.1 mi0 / 0Swisher County, TX0.9 mi
Jun 2, 1995F111.0 mi0 / 0Swisher County, TX5.9 mi
Jun 2, 1995F00.2 mi0 / 0Swisher County, TX2.9 mi
Jun 5, 1991F00.1 mi0 / 0Swisher County, TX7.1 mi
Aug 2, 1989F05.0 mi0 / 0Swisher County, TX1.5 mi
May 16, 1986F022.0 mi0 / 0Swisher County, TX2.7 mi
May 16, 1986F00.2 mi0 / 0Swisher County, TX5.3 mi
May 28, 1980F16.1 mi0 / 0Swisher County, TX2.8 mi
May 28, 1980F32.0 mi0 / 0Swisher County, TX0.6 mi
May 28, 1980F24.9 mi0 / 0Swisher County, TX1.3 mi
May 28, 1980F36.1 mi0 / 0Swisher County, TX3.3 mi
Apr 3, 1979F00.5 mi0 / 0Swisher County, TX1.5 mi
May 19, 1978F04.5 mi0 / 0Swisher County, TX9.2 mi
Jun 29, 1973F14.7 mi0 / 0Swisher County, TX1.6 mi
Jun 8, 1971F116.2 mi0 / 0Swisher County, TX4.3 mi
May 31, 1968F10.1 mi0 / 0Swisher County, TX1.3 mi
Jul 2, 1967F10.3 mi0 / 0Swisher County, TX0.9 mi
May 13, 1965F00.2 mi0 / 0Swisher County, TX4.0 mi
Jun 7, 1962F12.0 mi0 / 0Swisher County, TX2.7 mi
Jun 30, 1959F01.0 mi0 / 0Swisher County, TX1.7 mi
Mar 25, 1959F00.1 mi0 / 0Swisher County, TX6.1 mi
May 29, 1956F00.1 mi0 / 0Swisher County, TX8.6 mi
May 31, 1953F10.1 mi0 / 0Swisher County, TX3.0 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.

NWS Damage Survey Paths Near Tulia

The National Weather Service mapped the path of 1 tornado within 10 miles of Tulia in damage surveys (1 EFU). 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 7, 2019EFU–1.5 mi600 yd0 / 022:11–22:16 UTCNWS Lubbock

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.