Tornado History Map

Ector County, Texas tornado history

49 tornadoes recorded in or across Ector County from 1954 to 2019, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Ector County

The Storm Prediction Center records 49 tornadoes whose paths touched Ector County, Texas between 1954 and 2019. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 18 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF3 on 20 May 2019. The most recent was on 20 May 2019.

  • 49tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 14injuries
  • 546per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Ector County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF03776%
F1 / EF1510%
F2 / EF2510%
F3 / EF324%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Ector County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 19 in 1980s.1950s21960s41970s41980s191990s82000s42010s8

The 2010s only run to 2019, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s4
1970s4
1980s19
1990s8
2000s4
2010s8
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 18 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar2Apr4May18Jun11Jul4Aug3Sep5Oct2Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr4
May18
Jun11
Jul4
Aug3
Sep5
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Ector County

  • Strongest and Most recent: Texas tornado20 May 2019, EF3, 5.8 miles long
  • Longest path: Texas tornado10 April 1969, F0, 28 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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