Tornado events in Pecos County, Texas The tornado events on record, by date and by year

This page is a county record of past events and claims. It does not show the flood zone or the risk of an address. For the flood map of an address, use FEMA's address search (opens in a new tab).

NCEI has 99 tornado events on record for Pecos County, Texas, from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest tornado event on record is on 22 Jun 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 23 tornado events on record for the county.

The NWS collects event reports from a variety of sources, which include (but are not limited to): county, state, and federal emergency management officials, local law enforcement officials, SKYWARN spotters, NWS damage surveys, newspaper clipping services, the insurance industry, and the general public, among others.
The National Weather Service reports property and crop damage estimates using available data at the time of event reporting. These values should therefore be considered broad estimates. Damage amounts are not adjusted for inflation.
The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Date of the data: NCEI storm events through 30 Jun 2026. Event types on this page: Tornado.

Newest tornado events on record

Jun 22 2026

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24 miles SE of FT STOCKTON

Apr 29 2025

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6 miles NNW of BAKERSFIELD

Jun 1 2024

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14 miles NNW of HOVEY

May 30 2024

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17 miles NE of LONGFELLOW

May 4 2024

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8 miles E of BELDING. Damage estimate: $2 thousand

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14 miles SSE of FT STOCKTON

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19 miles SSE of FT STOCKTON

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23 miles SSE of FT STOCKTON

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26 miles N of LONGFELLOW

Jun 2 2023

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6 miles NNE of FT STOCKTON

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17 miles S of BAKERSFIELD

TornadoEF1

11 miles S of BALDRIDGE

May 1 2022

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7 miles ENE of FT STOCKTON

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17 miles NE of FT STOCKTON

TornadoEF unrated

19 miles NNW of FT STOCKTON

May 31 2021

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21 miles SSE of FT STOCKTON

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19 miles S of FT STOCKTON

May 13 2020

TornadoEF0

8 miles E of COYANOSA

Jun 21 2019

TornadoEF0

16 miles SE of FT STOCKTON

May 17 2019

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15 miles SSE of BALDRIDGE

May 7 2019

TornadoEF0

5 miles WNW of BAKERSFIELD

TornadoEF0

11 miles SE of COYANOSA

Apr 30 2019

TornadoEF0

11 miles SE of BAKERSFIELD

Apr 19 2016

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22 miles SSE of FT STOCKTON

May 27 2015

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20 miles NW of BELDING

A place is the text of the NCEI record: a distance and a direction from a reference place. The site does not show a place text that names a private property or reads as a person. A tornado before February 2007 has a rating on the Fujita scale (F). A later tornado has a rating on the Enhanced Fujita scale (EF).

Tornado events by year

Tornado events on record for Pecos County by year, 1950 to 2026
Decade	Year that ends in 0	Year that ends in 1	Year that ends in 2	Year that ends in 3	Year that ends in 4	Year that ends in 5	Year that ends in 6	Year that ends in 7	Year that ends in 8	Year that ends in 9	All
1950s	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	5
1960s	1	3	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	13
1970s	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	8
1980s	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	4	8
1990s	4	2	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	17
2000s	1	0	4	0	3	1	0	1	2	0	12
2010s	2	2	0	0	1	7	1	0	0	5	18
2020s	1	2	3	3	7	1	1 (part of the year)				18

A darker cell has a larger count. The number is in each cell.

Tornado events are on record from 1950. The year 2026 has the events through 30 Jun 2026 only.

By month, all years

Jan0 events
Feb1 event
Mar1 event
Apr15 events
May49 events
Jun26 events
Jul1 event
Aug3 events
Sep1 event
Oct2 events
Nov0 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Tornado events on record for Pecos County by rating
Rating	Wind estimate of the scale	Events
EF0 or F0	65 to 85 mph (EF0)	57
EF1 or F1	86 to 110 mph (EF1)	16
EF2 or F2	111 to 135 mph (EF2)	7
EF3 or F3	136 to 165 mph (EF3)	1
EF4 or F4	166 to 200 mph (EF4)	1
EF5 or F5	more than 200 mph (EF5)	0
Unrated	no rating on record	17

Tornadoes may contain multiple segments. A tornado that crosses a county line or state line is considered a separate segment.

The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

The Enhanced F-scale still is a set of wind estimates (not measurements) based on damage.

The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NWS Storm Prediction Center, Enhanced Fujita Tornado Damage Scale, copied on 2 Oct 2026.

The wind estimates are those of the Enhanced Fujita scale.

Beside the other counties

Tornado events on record: Pecos County beside the total of the counties of Texas and of the United States
Measure	Pecos	All counties of Texas	All counties of the United States
Tornado events, 1950 to 2026	99	10,090	81,254
Events for each 100 square miles	2.1	3.9	2.3
Events for each 10,000 residents	65.5	3.4	2.4

The columns for the state and the United States total the counties. They count the events of each county in the same way as the county column. A forecast zone with another name than a county counts for the state only.

More tornado events on record

Tornado events on record for Pecos County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	Deaths	Injuries	On record for
27 May 2015	Tornado	EF0	none	0	0	County
19 May 2015	Tornado	EF0	none	0	0	County
19 May 2015	Tornado	EF0	none	0	0	County
19 May 2015	Tornado	EF0	none	0	0	County
19 May 2015	Tornado	EF0	none	0	0	County
19 May 2015	Tornado	EF0	none	0	0	County
25 May 2014	Tornado	EF0	none	0	0	County
21 Apr 2011	Tornado	EF0	none	0	0	County
21 Apr 2011	Tornado	EF0	none	0	0	County
22 May 2010	Tornado	EF0	none	0	0	County
22 May 2010	Tornado	EF0	none	0	0	County
26 May 2008	Tornado	EF0	none	0	0	County
5 May 2008	Tornado	EF0	none	0	0	County
23 Mar 2007	Tornado	EF0	none	0	0	County
9 Jun 2005	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
21 Aug 2004	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
21 Aug 2004	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
12 Jun 2004	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
14 Sep 2002	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
28 May 2002	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
26 May 2002	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
10 May 2002	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
2 Jul 2000	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
26 May 1999	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
9 May 1999	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
18 May 1994	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
11 May 1994	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
9 May 1994	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
29 Apr 1994	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
8 Jun 1992	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
24 May 1992	Tornado	F1	$3 thousand	0	0	County
24 May 1992	Tornado	F1	none	0	0	County
24 May 1992	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
15 Apr 1992	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
21 Jun 1991	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
6 Jun 1991	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
1 Jun 1990	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
1 Jun 1990	Tornado	F4	$25 million	2	21	County
1 Jun 1990	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	0	County
15 Apr 1990	Tornado	F2	$2.5 million	0	0	County
11 Jun 1989	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
6 Jun 1989	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	0	County
11 May 1989	Tornado	F1	none	0	0	County
11 May 1989	Tornado	F1	none	0	0	County
30 Jun 1988	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	0	County
12 Jun 1985	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
28 Apr 1985	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
23 May 1984	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
20 Apr 1979	Tornado	F1	$30	0	0	County
25 May 1978	Tornado	F0	$250 thousand	0	0	County
30 Jun 1977	Tornado	F2	none	0	0	County
30 Apr 1974	Tornado	F1	none	0	0	County
28 Apr 1973	Tornado	F1	none	0	0	County
13 May 1972	Tornado	F1	none	0	0	County
28 May 1971	Tornado	not recorded	none	0	0	County
28 May 1971	Tornado	not recorded	none	0	0	County
8 Oct 1968	Tornado	F1	none	0	0	County
9 Feb 1967	Tornado	F0	$250	0	0	County
25 Aug 1964	Tornado	F1	none	0	0	County
8 May 1964	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
23 Oct 1963	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
14 Jun 1962	Tornado	F1	none	0	0	County
5 Jun 1962	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
5 Jun 1962	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
5 Jun 1962	Tornado	F1	none	0	0	County
6 Jun 1961	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
16 May 1961	Tornado	F2	$250 thousand	0	0	County
4 May 1961	Tornado	F3	$250 thousand	0	0	County
21 Apr 1960	Tornado	F2	$25 thousand	0	0	County
1 Jun 1959	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
7 May 1959	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
30 Apr 1956	Tornado	F0	$3 thousand	0	0	County
1 Jun 1954	Tornado	F2	$3 thousand	0	0	County
21 Apr 1954	Tornado	F2	$3 thousand	0	0	County

The table has all other events on record. A damage figure is an estimate in the NCEI record.

Official channels

NCEI Storm Events Database (opens in a new tab)Search the full NCEI record by state, county and date.
National Weather Service: Midland/Odessa (opens in a new tab)The forecast office that issues the weather warnings for the county.
FEMA Flood Map Service Center: Search By Address (opens in a new tab)Search an address to see its flood map. This site has no flood-zone data.

These links open the pages of the agencies. The site checked the links on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

County Hazards. "Tornado events on record for Pecos County, Texas". https://countyhazards.com/county/tx/pecos/tornado/. Data: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database through 30 Jun 2026. Page made on 2 Oct 2026.

Questions

Which month has the most tornado events on record for Pecos County?: May has 49 of the 99 tornado events on record from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many tornado events are on record for Texas?: NCEI has 10,090 tornado events on record for Texas from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Pecos County compare with the other counties of Texas?: The counties of Texas have 3.9 tornado events for each 100 square miles. Pecos County has 2.1.
Which tornado ratings are on record for Pecos County?: 73 tornado events have a rating of EF0, F0, EF1 or F1. 9 events have a higher rating. 17 events have no rating.