Coleman County Natural Disasters and Weather Extremes
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The chance of earthquake damage in Coleman County is about the same as Texas average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in Coleman County is lower than Texas average and is higher than the national average.
Earthquake Index, #193
| Coleman County | 0.00 |
| Texas | 0.04 |
| U.S. | 1.81 |
The earthquake index value is calculated based on historical earthquake events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the earthquake level in a region. A higher earthquake index value means a higher chance of an earthquake.
Volcano Index, #1
| Coleman County | 0.0000 |
| Texas | 0.0000 |
| U.S. | 0.0023 |
The volcano index value is calculated based on the currently known volcanoes using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the possibility of a region being affected by a possible volcano eruption. A higher volcano index value means a higher chance of being affected.
Tornado Index, #117
| Coleman County | 152.77 |
| Texas | 208.58 |
| U.S. | 136.45 |
The tornado index value is calculated based on historical tornado events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the tornado level in a region. A higher tornado index value means a higher chance of tornado events.
Other Weather Extremes Events
A total of 9,347 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of Coleman County were recorded from 1950 to 2010. The following is a break down of these events:
| Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count |
| Avalanche: | 0 | Blizzard: | 1 | Cold: | 6 | Dense Fog: | 0 | Drought: | 64 |
| Dust Storm: | 1 | Flood: | 1,032 | Hail: | 5,449 | Heat: | 7 | Heavy Snow: | 24 |
| High Surf: | 0 | Hurricane: | 1 | Ice Storm: | 22 | Landslide: | 0 | Strong Wind: | 28 |
| Thunderstorm Winds: | 2,537 | Tropical Storm: | 1 | Wildfire: | 20 | Winter Storm: | 36 | Winter Weather: | 37 |
| Other: | 81 | ||||||||
Volcanos Nearby
No volcano is found in or near Coleman County.
Historical Earthquake Events
No historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near Coleman County.
No historical earthquake events found in or near Coleman County.
Historical Tornado Events
A total of 67 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near Coleman County.
| Distance (miles) | Date | Magnitude | Start Lat/Log | End Lat/Log | Length | Width | Fatalities | Injuries | Property Damage | Crop Damage | Affected County |
| 7.6 | 1975-05-13 | 3 | 31°50'N / 99°26'W | 0.10 Mile | 27 Yards | 2 | 5 | 0K | 0 | Coleman | |
| 7.6 | 1992-03-03 | 2 | 31°50'N / 99°26'W | 0.50 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Coleman | |
| 10.2 | 1965-05-15 | 2 | 31°46'N / 99°21'W | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Coleman | |||
| 10.2 | 1965-05-15 | 2 | 31°46'N / 99°21'W | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Coleman | |||
| 10.3 | 1970-04-26 | 2 | 32°00'N / 99°24'W | 32°07'N / 99°12'W | 14.20 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Coleman |
| 14.3 | 1979-04-10 | 3 | 31°44'N / 99°43'W | 31°55'N / 99°25'W | 21.70 Miles | 880 Yards | 0 | 1 | 2.5M | 0 | Coleman |
| 15.6 | 1955-06-04 | 2 | 32°03'N / 99°08'W | 2.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Brown | |
| 16.5 | 1971-05-08 | 2 | 31°59'N / 99°37'W | 0.50 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Coleman | |
| 19.1 | 1994-05-29 | 2 | 32°11'N / 99°12'W | 32°07'N / 99°09'W | 6.00 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 3 | 500K | 0 | Callahan |
| Brief Description: A tornado touched down near Cottonwood and moved southeast through Cross Plains doing heavy damage. Eighteen homes were destroyed and one hundred were damaged. Ninety percent of the businesses in town were damaged. | |||||||||||
| 20.1 | 1982-03-14 | 3 | 32°06'N / 99°37'W | 32°09'N / 99°33'W | 3.50 Miles | 173 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Callahan |
| 20.4 | 1982-03-14 | 3 | 32°05'N / 99°38'W | 32°06'N / 99°37'W | 2.00 Miles | 173 Yards | 0 | 5 | 2.5M | 0 | Taylor |
| 20.6 | 1979-04-10 | 2 | 31°58'N / 99°45'W | 31°59'N / 99°38'W | 6.90 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Coleman |
| 21.8 | 1982-03-14 | 3 | 32°04'N / 99°42'W | 32°05'N / 99°38'W | 5.00 Miles | 173 Yards | 0 | 5 | 2.5M | 0 | Coleman |
| 22.7 | 1976-04-19 | 5 | 31°43'N / 99°04'W | 31°49'N / 98°56'W | 10.50 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 11 | 2.5M | 0 | Brown |
| 24.4 | 1982-06-19 | 2 | 31°47'N / 99°45'W | 31°45'N / 99°42'W | 3.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Coleman |
| 25.4 | 1979-04-10 | 2 | 31°58'N / 99°48'W | 31°58'N / 99°45'W | 2.70 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Runnels |
| 25.5 | 1973-04-22 | 2 | 32°17'N / 99°19'W | 0.30 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Callahan | |
| 26.5 | 1979-04-10 | 3 | 31°42'N / 99°45'W | 31°44'N / 99°43'W | 3.30 Miles | 880 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Runnels |
| 26.6 | 1960-10-13 | 2 | 31°47'N / 98°57'W | 31°48'N / 98°53'W | 4.30 Miles | 17 Yards | 0 | 1 | 2.5M | 0 | Brown |
| 27.1 | 1982-06-19 | 2 | 31°50'N / 99°50'W | 31°47'N / 99°45'W | 7.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Runnels |
| 29.0 | 1962-06-01 | 2 | 32°20'N / 99°22'W | 0 | 1 | 2.5M | 0 | Callahan | |||
| 29.1 | 1976-04-19 | 3 | 32°04'N / 98°53'W | 2.20 Miles | 250 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Comanche | |
| 29.2 | 1962-05-31 | 3 | 32°18'N / 99°33'W | 2.00 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 2 | 0K | 0 | Callahan | |
| 30.4 | 1982-03-14 | 2 | 32°05'N / 99°53'W | 32°07'N / 99°45'W | 8.00 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Taylor |
| 33.1 | 1970-04-26 | 2 | 32°12'N / 99°48'W | 0.10 Mile | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Taylor | |
| 33.2 | 1989-06-07 | 2 | 32°23'N / 99°28'W | 32°24'N / 99°22'W | 6.00 Miles | 80 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Callahan |
| 33.8 | 1979-10-30 | 2 | 32°13'N / 99°48'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Taylor | |||
| 33.9 | 1965-05-12 | 2 | 32°00'N / 99°57'W | 32°00'N / 99°53'W | 4.10 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 1 | 3K | 0 | Runnels |
| 34.1 | 1982-03-14 | 3 | 31°52'N / 100°09'W | 32°04'N / 99°42'W | 30.00 Miles | 173 Yards | 0 | 4 | 2.5M | 0 | Runnels |
| 34.3 | 1982-03-14 | 2 | 32°04'N / 99°55'W | 32°05'N / 99°53'W | 2.00 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Runnels |
| 34.4 | 1977-04-20 | 2 | 32°24'N / 99°18'W | 32°24'N / 99°08'W | 9.70 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Callahan |
| 34.5 | 2004-03-04 | 2 | 32°07'N / 99°55'W | 32°14'N / 99°47'W | 10.00 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 2 | 800K | 0 | Taylor |
| Brief Description: A quickly moving tornado tore a 10 mile path through southern Taylor County. This tornado hit the community of Tuscola, where it damaged the Jim Ned high school injuring two people. A strong upper level disturbance combined with a strong surface low pressure system moving across West Central Texas produced a significant squall line that moved through the entire San Angelo county warning area. This squall line was accompanied by 60 to 80 MPH winds which produced widespread damage, especially across the Big Country. Embedded within the squall line, were several Supercell thunderstorms which produced nine tornadoes within the San Angelo county warning area. | |||||||||||
| 35.0 | 1970-04-26 | 2 | 31°55'N / 98°45'W | 1.00 Mile | 267 Yards | 0 | 2 | 25K | 0 | Comanche | |
| 35.4 | 1971-02-18 | 2 | 31°57'N / 99°57'W | 0.20 Mile | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Runnels | |
| 35.7 | 1950-04-28 | 4 | 32°25'N / 99°30'W | 32°25'N / 99°29'W | 1.30 Miles | 233 Yards | 5 | 5 | 250K | 0 | Callahan |
| 35.8 | 1971-02-18 | 2 | 32°00'N / 99°57'W | 0.50 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Runnels | |
| 36.2 | 1982-05-12 | 3 | 31°54'N / 98°44'W | 32°03'N / 98°44'W | 9.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 3 | 250K | 0 | Comanche |
| 37.2 | 1967-04-12 | 2 | 31°45'N / 99°57'W | 0.10 Mile | 67 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Runnels | |
| 37.3 | 1973-03-10 | 2 | 32°20'N / 99°45'W | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Taylor | |||
| 37.6 | 1982-05-12 | 3 | 31°50'N / 98°41'W | 31°54'N / 98°44'W | 4.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Comanche |
| 37.9 | 1975-03-17 | 2 | 32°16'N / 98°56'W | 32°23'N / 98°54'W | 8.50 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Eastland |
| 37.9 | 1976-09-27 | 2 | 31°43'N / 99°57'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Runnels | |||
| 39.6 | 1976-05-25 | 3 | 32°29'N / 99°35'W | 32°28'N / 99°24'W | 10.80 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Callahan |
| 39.8 | 1954-04-27 | 2 | 31°44'N / 99°57'W | 31°34'N / 99°57'W | 11.50 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Runnels |
| 39.9 | 1973-05-22 | 2 | 31°49'N / 100°01'W | 2.00 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Runnels | |
| 40.2 | 1976-04-15 | 3 | 32°02'N / 100°06'W | 31°58'N / 99°57'W | 9.90 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Runnels |
| 40.5 | 2003-05-15 | 2 | 32°30'N / 99°20'W | 32°30'N / 99°19'W | 1.50 Miles | 800 Yards | 0 | 0 | 50K | 0 | Shackelford |
| Brief Description: Two tornadoes paralleled one another. This tornado was the southern tornado track and destroyed oil storage tanks, oil equipment, a small building, and a couple of recreational vehicles. A trained spotter reported that this tornado was multiple vortex. The survey team noted separate damage areas south and southwest of the main track. A warm front was located near Abilene as strong upper level energy moved in from the west. Several thunderstorms developed along and to the north of the front with two storms becoming supercells and producing most of the severe weather that evening. One supercell moved across Fisher county into Jones county with only reports of hail and funnel clouds. Another supercell formed to the south of the first supercell just to the northwest of Abilene. This supercell became the dominant storm just north of Abilene and continued to intensify as it moved across Shackelford county and continued east to near Ranger. One tornado was reported in extreme southern Jones county just north of Abilene and four more tornadoes were confirmed across southern Shackelford county. | |||||||||||
| 40.6 | 1973-04-22 | 2 | 31°41'N / 99°59'W | 0.20 Mile | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Runnels | |
| 40.6 | 1973-04-22 | 2 | 31°41'N / 99°59'W | 0.20 Mile | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Runnels | |
| 40.6 | 1973-04-22 | 2 | 31°41'N / 99°59'W | 0.20 Mile | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Runnels | |
| 42.9 | 1976-05-25 | 3 | 32°30'N / 99°39'W | 32°29'N / 99°35'W | 4.30 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 1 | 2.5M | 0 | Taylor |
| 43.4 | 1990-04-05 | 2 | 32°27'N / 99°44'W | 0.20 Mile | 10 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Taylor | |
| 43.9 | 2003-05-15 | 2 | 32°33'N / 99°18'W | 32°33'N / 99°20'W | 1.50 Miles | 450 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Shackelford |
| Brief Description: This was the northern tornado track of the two that paralleled one another. This tornado snapped and stripped large trees and ripped up some T post fence along it's path. It seems that the tree damage was more severe on this track. A warm front was located near Abilene as strong upper level energy moved in from the west. Several thunderstorms developed along and to the north of the front with two storms becoming supercells and producing most of the severe weather that evening. One supercell moved across Fisher county into Jones county with only reports of hail and funnel clouds. Another supercell formed to the south of the first supercell just to the northwest of Abilene. This supercell became the dominant storm just north of Abilene and continued to intensify as it moved across Shackelford county and continued east to near Ranger. One tornado was reported in extreme southern Jones county just north of Abilene and four more tornadoes were confirmed across southern Shackelford county. | |||||||||||
| 44.8 | 1970-10-22 | 2 | 32°23'N / 98°49'W | 1.00 Mile | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Eastland | |
| 45.0 | 1993-10-12 | 2 | 32°07'N / 98°37'W | 25.00 Miles | 800 Yards | 0 | 12 | 5.0M | 0 | Comanche | |
| Brief Description: Ten houses were destroyed, and 12 persons were injured. | |||||||||||
| 45.0 | 1957-04-19 | 2 | 32°24'N / 98°50'W | 0.30 Mile | 17 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Eastland | |
| 45.1 | 1976-04-15 | 2 | 31°39'N / 100°03'W | 0.10 Mile | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Runnels | |
| 45.2 | 1976-05-26 | 3 | 32°31'N / 99°39'W | 1.00 Mile | 300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Jones | |
| 45.2 | 1958-04-28 | 3 | 31°54'N / 98°36'W | 31°57'N / 98°33'W | 4.90 Miles | 880 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Comanche |
| 45.5 | 1954-02-19 | 2 | 32°13'N / 98°41'W | 32°15'N / 98°39'W | 3.00 Miles | 17 Yards | 0 | 2 | 25K | 0 | Eastland |
| 46.7 | 1976-05-25 | 3 | 32°34'N / 99°41'W | 32°30'N / 99°39'W | 5.20 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Jones |
| 47.1 | 1965-05-15 | 3 | 32°27'N / 99°44'W | 32°35'N / 99°43'W | 9.30 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 2 | 250K | 0 | Jones |
| 47.8 | 1985-04-28 | 2 | 32°07'N / 100°08'W | 32°08'N / 100°07'W | 1.50 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Nolan |
| 47.9 | 1982-05-12 | 2 | 31°38'N / 98°34'W | 31°42'N / 98°36'W | 4.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Mills |
| 48.1 | 1985-04-28 | 2 | 32°08'N / 100°07'W | 32°11'N / 100°07'W | 2.50 Miles | 300 Yards | 1 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Taylor |
| 48.3 | 1976-05-30 | 3 | 31°14'N / 99°26'W | 31°12'N / 99°24'W | 3.60 Miles | 500 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Mcculloch |
| 49.7 | 1978-07-03 | 2 | 32°29'N / 99°52'W | 0.10 Mile | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Taylor | |
* The information on this page is based on the global volcano database, the U.S. earthquake database of 1638-1985, and the U.S. Tornado and Weather Extremes database of 1950-2010.