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The chance of earthquake damage in Ovalo is about the same as Texas average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in Ovalo is higher than Texas average and is much higher than the national average.

Topics:Earthquake Index Volcano Index Tornado Index Other Weather Extremes Events Volcanos Nearby Historical Earthquake Events Historical Tornado Events

Earthquake Index, #986

Ovalo, TX	0.01
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

Ovalo, TX	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, #737

Ovalo, TX	226.88
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 2,481 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of Ovalo, TX 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:	0	Cold:	2	Dense Fog:	0	Drought:	14
Dust Storm:	1	Flood:	218	Hail:	1,508	Heat:	1	Heavy Snow:	10
High Surf:	0	Hurricane:	0	Ice Storm:	8	Landslide:	0	Strong Wind:	12
Thunderstorm Winds:	660	Tropical Storm:	0	Wildfire:	5	Winter Storm:	7	Winter Weather:	14
Other:	21

Volcanos Nearby

No volcano is found in or near Ovalo, TX.

Historical Earthquake Events

No historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near Ovalo, TX.

No historical earthquake events found in or near Ovalo, TX.

Historical Tornado Events

A total of 71 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near Ovalo, TX.

Distance (miles)	Date	Magnitude	Start Lat/Log	End Lat/Log	Length	Width	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage	Crop Damage	Affected County
1.7	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.
2.7	1970-04-26	2	32°12'N / 99°48'W		0.10 Mile	200 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Taylor
3.8	1979-10-30	2	32°13'N / 99°48'W				0	0	25K	0	Taylor
4.5	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
7.7	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
11.0	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
12.3	1973-03-10	2	32°20'N / 99°45'W				0	1	25K	0	Taylor
12.6	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
12.7	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
13.6	1971-02-18	2	32°00'N / 99°57'W		0.50 Mile	100 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Runnels
14.0	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
14.3	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
15.0	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
15.2	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
16.5	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
16.6	1971-02-18	2	31°57'N / 99°57'W		0.20 Mile	50 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Runnels
17.2	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
17.4	1971-05-08	2	31°59'N / 99°37'W		0.50 Mile	100 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Coleman
17.9	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
18.4	1962-05-31	3	32°18'N / 99°33'W		2.00 Miles	33 Yards	0	2	0K	0	Callahan
20.3	1990-04-05	2	32°27'N / 99°44'W		0.20 Mile	10 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Taylor
22.1	1978-07-03	2	32°29'N / 99°52'W		0.10 Mile	50 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Taylor
24.7	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
24.9	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
25.5	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
26.0	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
26.3	1976-05-26	3	32°31'N / 99°39'W		1.00 Mile	300 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Jones
26.6	1973-05-22	2	31°49'N / 100°01'W		2.00 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Runnels
26.9	1969-06-12	2	32°04'N / 100°16'W		0.50 Mile	50 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Coke
27.0	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
27.9	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
28.1	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
28.4	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
28.8	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
29.0	1962-06-01	2	32°20'N / 99°22'W				0	1	2.5M	0	Callahan
29.2	1990-04-05	2	32°35'N / 99°54'W		0.20 Mile	10 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Jones
29.6	1989-05-13	2	32°35'N / 99°56'W		1.50 Miles	150 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Jones
29.6	1967-04-12	2	31°45'N / 99°57'W		0.10 Mile	67 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Runnels
30.0	1957-08-12	2	32°35'N / 99°41'W		0.50 Mile	7 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Jones
30.2	1961-03-16	2	32°24'N / 100°27'W	32°24'N / 100°04'W	22.40 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Taylor
30.6	1973-04-22	2	32°17'N / 99°19'W		0.30 Mile	100 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Callahan
31.4	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
31.4	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
31.9	1976-09-27	2	31°43'N / 99°57'W				0	0	25K	0	Runnels
32.0	1969-05-06	2	32°37'N / 99°42'W		0.10 Mile	50 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Jones
32.1	1985-04-28	2	32°36'N / 100°01'W		3.50 Miles	400 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Jones
32.3	1975-05-13	3	31°50'N / 99°26'W		0.10 Mile	27 Yards	2	5	0K	0	Coleman
32.3	1992-03-03	2	31°50'N / 99°26'W		0.50 Mile	100 Yards	0	1	250K	0	Coleman
34.6	1973-04-22	2	31°41'N / 99°59'W		0.20 Mile	50 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Runnels
34.6	1973-04-22	2	31°41'N / 99°59'W		0.20 Mile	50 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Runnels
34.6	1973-04-22	2	31°41'N / 99°59'W		0.20 Mile	50 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Runnels
36.4	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
37.1	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.
37.9	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.
38.0	1976-04-15	2	31°39'N / 100°03'W		0.10 Mile	33 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Runnels
38.4	1973-03-23	2	32°28'N / 100°24'W	32°28'N / 100°21'W	3.30 Miles	300 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Nolan
38.9	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
39.0	1965-05-15	2	31°46'N / 99°21'W				0	0	0K	0	Coleman
39.0	1965-05-15	2	31°46'N / 99°21'W				0	0	0K	0	Coleman
39.2	1986-04-19	3	32°27'N / 100°26'W	32°29'N / 100°21'W	4.50 Miles	600 Yards	1	100	25.0M	0	Nolan
39.7	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.
41.1	1955-06-04	2	32°03'N / 99°08'W		2.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Brown
44.3	1969-06-19	2	32°47'N / 99°37'W		0.10 Mile	10 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Jones
45.5	1967-04-12	2	32°43'N / 100°15'W		0.20 Mile	40 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Fisher
46.9	1962-05-31	2	32°40'N / 100°22'W		1.00 Mile	20 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Fisher
47.3	1990-05-14	2	32°50'N / 100°00'W		0.20 Mile	10 Yards	0	3	0K	0	Jones
47.4	1973-03-10	2	31°35'N / 100°15'W		0.30 Mile	70 Yards	1	7	250K	0	Tom Green
48.8	1962-05-25	3	32°50'N / 100°00'W	32°53'N / 99°58'W	4.10 Miles	67 Yards	1	1	25K	0	Jones
49.4	2004-06-11	2	32°10'N / 100°44'W	32°12'N / 100°36'W	10.30 Miles	200 Yards	0	3	250K	0	Mitchell
		Brief Description: A National Weather Service damage survey team concluded that a significant tornado struck rural areas of southeastern Mitchell County during the evening of the 11th. The team examined a damage path marked by shredded vegetation (mostly mesquite trees), downed utility poles, agricultural fences, and a complex of destroyed mobile homes that extended over ten miles in a continuous horseshoe shaped path that crossed State Route 208 twenty miles south-southeast of Colorado City. The tornado developed seventeen miles south-southeast of Colorado City around 2028 CST. Damage indicates the tornado's motion was initially toward the southeast then east as it crossed the heavily traveled State Route 208. Two Texas Tech University students traveling north on 208 (south of the tornado's path) watched as a Ford Expedition drove into the tornadic circulation. The large sports utility vehicle was blown 100 yards off of the highway. Evidence supports the vehicle was rolled a considerable distance by the tornadic winds, but it is unclear whether it became airborne. Three motorists were transferred to local hospitals. One person sustained serious injuries that included a broken back. A detailed damage path analysis and corresponding radar data suggest that the tornado then tracked very slowly east a few miles before curving to the northeast. Similar curved damage paths (turning left of the tornado's original motion) are commonly observed when well-developed tornadoes enter the dissipation stage. The tornado proved to remain very dangerous, however, as eight mobile homes were destroyed by the tornado near the end of its life cycle twenty miles southeast of Colorado City. The light weight and unanchored structures were blown over and shredded by the dissipation stage tornadic winds. The trailers were arranged in a complex and were used to provide shelter for groups of hunters that frequent the ranch property. They were not occupied when the tornado struck. In summary, a significant round of severe thunderstorms affected parts of west Texas during the afternoon and evening of the 11th. At least two supercell storms produced giant hail and one strong tornado over the region. A supercell thunderstorm tracked across Terrell County in the west Texas Lower Trans Pecos region during the late afternoon hours. Multiple reports of large hail including two different instances of tennis ball sized stones were received as this storm tracked east along U.S. Highway 90 between Sanderson and Dryden. A second area of convection erupted over the eastern Permian Basin by late afternoon and continued into the evening hours. A severe storm associated with this activity produced half-dollar size hail in the Westbrook community. An isolated classic supercell evolved from this complex of storms and took on a distinctly deviant southeastward storm motion. This storm took on radar characteristics consistent with a classic tornadic supercell. Hail up to the size of golfballs was observed southeast of Colorado City as the storm evolved into its tornadic phase. A long-lived significant tornado tracked across mainly rural areas of Mitchell County just after sunset. The tornado resulted in three injuries when it crossed State Route 208 and blew a vehicle off of the highway. Severe rear flank downdraft winds also resulted in widespread wind damage south of the tornado's path.
49.5	1982-05-27	2	32°26'N / 100°41'W	32°28'N / 100°31'W	5.00 Miles	30 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Nolan
49.7	1990-05-14	3	32°53'N / 99°53'W		0.20 Mile	10 Yards	0	2	0K	0	Jones

* 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.