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Tornado in Willacy County, Texas

Tornado March 8, 2026 · Willacy County, Texas

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Not rated

0.0 mi

Path length

10 yd

Path width

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

KRGV Channel 5 news shared a video of a landspout tornado near East FM 1018, in the Lyford area. Location estimated from distance from where the video was taken.

The wider storm

There was a report of a Landspout that developed in association with a few thundershowers or streamers in Coastal Willacy County during the afternoon of March 8.

Began near Lyford (26.4100, -97.7900).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1323719. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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