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Tornado in Pecos County, Texas

Tornado June 22, 2026 · Pecos County, Texas

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Not rated

2.2 mi

Path length

30 yd

Path width

EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 30 yards (0.02 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. 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

Park employees travelling on I-10 sent in a picture of a tornado in rural portions of Pecos County south of I-10. Other pictures from county EMS and from a nearby gas plant were received shortly after. The tornado tracked near the gas plant and a pipeline construction site. However, despite the presence of potential damage indicators, Pecos County emergency management was unable to find any damage or a damage path. The tornado was rated EF-U. The approximate track, tornado width, and time of occurrence are estimated from radar.

The wider storm

An outflow-reinforced front moved into the area during the morning of June 22nd, and a dryline set up over west Texas. These features, combined with lift from a disturbance in the upper-level flow, yield thunderstorm development during the afternoon. One storm in rural Pecos County interacted with remnant surface vorticity from the decaying boundary and managed to produce a weak tornado. Another storm moved through Midland and produced up to ping-pong ball sized hail.

Began near Ft Stockton (30.6302, -102.5802).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1341840. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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