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The chance of earthquake damage in Bluff Dale is about the same as Texas average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in Bluff Dale is lower than Texas average and is 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, #1515

Bluff Dale, TX	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

Bluff Dale, 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, #936

Bluff Dale, TX	195.21
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 3,685 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of Bluff Dale, 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:	1	Dense Fog:	0	Drought:	30
Dust Storm:	0	Flood:	460	Hail:	1,972	Heat:	6	Heavy Snow:	7
High Surf:	0	Hurricane:	0	Ice Storm:	7	Landslide:	0	Strong Wind:	9
Thunderstorm Winds:	1,112	Tropical Storm:	0	Wildfire:	7	Winter Storm:	16	Winter Weather:	12
Other:	46

Volcanos Nearby

No volcano is found in or near Bluff Dale, TX.

Historical Earthquake Events

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

No historical earthquake events found in or near Bluff Dale, TX.

Historical Tornado Events

A total of 78 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near Bluff Dale, TX.

Distance (miles)	Date	Magnitude	Start Lat/Log	End Lat/Log	Length	Width	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage	Crop Damage	Affected County
9.0	1971-04-28	2	32°13'N / 98°12'W				0	0	250K	0	Erath
9.0	1976-05-31	2	32°22'N / 98°20'W	32°19'N / 98°19'W	4.10 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Erath
10.9	1982-05-12	3	32°29'N / 98°14'W	32°31'N / 98°10'W	5.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	2	250K	0	Erath
13.3	1982-05-12	3	32°31'N / 98°10'W	32°33'N / 98°05'W	4.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Palo Pinto
21.4	1989-05-04	2	32°29'N / 97°52'W	32°27'N / 97°48'W	3.50 Miles	500 Yards	0	22	0K	0	Hood
21.9	1976-04-19	2	32°27'N / 97°49'W		0.20 Mile	33 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Hood
22.0	1990-04-25	2	32°06'N / 98°27'W	32°08'N / 98°25'W	2.80 Miles	50 Yards	0	0	25.0M	0	Erath
22.5	1960-05-04	2	32°05'N / 98°24'W		0.30 Mile	33 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Erath
23.7	1977-07-27	2	32°27'N / 97°47'W		0.70 Mile	250 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Hood
24.2	1990-04-25	2	32°05'N / 98°28'W	32°06'N / 98°27'W	1.20 Miles	50 Yards	0	0	25.0M	0	Comanche
24.4	1976-04-19	2	32°00'N / 98°25'W	32°02'N / 98°14'W	11.10 Miles	300 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Erath
25.5	1976-04-19	2	32°31'N / 97°47'W		0.20 Mile	33 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Hood
26.1	1994-04-26	2	32°04'N / 97°52'W		1.00 Mile	100 Yards	0	1	500K	0	Bosque
		Brief Description: Tornado number one was on the ground intermittently for about one mile. A grain silo was unroofed, one house destroyed, two mobile homes destroyed, a barn was destroyed, and at least 20 telephone poles were blown down. There was one minor injury.
26.4	1991-04-12	2	32°17'N / 97°45'W	32°17'N / 97°42'W	2.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Somervell
27.2	1971-04-28	2	32°28'N / 97°50'W	32°32'N / 97°39'W	11.70 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Hood
27.9	1991-04-12	2	32°15'N / 97°45'W	32°14'N / 97°40'W	3.00 Miles	150 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Somervell
27.9	1979-04-11	2	31°54'N / 98°11'W	31°59'N / 98°04'W	9.00 Miles	200 Yards	0	3	250K	0	Hamilton
28.7	1986-02-02	2	32°39'N / 97°56'W	32°44'N / 97°52'W	10.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	2	250K	0	Parker
29.4	1959-09-03	2	32°45'N / 98°01'W		0.30 Mile	200 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Parker
29.9	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
30.4	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.
31.2	1966-04-19	2	32°04'N / 97°45'W		2.00 Miles	880 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Bosque
31.2	1982-05-12	2	32°36'N / 97°50'W	32°40'N / 97°41'W	8.00 Miles	150 Yards	0	6	2.5M	0	Parker
31.8	1976-05-12	2	32°43'N / 97°51'W		2.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Parker
33.3	1962-07-26	2	32°42'N / 97°47'W				0	0	0K	0	Parker
34.2	1976-05-12	2	32°45'N / 97°50'W		2.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Parker
34.4	1990-04-25	2	32°44'N / 97°51'W	32°47'N / 97°50'W	4.00 Miles	300 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Parker
34.7	1990-04-05	2	32°49'N / 97°58'W		0.20 Mile	10 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Parker
35.5	1990-04-05	2	32°50'N / 97°59'W		0.20 Mile	10 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Parker
36.2	1961-03-16	2	32°20'N / 97°33'W		1.20 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Johnson
36.2	1982-05-12	2	31°48'N / 98°28'W	31°58'N / 98°28'W	10.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Comanche
36.4	1979-04-10	2	31°45'N / 98°22'W	31°54'N / 98°11'W	15.00 Miles	200 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Comanche
37.4	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
37.5	1982-05-12	2	32°42'N / 98°00'W	32°58'N / 97°47'W	20.00 Miles	73 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Parker
37.7	1973-05-06	2	32°50'N / 97°53'W		1.00 Mile	100 Yards	0	3	25K	0	Parker
37.8	1970-10-22	2	32°23'N / 98°49'W		1.00 Mile	33 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Eastland
38.0	1991-04-12	2	32°14'N / 97°32'W		1.50 Miles	300 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Johnson
38.1	1986-03-11	2	32°46'N / 97°52'W	32°52'N / 97°48'W	9.00 Miles	40 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Parker
38.1	1975-06-08	2	32°48'N / 97°48'W				0	0	25K	0	Parker
38.8	1957-04-19	2	32°24'N / 98°50'W		0.30 Mile	17 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Eastland
39.1	1975-05-29	2	32°49'N / 97°48'W				0	0	3K	0	Parker
40.0	1973-05-06	2	32°53'N / 97°55'W		1.00 Mile	50 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Parker
40.6	1979-05-21	3	32°34'N / 98°49'W		2.00 Miles	1320 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Stephens
40.7	1971-10-19	2	32°25'N / 97°32'W	32°29'N / 97°26'W	7.60 Miles	50 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Johnson
40.8	1990-04-25	4	32°47'N / 97°50'W	32°54'N / 97°45'W	10.00 Miles	880 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Parker
41.3	1991-04-12	2	32°17'N / 97°28'W		2.00 Miles	200 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Johnson
41.3	1991-04-12	2	32°17'N / 97°28'W		0.20 Mile	10 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Johnson
41.4	1980-04-02	2	32°57'N / 98°01'W	32°54'N / 97°58'W	4.50 Miles	277 Yards	0	1	250K	0	Parker
41.4	1976-04-19	2	32°41'N / 97°35'W		0.30 Mile	33 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Parker
41.6	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
41.6	1965-06-23	2	32°37'N / 97°32'W		0.10 Mile	17 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Johnson
42.6	1976-05-26	3	32°24'N / 97°27'W	32°21'N / 97°26'W	3.80 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Johnson
43.5	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
43.9	1990-05-02	2	31°58'N / 97°34'W		0.20 Mile	10 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Bosque
44.0	1962-09-07	2	32°20'N / 97°25'W		2.00 Miles	167 Yards	0	1	250K	0	Johnson
44.6	1971-12-14	2	32°31'N / 97°26'W		0.20 Mile	17 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Johnson
44.9	1970-04-26	2	31°55'N / 98°45'W		1.00 Mile	267 Yards	0	2	25K	0	Comanche
45.0	1973-11-24	3	32°21'N / 97°24'W		0.10 Mile	33 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Johnson
45.0	1975-04-07	2	32°21'N / 97°24'W		0.20 Mile	27 Yards	0	1	250K	0	Johnson
45.1	1978-04-30	2	32°24'N / 97°24'W		2.00 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Johnson
45.3	1990-04-27	2	32°01'N / 97°30'W		0.20 Mile	10 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Bosque
45.6	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
45.8	1976-04-19	3	32°04'N / 98°53'W		2.20 Miles	250 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Comanche
46.0	1973-04-23	3	32°22'N / 97°23'W		2.50 Miles	333 Yards	0	3	0K	0	Johnson
46.1	1974-05-14	2	32°42'N / 97°30'W		0.30 Mile	100 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Tarrant
46.2	1978-04-30	2	31°52'N / 97°37'W				0	0	3K	0	Bosque
46.4	1975-06-08	2	32°59'N / 98°25'W				0	0	0K	0	Palo Pinto
46.9	1991-04-28	2	31°40'N / 98°07'W		0.20 Mile	10 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Hamilton
47.0	1968-05-13	2	32°23'N / 97°22'W		0.20 Mile	33 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Johnson
47.1	2008-04-23	2	32°33'N / 97°24'W	32°33'N / 97°24'W			0	0	1.0M	0K	Tarrant
		Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: A storm survey conducted by the National Weather Service in Fort Worth found that a tornado touched down in the town of Crowley near Sharondale Drive and Morfield Drive. Damage was mostly confined to these two streets where two houses lost significant portions of their roofs and received damage to external walls. Two houses had portions of roof decking removed and several metal storage buildings were damaged. Several additional homes suffered minor roof damage and nearby trees had large limbs broken off. This tornado was rated an EF-2 with maximum sustained winds of 110-115 MPH. EPISODE NARRATIVE: North Texas was impacted with a linear mesoscale convective system as well as discrete supercell thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours. An EF-2 tornado destroyed several homes in the town of Crowley and several other brief tornadoes were reported as well. Other severe reports included large hail and damaging winds.
47.4	1981-10-13	2	32°28'N / 97°23'W	32°30'N / 97°22'W	2.70 Miles	50 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Johnson
47.7	1979-10-30	3	32°37'N / 98°59'W	32°48'N / 98°45'W	18.60 Miles	127 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Stephens
47.8	1961-03-26	3	32°29'N / 97°22'W		1.00 Mile	50 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Johnson
48.4	1962-06-08	2	32°27'N / 97°21'W		1.50 Miles	133 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Johnson
48.9	1962-06-28	2	32°20'N / 97°20'W		1.00 Mile	27 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Johnson
49.0	1961-03-26	2	32°33'N / 97°22'W		0.30 Mile	17 Yards	0	1	0K	0	Johnson
49.0	2006-12-29	2	32°05'N / 97°24'W	32°12'N / 97°20'W	8.00 Miles	587 Yards	0	0	500K	0K	Hill
		Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: The National Weather Service in Fort Worth conducted a damage survey and found that a tornado developed west of FM 933 and south of CR 1145. Tree damage was noted as the tornado crossed FM 933 and FM 67 one mile southeast of Blum. The tornado apparently increased in size and intensity after crossing FM 67. A large grain silo was toppled over on CR 1137, roughly 1.5 miles northeast of Blum. Extensive tree and power pole damage was also noted. The path width was over a quarter of a mile at this time. As the tornado crossed County Roads 1136 and 1133, widespread tree damage was noted, as was structural damage to roofs and windows. The tornado then moved across FM 2488 just south of the Johnson County line, where a well-engineered home lost portions of roof decking and a large barn was destroyed. Portions of the barn's metal skin were carried over a mile to the north-northeast. The tornado then crossed into Johnson County. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A rare winter tornado outbreak occurred on December 29 over portions of North Texas, spawning almost two dozen tornadoes. Very high shear and low instability created an environment favorable for tornadoes. A strong surface low pressure system and warm front located in southern North Texas increased the probablitity for low-level rotation. In addition to tornadoes, severe reports of large hail and flash flooding were widespread.
49.1	1965-04-14	2	33°03'N / 98°04'W		2.00 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Jack

* 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.