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

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Earthquake Index, #618

Graford, TX	0.02
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

Graford, 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, #998

Graford, TX	186.21
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 3,680 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of Graford, 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:	48
Dust Storm:	0	Flood:	290	Hail:	2,104	Heat:	7	Heavy Snow:	5
High Surf:	0	Hurricane:	0	Ice Storm:	13	Landslide:	0	Strong Wind:	11
Thunderstorm Winds:	1,124	Tropical Storm:	1	Wildfire:	6	Winter Storm:	15	Winter Weather:	15
Other:	40

Volcanos Nearby

No volcano is found in or near Graford, TX.

Historical Earthquake Events

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

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

Historical Tornado Events

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

Distance (miles)	Date	Magnitude	Start Lat/Log	End Lat/Log	Length	Width	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage	Crop Damage	Affected County
10.3	1975-06-08	2	32°59'N / 98°25'W				0	0	0K	0	Palo Pinto
13.0	1965-04-14	2	33°03'N / 98°04'W		2.00 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Jack
14.9	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
16.9	1990-04-05	2	32°50'N / 97°59'W		0.20 Mile	10 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Parker
18.3	1990-04-05	2	32°49'N / 97°58'W		0.20 Mile	10 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Parker
18.6	1959-09-03	2	32°45'N / 98°01'W		0.30 Mile	200 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Parker
19.5	1973-05-06	2	32°53'N / 97°55'W		1.00 Mile	50 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Parker
20.9	1970-04-25	2	33°03'N / 98°35'W		0.50 Mile	33 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Young
21.8	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
22.3	1973-05-06	2	32°50'N / 97°53'W		1.00 Mile	100 Yards	0	3	25K	0	Parker
22.5	1976-04-15	2	33°06'N / 98°35'W		2.00 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Young
23.3	1974-06-04	2	33°06'N / 98°36'W		1.00 Mile	467 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Young
24.7	1976-04-15	2	33°07'N / 98°37'W		2.00 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Young
24.7	1979-10-30	2	33°06'N / 97°52'W		2.00 Miles	50 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Wise
25.1	1979-10-30	2	33°03'N / 98°38'W	33°19'N / 98°30'W	20.00 Miles	77 Yards	0	5	250K	0	Young
25.4	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
26.4	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
26.6	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
27.2	1979-06-06	3	33°13'N / 98°37'W	33°15'N / 98°30'W	7.10 Miles	400 Yards	0	2	250K	0	Young
27.2	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
27.3	1975-05-29	2	32°49'N / 97°48'W				0	0	3K	0	Parker
27.3	1976-05-12	2	32°45'N / 97°50'W		2.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Parker
27.6	1975-06-08	2	32°48'N / 97°48'W				0	0	25K	0	Parker
27.6	1976-05-12	2	32°43'N / 97°51'W		2.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Parker
28.8	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
30.3	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
31.5	1962-07-26	2	32°42'N / 97°47'W				0	0	0K	0	Parker
31.9	1979-10-30	2	33°19'N / 98°30'W	33°25'N / 98°24'W	9.10 Miles	77 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Jack
33.6	1990-04-25	2	33°04'N / 97°43'W	33°05'N / 97°40'W	5.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Wise
34.5	1966-04-10	2	33°21'N / 98°35'W		1.00 Mile	133 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Young
35.3	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
35.7	1955-04-06	3	33°26'N / 98°24'W	33°28'N / 98°16'W	8.20 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Jack
36.7	1965-05-12	2	33°18'N / 97°47'W		0.10 Mile	17 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Wise
36.8	1973-11-24	2	33°00'N / 97°37'W				0	0	25K	0	Wise
37.0	1955-04-06	3	33°28'N / 98°16'W	33°28'N / 98°02'W	13.50 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Clay
37.3	1996-04-13	2	33°03'N / 97°37'W	33°03'N / 97°37'W	0.50 Mile	75 Yards	0	0	100K	0	Wise
		Brief Description: Two mobile homes and a barn were destroyed by a tornado in Keeter.
37.9	1979-06-06	2	33°12'N / 98°53'W	33°13'N / 98°45'W	7.90 Miles	200 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Young
38.9	2001-10-12	2	33°09'N / 97°39'W	33°09'N / 97°36'W	2.50 Miles	440 Yards	0	1	200K	0	Wise
		Brief Description: The first tornado touched down in southwest Paradise at the intersection of School House Road and Sunflower. Initial damage was spotty, with damage to trees, mobile homes, and outbuildings. The tornado strengthened as it moved northeast into the downtown area, with the peak F2 intensity along Main Street. The roof of the firehouse was completely removed and thrown several hundred yards. Some bricks on the exterior walls of the firehouse were removed. A woman in the firehouse received a head injury from flying debris, and was treated at a local hospital. A water tower was blown over across the street from the firehouse. Numerous trees along Main Street were either sheared off or uprooted. The tornado crossed Highway114, flipping over a tractor trailer and causing tree damage at an orchard. Showers and thunderstorms developed across north Texas, mainly in the afternoon and night resulting in widespread severe weather, during the period October 10-13. The most significant event occured during the late afternoon and night of October 12, as a line of severe thunderstorms moved east across north texas producing eight tornadoes, and nearly two million dollars in damage.
39.3	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
39.6	1976-04-19	2	32°31'N / 97°47'W		0.20 Mile	33 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Hood
40.4	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
40.9	1957-04-02	3	33°02'N / 97°33'W				0	1	250K	0	Wise
41.1	1994-05-29	3	33°20'N / 98°49'W	33°14'N / 98°50'W	7.00 Miles	600 Yards	0	0	5K	0	Young
		Brief Description: A large tornado was video-taped by storm chasers. The tornado was on the ground for 20 minutes and moved south-southeast across open ranch land with the only known damage being to a garage and an oil storage tank.
41.4	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
41.8	1963-04-28	2	32°59'N / 98°58'W				0	0	0K	0	Camp
41.8	1979-05-21	3	32°34'N / 98°49'W		2.00 Miles	1320 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Stephens
41.9	1976-04-19	2	32°27'N / 97°49'W		0.20 Mile	33 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Hood
42.1	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
42.2	2000-04-30	3	33°22'N / 98°46'W	33°22'N / 98°46'W	13.00 Miles	800 Yards	0	0	300K	0	Young
		Brief Description: A large tornado was reported from near the county line (between Elbert and Padgett) to east of Olney. A 100 year old home was completely destroyed one mile south of the Olney Airport. A total of three homes and two motor homes were destroyed. Damage was reported to a nursing home, barns, power lines and trees. Most of the damage, however, occurred in open country. April 30, 2000 - Event Narrative A big day for severe weather across northwest portions of the area. Several outflow boundaries, a dryline, and moist unstable air all helped contribute to thunderstorm development. There were several rounds of thunderstorms, the first wave was in the early morning hours, from about 3 am to 5 am. This activity developed in Young and Palo Pinto counties and moved eastward to affect Parker, Jack, Wise and Tarrant counties. Another event developed in the early evening, generally north and west of a Dallas, Glen Rose, Eastland line. Most of the activity was centered on Young, Jack, and Stephens county. A large tornado occurred near Olney (Young County) during this event. A continuation of aa tornado that began in Throckmorton county.
42.3	1976-04-19	2	32°41'N / 97°35'W		0.30 Mile	33 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Parker
42.4	1990-04-25	2	33°15'N / 97°37'W		0.20 Mile	10 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Wise
43.1	1977-07-27	2	32°27'N / 97°47'W		0.70 Mile	250 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Hood
43.3	1954-05-01	2	33°33'N / 98°09'W	33°34'N / 98°08'W	1.30 Miles	67 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Clay
43.5	1958-11-17	2	33°23'N / 98°46'W	33°28'N / 98°41'W	7.60 Miles	133 Yards	0	1	250K	0	Young
43.6	1986-05-14	3	33°34'N / 98°25'W	33°34'N / 98°13'W	9.00 Miles	250 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Clay
44.0	1951-05-18	4	33°25'N / 98°45'W		2.00 Miles	200 Yards	2	100	2.5M	0	Young
44.5	1975-05-29	2	33°00'N / 97°29'W				0	0	250K	0	Wise
45.5	2001-10-12	2	33°14'N / 97°36'W	33°18'N / 97°32'W	9.00 Miles	590 Yards	0	1	750K	0	Wise
		Brief Description: The second Wise county tornado touched down on the southwest side of Decatur, with initial damage to trees and a large storage shed. The tornado strengthened as it moved east northeast into the Lipsey Subdivision. Several homes sustained roof damage and numerous trees were blown down or snapped off. One large home on Garland Street was rendered uninhabitable, as most of the roof was blown off and two exterior walls were destroyed. The occupant escaped with minor injuries. The tornado crossed Highway 51, blowing down numerous trees, power lines, and utility poles. A large portion of the roof of the Church of Christ building was removed and blown into a tree about one mile away. The Wise County Regional Hospital had some windows broken. As the tornado crossed Highway 287, it weakened doing sporadic F0 damage to trees in a residential area just south of downtown. The tornado reintensified just east of downtown near the intersection if Business Highway 81 and Old Denton Road, where a 10,000 square foot storage building was destroyed. The tornado continued moving northeast, severely damaging three homes. Two four inch diameter posts from a gazebo were thrown 1/4 of a mile and driven one foot into the ground. The tornado crossed Highway 380, heavily damaging a ranch, then moved into a heavily wooded area blowing down hundreds of trees before dissipating. Damage occurred to 50 homes,at least 8 businesses, and 2 churches. Showers and thunderstorms developed across north Texas, mainly in the afternoon and night resulting in widespread severe weather, during the period October 10-13. The most significant event occured during the late afternoon and night of October 12, as a line of severe thunderstorms moved east across north texas producing eight tornadoes, and nearly two million dollars in damage.
45.5	1955-09-25	2	33°26'N / 98°46'W		1.00 Mile	50 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Young
45.9	1986-05-14	3	33°32'N / 98°42'W	33°34'N / 98°25'W	11.00 Miles	250 Yards	0	4	2.5M	0	Archer
46.3	1970-04-18	2	32°48'N / 97°28'W		2.00 Miles	50 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Tarrant
46.4	1974-05-14	2	32°42'N / 97°30'W		0.30 Mile	100 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Tarrant
47.0	1965-06-23	2	32°37'N / 97°32'W		0.10 Mile	17 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Johnson
47.4	1985-04-21	3	33°15'N / 98°59'W	33°17'N / 98°57'W	3.00 Miles	400 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Young
47.5	1973-05-11	2	32°55'N / 97°27'W	32°48'N / 97°25'W	8.40 Miles	200 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Tarrant
47.9	1985-04-21	3	33°14'N / 99°00'W	33°15'N / 98°59'W	1.50 Miles	400 Yards	3	0	250K	0	Throckmorton
48.0	1985-04-21	2	33°25'N / 98°52'W	33°25'N / 98°50'W	2.20 Miles	300 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Archer
49.1	1985-04-21	2	33°23'N / 98°55'W	33°25'N / 98°52'W	2.80 Miles	300 Yards	0	2	250K	0	Young
49.1	1959-11-03	2	33°34'N / 97°51'W		0.50 Mile	33 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Montague
49.5	1963-09-06	2	33°30'N / 97°43'W		0.10 Mile	17 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Montague
49.8	1971-04-28	2	32°13'N / 98°12'W				0	0	250K	0	Erath

* 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.