We The People: This Day in History, October 13
Multiple tornadoes touch down across central Texas
Published: Oct. 13, 2025 at 7:29 AM CDT
(KWTX) - On October 13, 2018, six tornadoes touched down in north and central Texas.
Ellis and Navarro counties both saw EF0 tornadoes touch down in the afternoon.
The estimated property damage to Ellis County totalled about $25,000.
In central Texas, three tornadoes touched down in Hill County within 20 minutes of each other.
The most significant was an EF1 tornado that formed on the east side of I-35, just under four miles southeast of Hillsboro.
It produced damage consistent with a hundred miles per hour wind speed, causing severe damage to a single home.
Hill County suffered an estimated total of $70,000 in property damage.
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