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DescriptionBallingerTXEF3tornado.jpg	English: The large EF3 tornado that struck the town of Ballinger, Texas on May 18, 2019.
Date	18 May 2019
Source	https://www.weather.gov/sjt/ESRIStormSurveyMap2?yyyymmdd=20190518
Author	NWS San Angelo, TX

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Tornado outbreak sequence of May 2019

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