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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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current	18:18, 9 April 2020	750 × 525 (105 KB)	TornadoInformation12	{{Information \|description ={{en\|1=The large EF3 tornado that struck the town of Ballinger, Texas on May 18, 2019.}} \|date =May 18, 2019 \|source =https://www.weather.gov/sjt/ESRIStormSurveyMap2?yyyymmdd=20190518 \|author =NWS San Angelo, TX }}

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Tornado outbreak of May 2019

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GPS time (atomic clock)	12:05
GPS date	18 May 2019
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