Texas Strong and Violent Tornadoes
1970-2006
Texas Strong and Violent
Tornadoes
1970-2006
| Date | Time | Texas
Counties (Texas
Region) Damage Path Location |
PL (total) |
PW (yards) |
Injuries Fatalities |
Reference |
| 5/9/06 | 1037pm | Collin/Grayson
F3 (NC Texas) (Westminster) 3 E-NE Anna - 2 NE Pilot Grove |
9 | 300y | 10/3 | NCTX |
| 6/12/05 | 604pm | Kent
F3* (W.Texas) 8 NE Clairemont - 6 NE Clairemont |
2 | 1200y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 6/5/05 | 708pm | Borden/Howard
F3* (W.Texas) 6 NW Vincent - 3 N-NE Luther |
9 | 1000y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 5/13/05 | 709pm | Knox/Baylor
F3 (NC Texas) 4 W Vera - 3 SW Bomarton |
16 | 1000y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| 5/12/05 | 840pm | Crosby
F3 (W.Texas) 9 SW Ralls - 3 SW Ralls |
6 | 500y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 5/15/03 | 536pm | Dallam
F3*
(W.Texas) 6 NW Conlen - 5 S-SE Kerrick |
10 | 1000y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 4/6/03 | 135pm | Cherokee/Rusk
F3 (NC Texas) 1 E Ponta - 9 NE Henderson |
42 | 400y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| 4/16/02 | 408pm | Tarrant
F3 (NC Texas) (Fort Worth) Fort Worth City Limits |
2 | 75y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| 4/7/02 | 334pm | Throckmorton
F3* (NC Texas) 9 W Throckmorton - 5 NW Throckmorton |
7 | 1000y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| 3/30/02 | 809pm | Harris
F3 (SC Texas) 3 S LaPorte - 3 S-SE LaPorte |
1 | 50y | 0/0 | SCTX |
| 3/30/02 | 650pm | Polk/Angelina/Nacogdoches/San
Augustine F3 (SC/NC
Texas) 7 N-NE Corrigan - 5 SW San Augustine |
49 | 400y | 6/0 | SCTX/NCTX |
| 10/12/01 | 930pm | Gillespie
F3 (SC Texas) (Stonewall) 1 SW Stonewall - 2 NE Stonewall |
3 | 400y | 1/0 | SCTX |
| 5/29/01 | 715pm | Carson
F3 (W.Texas) 3 N Panhandle - 2 W-NW White Deer |
12 | 600y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 5/12/00 | 510pm | Bosque
F3 (NC Texas) (Lakewood Harbor) 6 W-SW Whitney - 4 N Laguna Park |
7 | 400y | 0/2 | NCTX |
| 4/30/00 | 525pm | Throckmorton/Young
F3 (NC Texas) (Elbert) Elbert - 2 E Olney |
15 | 800y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| 4/23/00 | 458pm | Cass
F3 (NC Texas) 4 NW Linden - 5 SE Atlanta |
16 | 800y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| 3/28/00 | 705pm | Tarrant/Dallas
F3 (NC Texas) (Arlington) Arlington - 2 S-SW Grand Prairie |
8 | 300y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| 3/28/00 | 618pm | Tarrant
F3 (NC Texas) (Fort Worth) Fort Worth City Limits |
4 | 200y | 80/2 | NCTX |
| 3/10/00 | 755pm | Burleson
F3 (SC Texas) 8 S Caldwell - 1 N Clay |
21 | 800y | 2/0 | SCTX |
| 5/11/99 | 820pm | Gillespie
F3 (SC Texas) 3 E Harper - 5 SE Harper |
4 | 200y | 0/0 | SCTX |
| 5/11/99 | 645pm | Mason
F4 (SC Texas) 9 NW Loyal Valley - 5 N Loyal Valley |
4 | 1200y | 6/1 | SCTX |
| 5/4/99 | 204pm | Franklin/Titus/Red
River/Bowie F3 (NC Texas) (DeKalb) 4 E Mt. Vernon - 2 S-SW Falls Chapel AR Moved into Little River Co. AR |
49 (72) |
150y | 22/1 | NCTX |
| 4/3/99 | 451pm | Shelby
F3 (NC Texas) 2 SE Joaquin - 3 NE Logansport LA Moved into DeSoto Parish LA |
3 | 100y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| 3/2/99 | 655pm | Jasper/Newton
F3 (SC Texas) (Holly Springs) 1 NW Holly Springs - 7 NW Newton |
12 | 500y | 6/1 | SCTX |
| 1/1/99 | 1140pm | Liberty/Jefferson
F3 (SC Texas) (Nome) 12 E-SE Devers - 2 NE Nome |
10 | 400y | 5/0 | SCTX |
| 6/11/97 | 646pm | Wheeler
F3 (W.Texas) 4 SE Kellerville - 2 W Lela |
9 | 600y | 13/0 | WTX |
| 5/27/97 | 450pm | Travis
F4 (SC Texas) 1 W Lakeway - 5 S Lakeway |
6 | 400y | 5/1 | SCTX |
| 5/27/97 | 405pm | Williamson/Travis
F3 (SC Texas) (Cedar Park) 4 N Cedar Park - 3 W Jonestown |
9 | 200y | 15/0 | SCTX |
| 5/27/97 | 340pm | Williamson
F5 (SC Texas) (W. Jarrell) W. Jarrell - 5 SW Jarrell |
5 | 700y | 27/12 | SCTX |
| 5/27/97 | 227pm | Bell
F3 (NC Texas) 7 N Belton - 6 NW Belton |
2 | 300y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| 5/27/97 | 146pm | McLennan
F3 (NC Texas) 1 E Moody - 7 NW Troy |
4 | 150y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| 6/8/95 | 745pm | Wheeler/Hemphill
F4 (W.Texas) 8 SW Allison - 7 N Allison Possibly F5 intensity west of Allison |
15 | 1800y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 6/8/95 | 635pm | Gray/Wheeler
F4 (W.Texas) 1 N McLean - 3 NE Mobeetie |
29 | 1000y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 6/8/95 | 555pm | Donley
F3* (W.Texas) 8 N-NE Clarendon - 12 SW McLean |
10 | 500y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 6/8/95 | 526pm | Roberts
F3* (W.Texas) 8 W Miami - 12 W-NW Miami |
10 | 500y | 3/0 | WTX |
| 6/8/95 | 450pm | Gray
F3* (W.Texas) 1 E Pampa - 1 NE Hoover |
9 | 400y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 6/8/95 | 658pm | Gray
F4 (W.Texas) (W. Pampa) 3 S Pampa - NW Pampa |
5 | 200y | 7/0 | WTX |
| 6/5/95 | 420pm | Floyd
F3* (W.Texas) 7 NW Dougherty - 6 S Dougherty |
13 | 500y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 6/2/95 | 758pm | Castro
F3 (W.Texas) (S. Dimmitt) 3 S Dimmitt - 2 NE Dimmitt |
6 | 300y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 6/2/95 | 810pm | Parmer
F3
(W.Texas) (Friona) 3 S-SW Friona - 6 N Friona |
10 | 500y | 12/0 | WTX |
| 5/14/95 | 744pm | Tom
Green F3 (W.Texas) 1 N Mereta - 2 W Eola |
5 | 100y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 5/7/95 | 424pm | Cooke
F3 (NC Texas) 1 W-NW Bulcher - 2 NW Ardmore OK Moved into Love Co. OK |
2 (40) |
500y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| 5/7/95 | 410pm | Montague/Cooke
F3 (NC Texas) 5 NE Sunset - 3 NE St.Jo |
26 | 800y | 11/2 | NCTX |
| 5/29/94 | 736pm | Callahan
F3* (NC Texas) (Cross Plains) 1 S Cottonwood - 1 SE Cross Plains |
6 | 200y | 3/0 | NCTX |
| 5/29/94 | 610pm | Young
F3 (NC Texas) 3 SW Olney - 4 W-NW Newcastle |
7 | 600y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| 5/29/94 | 606pm | Shackelford
F3 (NC Texas) Near Moran ...path details n/a |
2 | 400y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| 5/13/94 | 1145am | Burnet
F3 (SC Texas) (Marble Falls) 1 W Marble Falls - 3 E-NE Marble Falls |
4 | 800y | 3/0 | SCTX |
| 4/25/94 | 930pm | Dallas
F4 (NC Texas) (Lancaster) 2 E DeSoto - 2 E-SE Lancaster |
6 | 800y | 48/3 | NCTX |
| 10/12/93 | 1045pm | Comanche
F3* (NC Texas) 2 SW Gorman - 4 NW Proctor |
25 | 400y | 12/0 | NCTX |
| 11/21/92 | 327pm | Harris/Liberty
F4 (SC
Texas) (W. Channelview) 2 W Channelview - 2 N-NW Dayton |
30 | 1200y | 17/0 | SCTX |
| 11/12/92 | 320pm | Harris/Liberty
F3 (SC
Texas) 3 NW Huffman - 3 E Romayor |
32 | 300y | 1/0 | SCTX |
| 6/27/92 | 731pm | Hutchinson/Carson/Moore
F4 (W.Texas) (SE Fritch) 11 E Four Way - 8 SE Fritch Accompanied by damaging F2 satellite tornado |
18 | 1500y | 7/0 | WTX |
| 5/15/91 | 917pm | Collingsworth/Wheeler
F3 (W.Texas) 9 S Shamrock - 1 W Texola |
15 | 400y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 5/10/91 | 722pm | Hockley/Lamb/Bailey
F3 (W.Texas) 1 N Pep - 2 NW Bula |
9 | 400y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 4/26/91 | 711pm | Cherokee
F3 (NC Texas) (Mt. Selman) 1 SW Mt. Selman - 1 NE Mt. Selman |
3 | 200y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| 4/24/91 | 450pm | Haskell
F3 (NC Texas) (Haskell) 1 SW Haskell - 3 NE Haskell |
4 | 200y | 1/0 | NCTX |
| 6/1/90 | 520pm | Pecos
F4 (W.Texas) (Bakersfield Valley) 5 SE Girvin - 5 SW Iraan |
22 | 1500y | 21/2 | WTX |
| 5/31/90 | 641pm | Ochiltree
F3 (W.Texas) 7 S Waka - 4 S-SW Ochiltree |
14 | 800y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 5/14/90 | 648pm | Jones
F3 (NC Texas) 8 N Anson - 7 N-NE Anson |
1 | 100y | 2/0 | NCTX |
| 4/27/90 | 440pm | Limestone
F3 (NC Texas) 5 S Mexia - 4 SE Mexia |
4 | 100y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| 4/25/90 | 444pm | Parker
F4 (NC
Texas) 2 NW Weatherford - 5 SW Springtown |
10 | 800y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| 1/19/90 | 340pm | Trinity/Angelina
F3 (SC/NC Texas) (Apple Springs and Hudson) Apple Springs - 1 NE Hudson |
13 | 100y | 2/0 | SCTX/NCTX |
| 6/7/89 | 655pm | Panola
F3 (NC
Texas) (Gary) Gary - 6 E Gary |
6 | 400y | 4/0 | NCTX |
| 6/6/89 | 550pm | Crosby/Dickens
F3 (W.Texas) 3 S Lorenzo - 8 W Spur |
26 | 800y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 5/17/89 | 402am | Williamson
F3 (SC
Texas) 3 S-SW Jarrell - Jarrell |
3 | 1500y | 28/1 | SCTX |
| 5/17/89 | 1208am | Kinney
F4 (W.Texas) 2 S-SW Brackettville - 17 NE Brackettville |
20 | 500y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 5/4/89 | 1020pm | Hood
F3 (NC
Texas) (Thorp Spring) 2 NW Thorp Spring - 2 E-SE Thorp Spring |
4 | 500y | 22/0 | NCTX |
| 4/1/88 | 442pm | Gregg/Upshur
F3 (NC
Texas) (East Mountain) 1 NE Gladewater - 14 NE Gladewater |
13 | 400y | 9/0 | NCTX |
| 12/6/87 | 300pm | Polk
F3 (SC
Texas) (Seven Oaks) Seven Oaks - 1 NE Seven Oaks |
1 | 200y | 9/0 | SCTX |
| 11/15/87 | 645pm | Shelby/Panola
F3 (NC
Texas) 5 N Center - 2 SE Shreveport LA Moved into DeSoto Parish LA |
15 (33) |
500y | 15/0 | NCTX |
| 11/15/87 | 635pm | Cass
F3 (NC
Texas) 5 NE Hughes Springs - 1 NE Marietta |
12 | 200y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| 11/15/87 | 345pm | Cherokee/Smith
F3 (NC
Texas) (Mixon and Whitehouse) 7 SW Jacksonville - 1 SW New Chapel Hill |
33 | 500y | 81/4 | NCTX |
| 11/15/87 | 303pm | Anderson
F3 (NC
Texas) (Palestine) 2 NE Tucker - 1 N Palestine |
11 | 250y | 59/1 | NCTX |
| 11/15/87 | 1215pm | Burleson/Milam
F3 (SC
Texas) 3 N Caldwell - 4 S Gause |
10 | 500y | 12/2 | SCTX |
| 11/15/87 | 1130am | Lee
F3 (SC
Texas) 1 W Giddings - 1 N Giddings |
2 | 200y | 8/0 | SCTX |
| 5/25/87 | 812pm | Ochiltree
F3 (W.Texas) 2 S Waka - 1 SW Farnsworth |
3 | 700y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 5/25/87 | 620pm | Hansford
F3* (W.Texas) 5 SW Gruver - 3 S Gruver |
3 | 500y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 5/22/87 | 816pm | Reeves
F4 (W.Texas) (Saragosa) 2 S-SW Saragosa - 2 N Saragosa |
3 | 1000y | 121/30 | WTX |
| 3/22/87 | 810pm | Lipscomb
F3 (W.Texas) 3 SW Lipscomb - 12 SE Follett |
30 | 400y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 5/14/86 | 730pm | Archer/Clay
F3 (NC
Texas) (Windthorst and Midway) 5 SE Archer City - 2 NE Midway |
20 | 200y | 4/0 | NCTX |
| 5/7/86 | 535pm | Hemphill
F3 (W.Texas) 5 SW Canadian - 4 W-NW Canadian |
7 | 300y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 4/19/86 | 815am | Nolan
F3 (W.Texas) (Sweetwater) 2 SW Sweetwater - 1 NE Sweetwater |
5 | 600y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 2/5/86 | 430pm | Harris
F3 (SC
Texas) 3 W-NW Klein - 5 E Tomball |
5 | 70y | 40/2 | SCTX |
| 5/13/85 | 130pm | Lamar
F3 (NC
Texas) (NE Paris) Paris City Limits |
4 | 70y | 8/0 | NCTX |
| 4/28/85 | 912pm | Nolan/Taylor
F3 (W.Texas/NC
Texas) 4 SW Shep - 1 N Shep |
5 | 100y | 0/0 | WTX/NCTX |
| 4/21/85 | 730pm | Young/Archer
F3* (NC
Texas) 4 N-NW Padgett - Near Lone Oak |
5 | 300y | 3/0 | NCTX |
| 4/21/85 | 645pm | Throckmorton/Young
F3 (NC
Texas) 2 E Elbert - 2 SW Padgett |
5 | 300y | 0/3 | NCTX |
| 12/31/84 | 1130am | Harris
F3 (SC
Texas) (Pasadena) Pasadena - 1 N Pasadena |
4 | 200y | 53/0 | SCTX |
| 12/13/84 | 945am | Dallas
F3 (NC
Texas) (Balch Springs, Mesquite, and Garland) Balch Springs - Garland |
10 | 500y | 28/0 | NCTX |
| 5/1/84 | 844pm | Motley
F3 (W.Texas) (Matador) 5 W-NW Matador - 2 S-SE Matador |
8 | 400y | 1/0 | WTX |
| 12/10/83 | 745pm | Tyler
F3 (SC
Texas) 9 SW Warren - Near Fred |
26 | 700y | 4/0 | SCTX |
| 12/10/83 | 605pm | San
Jacinto F3
(SC
Texas) Near Evergreen |
3 | 200y | 3/1 | SCTX |
| 5/20/83 | 220am | Harris
F3 (SC
Texas) Near Klein |
7 | 300y | 0/1 | SCTX |
| 3/16/83 | 755pm | Cameron
F3
(SC
Texas) 4 SW Harlingen - Near Los Indios |
6 | 500y | 10/0 | SCTX |
| 3/15/83 | 515pm | Hidalgo
F3 (SC
Texas) Damage path info n/a |
2 | 900y | 9/0 | SCTX |
| 3/15/83 | 500pm | Hidalgo
F3 (SC
Texas) Damage path info n/a |
4 | 900y | 1/0 | SCTX |
| 1/31/83 | 1015am | Austin
F3 (SC
Texas) Near Sealy |
3 | 70y | 4/0 | SCTX |
| 6/19/82 | 750am | Runnels/Coleman
F3 (NC
Texas) 8 NE Ballinger - Near Talpa |
10 | 100y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| 6/14/82 | 809pm | Hansford/Ochiltree
F3 (W.Texas) Damage path info n/a |
12 | 100y | 10/0 | WTX |
| 5/30/82 | 829pm | Haskell/Jones
F3 (NC
Texas) 3 N Tuxedo - 6 W Stamford |
7 | 100y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| 5/19/82 | 725pm | Gray
F3 (W.Texas) 1 E Heaton - 3 N-NE Heaton |
2 | 100y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 5/19/82 | 653pm | Gray
F3 (W.Texas) (Hoover) 4 E Pampa - Hoover |
4 | 800y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 5/19/82 | 623pm | Gray
F3 (W.Texas) 4 W Pampa - 6 NW Pampa |
2 | 500y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 5/16/82 | 750pm | Wilbarger
F3 (NC
Texas) 8 SW Grayback - 5 S Oklaunion |
15 | 150y |
0/0 |
NCTX |
| 5/13/82 | 330pm | Jasper
F3 (SC
Texas) 7 NW Buna - 2 S Call Junction |
10 | 150y | 1/1 | NCTX |
| 5/12/82 | 705pm | Comanche
F3 (NC
Texas) 5 SW Comanche - 8 NW Comanche |
13 | 100y | 3/0 | NCTX |
| 5/12/82 | 310pm | Erath/Palo
Pinto F3 (NC
Texas) 4 W-SW Patillo - 4 W Lipan |
9 | 150y | 2/0 | NCTX |
| 5/12/82 | 355am | Andrews/Gaines
F3 (W.Texas) (Seminole) 18 S Seminole - 5 N Seminole |
24 | 200y | 17/0 | WTX |
| 5/11/82 | 710pm | Hall
F3 (W.Texas) 2 SW Lakeview - 1 W Estelline |
12 | 500y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 5/9/82 | 811pm | Potter/Randall
F3
(W.Texas) 4 S Bushland - 6 W Cliffside |
8 | 400y | 1/0 | WTX |
| 4/2/82 | 440pm | Red
River/Bowie F3 (NC
Texas) 4 N-NE Clarksville - 5 SE Ashdown AR Moved into McCurtain Co. OK |
29 (55) |
200y | 2/0 | NCTX |
| 4/2/82 | 400pm | Lamar/Red
River F4 (NC
Texas) (N. Paris, Blossom, and Reno) NW Paris - 4 NE Detroit |
23 | 300y | 170/10 | NCTX |
| 4/2/82 | 320pm | Fannin/Lamar
F3 (NC
Texas) 3 S-SE Ravenna - 7 W Paris |
32 | 150y | 1/1 | NCTX |
| 3/18/82- 3/19/82 |
1155pm | Moore/Sherman/Hansford
F4 (W.Texas) 5 SE Sunray - 5 SW Beaver OK Long-tracked tornado moved into Texas Co. OK |
48 (70) |
800y | 5/0 | WTX |
| 3/14/82 | 140am | Runnels/Coleman/Taylor/Callahan
F3 (NC
Texas) (Winters) 2 SW Norton - 2 NE Oplin |
41 | 200y | 9/0 | NCTX |
| 10/13/81 | 900am | Navarro
F3 (NC
Texas) Damage path info n/a |
7 | 100y | 1/0 | NCTX |
| 5/13/81 | 715pm | Lamar
F4
(NC
Texas) (Emberson) 2 NW Sumner - 3 SW Powderly |
9 | 300y | 30/0 | NCTX |
| 5/9/81 | 310pm | Anderson/Henderson
F3 (NC
Texas) (Union) 5 E Cayuga - Union |
10 | 100y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| 5/9/81 | 113pm | Hill
F3 (NC
Texas) Damage path info n/a |
5 | 70y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| 5/28/80 | 930pm | Wheeler/Hemphill
F3 (W.Texas) (Allison) 2 SW Allison - 4 NE Allison |
6 | 100y | 6/0 | WTX |
| 5/28/80 | 815pm | Swisher
F3 (W.Texas) 5 W Lakeview - 2 NE Lakeview |
8 | 1200y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 5/28/80 | 800pm | Swisher
F3 (W.Texas) Damage path info n/a |
2 | 800y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 5/28/80 | 537pm | Collingsworth
F3 (W.Texas) (S.Wellington) 8 NW Wellington - 3 SE Wellington |
11 | 1200y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 4/7/80 | 448pm | Williamson/Travis/Bastrop/Lee
F3 (SC
Texas) (Round Rock and Lund) Round Rock - 10 SW Lexington |
25 | 200y | 5/1 | SCTX |
| 4/2/80 | 1210pm | Baylor
F3 (NC
Texas) 5 E Seymour - 12 NE Seymour |
7 | 300y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| 4/10/79 | 1030pm | Runnels/Coleman
F3 (NC
Texas) 12 E-SE Ballinger - 4 W Novice |
21 | 1000y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| 4/10/79 | 650pm | Archer/Wichita/Clay
F4 (NC
Texas) (Wichita Falls) 3 E-NE Holliday - 2 N-NE Waurika OK Moved into Jefferson Co. OK |
32 (47) |
1500y | 1740/42 | NCTX |
| 4/10/79 | 553pm | Baylor
F3* (NC
Texas) 2 NW Seymour - 2 N-NE Maybelle |
11 | 300y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| 4/10/79 | 420pm | Foard/Wilbarger
F4 (NC
Texas) (Lockett and Vernon) 3 N Thalia - 6 NE Davidson OK Moved into Tillman Co. OK |
29 (39) |
800y | 66/11 | NCTX |
| 4/1/79 | 1050am | Gregg
F3 (NC
Texas) Near Seven Pines - Near Judson |
5 | 150y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| 4/30/78 | 520pm | Lipscomb
F3 (W.Texas) 6 NW Lipscomb - 8 SW Follett |
12 | 100y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 12/13/77 | 805am | Harris/Liberty
F3 (SC
Texas) (NE Houston) NE Houston - 6 N-NE Crosby |
25 | 400y | 40/1 | SCTX |
| 5/16/77 | 505pm | Collingsworth/Wheeler
F3 (W.Texas) 5 SW Shamrock - 2 S-SE Kelton |
15 | 800y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 5/16/77 | 308pm | Collingsworth
F3 (W.Texas) (Quail) 3 S-SW Quail - 9 SW Shamrock |
20 | 500y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 5/30/76 | 815pm | McCulloch
F3 (NC
Texas) 9 NW Brady - 6 W-NW Brady |
3 | 400y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| 5/26/76 | 708pm | Bell
F3 (NC
Texas) Near Lake Belton |
2 | 100y | 7/2 | NCTX |
| 5/26/76 | 517pm | Johnson/Hill/Ellis
F3 (NC
Texas) 6 W Grandview - 6 W Italy |
25 | 200y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| 5/25/76 | 353pm | Jones/Taylor/Callahan
F3 (NC
Texas) (Hamby) Fort Phantom Lake - 4 N Baird |
18 | 400y | 1/0 | NCTX |
| 4/19/76 | 615pm | Comanche
F3 (NC
Texas) Damage path info n/a |
2 | 200y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| 4/19/76 | 530pm | Brown F5
(NC
Texas) 2 E Bangs - 5 N-NE Brownwood |
10 | 400y | 11/0 | NCTX |
| 4/19/76 | 530pm | Montague
F3 (NC
Texas) Damage path info n/a |
10 | 350y | 2/0 | NCTX |
| 4/17/76 | 500pm | Foard
F3 (NC
Texas) Damage path info n/a |
15 | 150y | 1/0 | NCTX |
| 4/15/76 | 500pm | Runnels
F3 (NC
Texas) Damage path info n/a |
10 | 50y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| 3/30/76 | 100pm | Polk
F3 (SC
Texas) Near Onalaska |
25 | 1000y | 1/0 | SCTX |
| 3/8/76 | 200pm | Galveston
F3 (SC
Texas) Damage path info n/a |
9 | 200y | 0/0 | SCTX |
| 3/8/76 | 105pm | Brazoria
F3 (SC
Texas) (Alvin) 4 SW Alvin - Alvin |
4 | 200y | 18/0 | SCTX |
| 12/24/75 | 400pm | Jackson
F3 (SC
Texas) Damage path info n/a |
1 | 400y | 0/0 | SCTX |
| 6/22/75 | 920pm | Briscoe
F4
(W.Texas) 12 E-SE Silverton - 3 E-NE Quitaque |
10 | 80y | 0/3 | WTX |
| 5/15/75 | 615pm | Coleman
F3 (NC
Texas) Damage path info n/a |
1 | 50y | 5/2 | NCTX |
| 4/29/75 | 100am | Medina
F3 (SC
Texas) 2 N Yancey - 6 NW Devine |
8 | 500y | 5/3 | SCTX |
| 3/26/75 | 1140pm | Gray
F3 (W.Texas) (Lefors) Lefors - 3 NE Lefors |
3 | 200y | 42/2 | WTX |
| 10/31/74 | 850am | Anderson
F3 (NC
Texas) (Elkhart) 2 W Elkhart - 2 E Elkhart |
4 | 500y | 4/0 | NCTX |
| 3/20/74 | 730pm | Sabine/San
Augustine F3 (NC
Texas) Damage path info n/a |
27 | 100y | 4/0 | NCTX |
| 1/19/74 | 210am | San
Augustine F3 (NC
Texas) Near Broaddus |
1 | 400y | 2/0 | NCTX |
| 5/22/73 | 1155pm | Runnels
F3 (NC
Texas) 1 N Wilmeth - 2 E-NE Wilmeth |
2 | 800y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| 5/6/73 | 825pm | McLennan/Bosque
F5
(NC
Texas) (Patton) 5 S Valley Mills - 4 NE Valley Mills |
10 | 100y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| 4/23/73 | 500pm | Johnson
F3 (NC
Texas) (Cleburne) Cleburne City Limits |
3 | 300y | 3/0 | NCTX |
| 4/15/73 | 750pm | Navarro
F3 (NC
Texas) (Corsicana) Corsicana - 3 NE Corsicana |
4 | 200y | 3/0 | NCTX |
| 4/15/73 | 520pm | Frio
F4 (SC
Texas) 2 NE Divot - Near Goldfinch All fatalities were vehicle related on I-35 |
23 | 500y | 12/5 | SCTX |
| 4/15/73 | 415am | Hale
F3 (W.
Texas) (W. Plainview) 2 W-SW Plainview - 4 E Finney |
8 | 200y | 26/2 | WTX |
| 3/10/73 | 700am | Grayson
F3 (NC
Texas) 3 NE Sadler - 2 SE Pottsboro |
8 | 100y | 3/0 | NCTX |
| 3/10/73 | 605am | McLennan/Limestone/Hill
F4
(NC
Texas) (Watt and Hubbard) 2 W Mart - 3 N Hubbard |
25 | 100y | 77/6 | NCTX |
| 3/10/73 | 410am | Burnet
F3 (SC
Texas) (Burnet) 1 SW Burnet - 2 N-NE Burnet |
7 | 200y | 40/0 | NCTX |
| 4/29/72 | 730pm | Collingsworth
F3 (NC
Texas) Near Lutie - Near Dozier |
10 | 800y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 3/28/72 | 429pm | Angelina
F3 (NC
Texas) (Homer and Huntington) Near Fuller Springs - Near Harmony Hill |
15 | 200y | 13/0 | NCTX |
| 10/17/71 | 915pm | Carson
F3 (W.Texas) 6 S White Deer - 5 S White Deer |
1 | 100y | 2/0 | WTX |
| 10/17/71 | 700pm | Lamb/Castro
F3 (W.Texas) 2 N Amherst - 8 W Hart |
30 | 200y | 1/0 | WTX |
| 6/9/71 | 950pm | Hansford
F4* (W.Texas) 3 SW Gruver - 7 NW Spearman Largest tornado in Texas history (2 miles wide) |
15 | 2500y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 6/9/71 | 700pm | Moore/Sherman
F3 (W.Texas) 8 N-NE Sunray - 3 E-SE Sunray Numerous funnels/satellite tornadoes occurred near this very large slow moving tornado |
6 | 1200y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 6/5/71 | 800pm | Hutchinson
F3 (W.Texas) 4 NW Stinnett - 6 SW Pringle |
6 | 1200y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 5/23/71 | 650pm | Hill
F3 (NC Texas) (Whitney) Whitney - 5 N-NW Aquilla |
7 | 50y | 49/1 | NCTX |
| 4/28/71 | 600pm | Eastland
F3 (NC
Texas) (Carbon) 8 SW Carbon - 2 N-NE Carbon |
10 | 400y | 3/0 | NCTX |
| 4/19/71 | 1230am | Deaf
Smith F3 (W.Texas) (Hereford) 5 S-SW Hereford - 2 N-NE Hereford |
7 | 100y | 24/0 | WTX |
| 3/12/71 | 730pm | Bowie
F3 (NC
Texas) (Cranfill) Cranfill |
1 | 400y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| 3/12/71 | 630pm | Bowie
F4 (NC
Texas) (Malta and Daniel's Chapel) Malta - 5 NW New Boston |
6 | 800y | 5/1 | NCTX |
| 3/12/71 | 600pm | Grayson
F3 (NC
Texas) 1 W Howe - 2 S Sherman |
5 | 400y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| 3/12/71 | 530pm | Grayson
F3 (NC Texas) 4 E-SE Tioga - 4 SW Ethel |
5 | 400y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| 10/11/70 | 430pm | Jefferson
F3 (SC Texas) (Bridge City) 2 N Port Arthur - Bridge City |
4 | 100y | 19/0 | SCTX |
| 6/26/70 | 606pm | Kinney
F3 (W.Texas) Damage path info n/a |
4 | 800y | 0/0 | WTX |
| 6/24/70 | 550pm | Nueces
F3 (SC
Texas) 1 E Bishop - 3 E Bishop |
2 | 200y | 15/1 | SCTX |
| 5/11/70 | 935pm | Lubbock
F5 (W.Texas) (Lubbock) SW Lubbock - 4 NE Lubbock |
8 | 1500y | 500/28 | WTX |
| 4/26/70 | 430pm | Coleman/Brown
F3 (NC
Texas) 2 SW Webbville - 3 SE Cross Cut |
11 | 300y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| 4/18/70 | 100am | Swisher/Briscoe/Armstrong/Donley/Gray
F4
(W.Texas) (Martin and Sherwood Shores) 3 S-SW Vigo Park - 5 N McLean |
70 | 800y | 41/17 | WTX |
| 4/18/70 | 1230am | Hall/Donley
F3 (W.Texas) 5 NW Brice - 7 N-NE Hedley |
22 | 200y | 2/0 | WTX |
| 4/17/70 | 1030pm | Parmer/Castro
F4
(W.Texas) 5 SW Lazbuddie - 3 NW Dimmitt |
26 | 800y | 13/1 | WTX |
| 4/17/70 | 1000pm | Hale/Floyd/Swisher/Briscoe
F4 (W.Texas) (W/NW Plainview, Seth Ward, and S. Silverton) 3 W Cotton Center - 9 NE Silverton |
55 | 800y | 51/5 | WTX |
| 4/17/70 | 850pm | Cochran/Hockley
F4
(W.Texas) (Whiteface and Whitharral) Whiteface - Whitharral |
30 | 800y | 24/0 | WTX |
| 3/3/70 | 730am | Rusk
F3 (NC Texas) Damage path info n/a |
1 | 70y | 0/0 | NCTX |
| Year | F3 | F4 | F5 | Total | Strong/Violent Tornado Days |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | May 9 |
| 2005 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | May 12, May 13, June 5, June 12 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | April 6, May 15 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | April 7, April 16 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | May 29, October 12 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | March 10, March 28, April 23, April 30, May 12 |
| 1999 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | January 1, March 2, April 3, May 4, May 11 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None |
| 1997 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | May 27, June 11 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None |
| 1995 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 | May 7, May 14, June 2, June 5, June 8 |
| 1994 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | April 25, May 13, May 29 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | October 12 |
| 1992 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | June 27, November 12 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | April 24, April 26, May 10, May 15 |
| 1990 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | Jan. 19, April 25, April 27, May 14, May 31, June 1 |
| 1989 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | May 4, May 17, June 6, June 7 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | April 1 |
| 1987 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 | March 22, May 22, May 25, Nov. 15, Dec. 6 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | February 5, April 19, May 7, May 14 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | April 21, April 28, May 13 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | May 1, December 13, December 31 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | March 15, March 16, May 20, December 10 |
| 1982 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 18 | Mar. 14,
Mar. 18-19, April 2, May 9, May 11, May 12, May 13, May 16, May 19, May 30, June 14, June 19 |
| 1981 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | May 9, May 13, October 13 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | April 2, April 7, May 28 |
| 1979 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | April 1, April 10 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | April 30 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | May 16, December 13 |
| 1976 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 11 | March 8,
March 30, April 15, April 17, April 19, May 25, May 26, May 30 |
| 1975 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | March 26, April 29, May 15, June 22, Dec. 24 |
| 1974 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | January 19, March 20, October 31 |
| 1973 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | March 10, April 15, April 23, May 6, May 22 |
| 1972 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | March 28, April 29 |
| 1971 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 12 | Mar. 12,
Apr. 19, Apr. 28, May 23, June 5, June 9, October 17 |
| 1970 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 | March 3,
April 17, April 18, April 26, May 11, June 24, June 26, October 11 |
| Total | 157 | 26 | 4 | 187 | Texas Strong/Violent Tornadoes 1970-2006 |
| Texas 1970-2005 | County Seat | F3 | F4 | F5 | Total |
| Gray Co. (WTX) | Pampa | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Harris Co. (SCTX) | Houston | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Wheeler Co. (WTX) | Wheeler | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Collingsworth Co. (WTX) | Wellington | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Coleman Co. (NCTX) | Coleman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Runnels Co. (NCTX) | Ballinger | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Lamar Co. (NCTX) | Paris | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Swisher Co. (WTX) | Tulia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Hansford Co. (WTX) | Spearman | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Williamson Co. (SCTX) | Georgetown | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Liberty Co. (SCTX) | Liberty | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Hill Co. (NCTX) | Hillsboro | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Bowie Co. (NCTX) | Boston | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Young Co. (NCTX) | Graham | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Grayson Co. (NCTX) | Sherman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Briscoe Co. (WTX) | Silverton | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| McLennan Co. (NCTX) | Waco | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Moore Co. (WTX) | Dumas | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Floyd Co. (WTX) | Floydada | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Donley Co. (WTX) | Clarendon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Castro Co. (WTX) | Dimmitt | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Hemphill Co. (WTX) | Canadian | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Travis Co. (SCTX) | Austin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Archer Co. (NCTX) | Archer City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Red River Co. (NCTX) | Clarksville | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Ochiltree Co. (WTX) | Perryton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jones Co. (NCTX) | Anson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Cherokee Co. (NCTX) | Rusk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Callahan Co. (NCTX) | Baird | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Taylor Co. (NCTX) | Abilene | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Tarrant Co. (NCTX) | Fort Worth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Throckmorton Co. (NCTX) | Throckmorton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Baylor Co. (NCTX) | Seymour | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Angelina Co. (NCTX) | Lufkin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Polk Co. (SCTX) | Livingston | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Comanche Co. (NCTX) | Comanche | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Anderson Co. (NCTX) | Palestine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Texas' Top 10 Most Violent Tornadoes 1970-2006
| Date Time | Counties |
Intensity |
Injuires | Fatalities | Cities/Towns Impacted |
| May 11, 1970 935pm CDT |
Lubbock | F5 | 500 | 28 | Lubbock |
| May27, 1997 340pm CDT |
Williamson | F5 | 27 | 12 | Jarrell |
| April 19, 1976 530pm CST |
Brown | F5 | 11 | 0 | None/Intense rural damage |
| May 6, 1973 825pm CDT |
McLennan/Bosque | F5 | 0 | 0 | Patton |
| June 1, 1990 520pm CDT |
Pecos | F4 | 21 | 2 | Bakersfield Valley |
| April 10, 1979 650pm CDT |
Archer/Wichita/Clay | F4 | 1740 | 42 | Wichita Falls |
| June 8, 1995 745pm CDT |
Wheeler/Hemphill | F4 | 0 | 0 | None/Intense rural damage |
| May 11, 1999 645pm CDT |
Mason | F4 | 6 | 1 | None/Intense rural damage |
| April 18, 1970 100am CST |
Swisher/Briscoe/Armstrong/Donley/Gray | F4 | 41 | 17 | Martin, Sherwood Shores |
| April 10, 1979 420pm CST |
Foard/Wilbarger | F4 | 66 | 11 | Lockett, Vernon |
Texas' Top 10 Most Deadly Tornadoes 1970-2006
| Fatalities | Date |
Counties |
Intensity |
Cities/Towns Impacted |
| 42 | April 10, 1979 | Archer/Wichita/Clay | F4 | Wichita Falls |
| 30 | May 22, 1987 | Reeves | F4 | Saragosa |
| 28 | May 11, 1970 | Lubbock | F5 | Lubbock |
| 17 | April 18, 1970 | Swisher/Briscoe/Armstrong/Donley/Gray | F4 | Martin, Sherwood Shores |
| 12 | May 27, 1997 | Williamson | F5 | Jarrell |
| 11 | April 10, 1979 | Foard/Wilbarger | F4 | Lockett, Vernon |
| 10 | April 2, 1982 | Lamar/Red River | F4 | Paris, Blossom, Reno |
| 6 | March 10, 1973 | McLennan/Limestone/Hill | F4 | Watt, Hubbard |
| 5 | April 17, 1970 | Hale/Floyd/Swisher/Briscoe | F4 | Plainview, Seth Ward, Silverton |
| 5 | April 15, 1973 | Frio | F4 | All fatalities were on I-35 (vehicle related) |
Texas Strong/Violent Tornadoes Outbreaks 1970-2006
| Date | F3 | F4 | F5 | Total | Texas Towns/Cities Impacted; Texas inj./fat. |
| June 8, 1995 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | Pampa; 7 injuries 0 Fatalities |
| November 15, 1987 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Palestine, Mixon, Whitehouse; 175 injuries 7 fatalities |
| April 17-18, 1970 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | Whiteface, Whitharral, Plainview, Seth Ward, Silverton, Martin, Sherwood Shores; 131 injuries 23 fatalities |
| May 27, 1997 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Jarrell, Cedar Park; 47 injuries 13 fatalities |
| April 10, 1979 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | Lockett, Vernon, Wichita Falls; 1806 injuries 53 fatalities |
| March 12, 1971 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | Malta, Daniel's Chapel; 5 injuries 1 fatality |
| May 28, 1980 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Wellington, Allison; 6 injuries 0 fatalities |
| April 19, 1976 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | None; 13 injuries 0 fatalities |
| April 2, 1982 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Paris, Blossom, Reno; 173 injuries 11 fatalities |
| March 10, 1973 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Burnet, Watt, Hubbard; 120 injuries 6 fatalities |
| May 19, 1982 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Hoover; 0 injuries 0 fatalities |
| May 29, 1994 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Cross Plains; 3 injuries 0 fatalities |
Information Updated: February 18, 2007