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 |