Texas tornado history

From 1950 through 2025, 9,639 tornadoes touched Texas, according to the NOAA Storm Prediction Center, the most of any state. The National Weather Service rated 57 of them F4/EF4 or stronger (6 F5/EF5); along their paths they killed 609 people and injured 9,845. The deadliest, on May 11, 1953, was rated F5 and killed 114 (McLennan County). From 2016 to 2025, Texas averaged 112 tornadoes a year. SPC has logged 71 preliminary tornado reports in Texas in 2026 (latest October 29, 2026).

Map of every Texas tornado path since 1950

All 9,639 paths plus 71 preliminary 2026 reports (gray dots). Zoom in to your county; click a path for its date and rating.

Most recent tornadoes in Texas

2026 preliminary tornado reports in Texas

Reports from SPC's daily logs. A tornado often draws several reports; NOAA publishes confirmed tornadoes, paths and ratings with its final data.

Deadliest tornadoes in Texas

F4, EF4, F5 and EF5 tornadoes in Texas

The 50 strongest Texas tornadoes, ranked by rating, deaths and path length: Strongest tornadoes in Texas history

Longest tornado paths in Texas

For tornadoes that crossed into another state, the path length, deaths and injuries are for the whole path.

Tornadoes by county

Cities with 5 or more tornadoes within 10 miles

Abernathy Abilene Addison Alamo Alamo Heights Aledo Alice Allen Alpine Alton Alvarado Alvin Amarillo Andrews Angleton Anna Annetta Anson Aransas Pass Argyle Arlington Athens Atlanta Aubrey Austin Azle Balch Springs Balcones Heights Ballinger Bastrop Bay City Baytown Beach City Beaumont Bedford Bee Cave Beeville Bellaire Bellmead Bellville Belton Benbrook Big Lake Big Spring Bishop Boerne Bonham Borger Bowie Brady Brazoria Breckenridge Brenham Bridge City Bridgeport Brookshire Brownfield Brownsville Brownwood Bryan Buda Bullard Bunker Hill Village Burkburnett Burleson Burnet Cactus Caddo Mills Caldwell Cameron Canton Canyon Carrollton Carthage Castle Hills Castroville Cedar Hill Cedar Park Celina Center Chandler Childress Cibolo Cisco Clarksville Cleburne Cleveland Clifton Clute Clyde Cockrell Hill Coleman College Station Colleyville Colorado City Columbus Comanche Combes Combine Commerce Conroe Converse Coppell Copperas Cove Corinth Corpus Christi Corsicana Cotulla Crandall Crane Crockett Crowley Daingerfield Dalhart Dallas Dayton DeCordova DeSoto Decatur Deer Park Del Rio Denison Denton Denver City Devine Diboll Dickinson Dilley Dimmitt Donna Double Oak Dripping Springs Dublin Dumas Duncanville Eagle Lake Early Eastland Edcouch Edgecliff Village Edinburg Edna El Campo El Lago Elgin Elmendorf Elsa Ennis Euless Everman Fair Oaks Ranch Fairfield Fairview Falfurrias Farmers Branch Farmersville Fate Ferris Floresville Flower Mound Floydada Forest Hill Forney Fort Stockton Fort Worth Fredericksburg Freeport Friendswood Friona Frisco Fulshear Gainesville Galena Park Galveston Garden Ridge Garland Gatesville Georgetown Giddings Gilmer Gladewater Glen Rose Glenn Heights Godley Gonzales Graham Granbury Grand Prairie Grand Saline Granite Shoals Grapevine Greenville Groesbeck Groves Gun Barrel City Hackberry Hallettsville Hallsville Haltom City Hamilton Harker Heights Harlingen Haskell Haslet Hearne Heath Helotes Hempstead Henderson Henrietta Hereford Hewitt Hickory Creek Hidalgo Hideaway Highland Park Highland Village Hillsboro Hitchcock Hollywood Park Hondo Horseshoe Bay Houston Howe Hudson Hudson Oaks Humble Hunters Creek Village Huntsville Hurst Hutchins Hutto Ingleside Iowa Colony Iowa Park Irving Jacinto City Jacksboro Jacksonville Jarrell Jasper Jersey Village Jonestown Josephine Joshua Jourdanton Justin Karnes City Katy Kaufman Keene Keller Kemah Kenedy Kennedale Kermit Kerrville Kilgore Killeen Kingsville Kirby Krum Kyle La Feria La Grange La Joya La Marque La Porte La Villa Lacy-Lakeview Lago Vista Laguna Vista Lake Dallas Lake Jackson Lake Worth Lakeway Lamesa Lampasas Lancaster Lavon League City Leander Leon Valley Levelland Lewisville Liberty Liberty Hill Lindale Little Elm Littlefield Live Oak Livingston Lockhart Longview Los Fresnos Lubbock Lucas Lufkin Luling Lumberton Lytle Mabank Madisonville Magnolia Manor Mansfield Manvel Marble Falls Marlin Marshall Mathis McAllen McGregor McKinney McLendon-Chisholm Meadows Place Melissa Mercedes Mesquite Mexia Midland Midlothian Mineola Mineral Wells Mission Missouri City Monahans Mont Belvieu Montgomery Morgan's Point Resort Mount Pleasant Mount Vernon Muleshoe Murphy Nacogdoches Nash Nassau Bay Navasota Nederland Needville New Boston New Braunfels Nocona Nolanville North Richland Hills Northlake Oak Point Oak Ridge North Odessa Olney Onalaska Orange Ovilla Palacios Palestine Palmer Palmhurst Palmview Pampa Panorama Village Paris Parker Pasadena Pearland Pearsall Pelican Bay Penitas Perryton Pflugerville Pharr Pilot Point Piney Point Village Pittsburg Plainview Plano Pleasanton Ponder Port Aransas Port Arthur Port Isabel Port Lavaca Port Neches Portland Post Poteet Pottsboro Prairie View Primera Princeton Progreso Prosper Providence Village Rancho Viejo Raymondville Red Oak Refugio Reno Reno Richardson Richland Hills Richmond Richwood River Oaks Roanoke Robinson Robstown Rockdale Rockport Rockwall Rosenberg Round Rock Rowlett Royse City Rusk Sachse Saginaw San Angelo San Antonio San Benito San Diego San Juan San Marcos San Saba Sandy Oaks Sanger Sansom Park Santa Fe Schertz Schulenburg Seabrook Seagoville Sealy Seguin Selma Seminole Seymour Shady Shores Shallowater Shavano Park Shenandoah Sherman Silsbee Sinton Slaton Smithville Snyder Socorro South Houston Southlake Spearman Spring Valley Village Springtown Stafford Stamford Stanton Stephenville Sugar Land Sulphur Springs Sunnyvale Sweeny Sweetwater Taft Tahoka Talty Taylor Taylor Lake Village Teague Temple Terrell Terrell Hills Texarkana Texas City The Colony Tomball Town of Pecos Trophy Club Troy Tulia Tyler Universal City University Park Uvalde Van Van Alstyne Venus Vernon Victoria Vidor Waco Wake Village Waller Watauga Waxahachie Weatherford Webster Weslaco West West Columbia West Lake Hills West Orange West University Place Weston Lakes Westworth Village Wharton White Oak White Settlement Whitehouse Whitesboro Wichita Falls Willis Willow Park Wills Point Wilmer Wimberley Windcrest Winnsboro Wolfforth Woodway Wylie Yoakum

Tornadoes in Texas by year

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Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center (SPC) Severe Weather Database (SVRGIS) tornado file, 1950–2025, and SPC preliminary storm reports for 2026 (data through November 6, 2026). Ratings are the ones the National Weather Service assigned: Fujita (F) scale before Feb 1, 2007, Enhanced Fujita (EF) after. Paths are drawn as straight lines from the start to the end point SPC records; real paths curve. City and county boundaries: US Census Bureau.