National Storms

Conroe, TX tornado history

30 tornadoes have passed within 10 miles of the center of Conroe, TX from 1950 through 2025, according to the NOAA Storm Prediction Center, ranking 152nd of 534 Texas cities with a tornado on record. 1 was rated F3/EF3 or stronger by the National Weather Service. The most recent was on April 7, 2019 (EF0, 0.0-mile path); the strongest, on December 12, 1968, was rated F3.

30tornadoes since 1950
22016–2025
F3/EF3strongest rating
0deaths
8injuries
Apr 7, 2019most recent
Rating: 012345 unknown or preliminaryLines run from the start to the end point of each path; dots mark where each tornado touched down.

Dashed circle: 10 miles from the city's Census center point. A tornado counts when its recorded path passes inside the circle. Paths run straight from start to end point, as SPC records them.

1950s: 11960s: 11970s: 11980s: 41990s: 122000s: 82010s: 32020s: 01950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020smax 12
Tornadoes within 10 miles of the center of Conroe, TX, by decade

Source: National Storms (nationalstorms.com), CC BY 4.0, data from NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports.

Every tornado within 10 miles of the center of Conroe, TX

DateRatingPath lengthDeaths / injuriesStarted inClosest to center
Apr 7, 2019EF00.0 mi0 / 0Montgomery County, TX9.5 mi
May 26, 2016EF11.0 mi0 / 0Montgomery County, TX1.2 mi
Dec 12, 2015EF22.2 mi0 / 0Montgomery County, TX8.8 mi
Apr 28, 2006F00.2 mi0 / 0Montgomery County, TX4.1 mi
Nov 23, 2004F00.1 mi0 / 0Montgomery County, TX6.3 mi
Nov 23, 2004F00.2 mi0 / 0Montgomery County, TX9.2 mi
May 11, 2004F11.0 mi0 / 0Montgomery County, TX2.2 mi
Dec 23, 2002F00.5 mi0 / 0Montgomery County, TX4.6 mi
Dec 16, 2001F00.1 mi0 / 0Montgomery County, TX6.3 mi
Nov 23, 2000F00.5 mi0 / 0Montgomery County, TX2.2 mi
Nov 5, 2000F10.5 mi0 / 0Montgomery County, TX2.2 mi
Jun 15, 1999F00.5 mi0 / 0Montgomery County, TX0.3 mi
Apr 14, 1999F00.3 mi0 / 0Montgomery County, TX2.2 mi
Apr 3, 1999F00.3 mi0 / 0Montgomery County, TX6.3 mi
Oct 23, 1997F14.0 mi0 / 0Montgomery County, TX8.0 mi
Oct 23, 1997F00.2 mi0 / 0Montgomery County, TX2.2 mi
Oct 23, 1997F25.0 mi0 / 1Montgomery County, TX8.3 mi
Jan 12, 1995F00.1 mi0 / 0Montgomery County, TX0.9 mi
Oct 16, 1994F00.1 mi0 / 0Montgomery County, TX0.9 mi
May 13, 1994F00.1 mi0 / 0Montgomery County, TX8.0 mi
May 13, 1994F00.1 mi0 / 0Montgomery County, TX2.2 mi
Aug 2, 1992F10.1 mi0 / 0Montgomery County, TX9.9 mi
May 4, 1991F00.2 mi0 / 0Montgomery County, TX8.3 mi
Dec 10, 1983F02.0 mi0 / 0Montgomery County, TX4.1 mi
Aug 18, 1983F00.5 mi0 / 0Montgomery County, TX8.1 mi
May 13, 1982F10.2 mi0 / 0Montgomery County, TX2.1 mi
May 15, 1980F13.6 mi0 / 0Montgomery County, TX8.1 mi
Oct 10, 1973F11.0 mi0 / 0Montgomery County, TX0.9 mi
Dec 12, 1968F36.2 mi0 / 0Montgomery County, TX3.3 mi
Feb 19, 1954F29.5 mi0 / 7Montgomery County, TX2.1 mi

More: Montgomery County tornadoes · Texas tornado history · Conroe hail history · Texas damaging wind

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.

NWS Damage Survey Paths Near Conroe

The National Weather Service mapped the path of 2 tornadoes within 10 miles of Conroe in damage surveys (1 EF2, 1 EF0). On the map, those paths follow the survey, colored by the EF rating of each stretch, instead of a straight line from start to end.

DateRatingPeak windPath lengthMax widthDeaths / injuriesOn the groundSurveyed by
Apr 6, 2019EF070 mph0.1 mi30 yd0 / 011:28 UTCNWS Houston/Galveston
Dec 12, 2015EF2120 mph2.2 mi100 yd0 / 021:54–22:00 UTCNWS Houston/Galveston

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Damage Assessment Toolkit (DAT): the tornado paths and EF-rating zones NWS survey teams mapped after each storm. Survey data are preliminary and can be revised; NOAA's official record is Storm Data (NCEI). Paths are simplified to about 30 m. Times are when the tornado was on the ground, in UTC.