National Storms

Forney, TX tornado history

28 tornadoes have passed within 10 miles of the center of Forney, TX from 1950 through 2025, according to the NOAA Storm Prediction Center, ranking 181st of 534 Texas cities with a tornado on record. 3 were rated F3/EF3 or stronger by the National Weather Service. The most recent was on March 29, 2022 (EF1, 0.5-mile path); the strongest, on December 26, 2015, was rated EF4. The deadliest, on December 26, 2015, killed 10 along its path.

28tornadoes since 1950
32016–2025
F4/EF4strongest rating
11deaths
487injuries
Mar 29, 2022most 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: 01970s: 31980s: 11990s: 132000s: 02010s: 92020s: 11950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020smax 13
Tornadoes within 10 miles of the center of Forney, 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 Forney, TX

DateRatingPath lengthDeaths / injuriesStarted inClosest to center
Mar 29, 2022EF10.5 mi0 / 0Rockwall County, TX8.8 mi
Oct 20, 2019EF00.1 mi0 / 0Kaufman County, TX9.1 mi
Mar 9, 2019EF01.7 mi0 / 0Dallas County, TX8.1 mi
Dec 26, 2015EF413.0 mi10 / 468Dallas County, TX8.7 mi
May 10, 2015EF00.1 mi0 / 0Kaufman County, TX9.6 mi
Apr 3, 2012EF37.7 mi0 / 7Kaufman County, TX0.9 mi
Apr 3, 2012EF00.3 mi0 / 2Dallas County, TX10.0 mi
Apr 10, 2011EF10.5 mi0 / 0Kaufman County, TX2.1 mi
Sep 8, 2010EF00.7 mi0 / 0Rockwall County, TX7.1 mi
Sep 8, 2010EF19.9 mi0 / 0Ellis County, TX7.8 mi
Oct 21, 1996F00.1 mi0 / 1Dallas County, TX8.8 mi
Jan 17, 1996F14.0 mi0 / 0Kaufman County, TX6.1 mi
Jan 17, 1996F15.0 mi0 / 0Dallas County, TX9.0 mi
Apr 19, 1995F00.1 mi0 / 0Rockwall County, TX9.9 mi
Apr 19, 1995F00.1 mi0 / 0Kaufman County, TX7.8 mi
Apr 19, 1995F00.1 mi0 / 0Kaufman County, TX8.7 mi
Oct 21, 1994F00.1 mi0 / 0Kaufman County, TX8.2 mi
Oct 21, 1994F00.1 mi0 / 0Kaufman County, TX7.8 mi
Apr 29, 1994F10.1 mi0 / 0Kaufman County, TX8.4 mi
Apr 28, 1994F00.1 mi0 / 0Dallas County, TX8.6 mi
May 9, 1993F119.0 mi0 / 0Kaufman County, TX2.5 mi
May 9, 1993F00.1 mi0 / 0Kaufman County, TX3.5 mi
May 9, 1993F00.1 mi0 / 0Kaufman County, TX1.9 mi
Mar 23, 1984F10.8 mi0 / 0Dallas County, TX8.8 mi
Mar 24, 1972F22.0 mi0 / 0Kaufman County, TX9.7 mi
Dec 14, 1971F24.3 mi0 / 4Dallas County, TX5.2 mi
Apr 25, 1970F20.1 mi1 / 0Kaufman County, TX8.7 mi
Oct 4, 1959F327.6 mi0 / 5Dallas County, TX7.6 mi

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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 7, 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 Forney

The National Weather Service mapped the path of 6 tornadoes within 10 miles of Forney in damage surveys (1 EF4, 1 EF3, 1 EF1, 3 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
Mar 29, 2022EF1100 mph0.5 mi50 yd0 / 009:34–09:36 UTCNWS Fort Worth
Oct 20, 2019EF080 mph0.1 mi–0 / 003:27 UTCNWS Fort Worth
Mar 9, 2019EF085 mph1.7 mi100 yd0 / 013:38–13:45 UTCNWS Fort Worth
Dec 26, 2015EF4–13.0 mi550 yd10 / 46800:44–01:03 UTCNWS Fort Worth
Apr 3, 2012EF3150 mph8.1 mi150 yd0 / 015:33–00:00 UTCNWS Fort Worth
Apr 3, 2012EF085 mph0.3 mi30 yd0 / 013:54–00:00 UTCNWS Fort Worth

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.