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Hackberry, TX tornado history

26 tornadoes have passed within 10 miles of the center of Hackberry, TX from 1950 through 2025, according to the NOAA Storm Prediction Center, ranking 215th 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 August 28, 2025 (EFU, 0.0-mile path); the strongest, on April 2, 1957, was rated F3. The deadliest, on April 2, 1957, killed 10 along its path.

26tornadoes since 1950
52016–2025
F3/EF3strongest rating
10deaths
207injuries
Aug 28, 2025most 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: 31960s: 41970s: 31980s: 01990s: 22000s: 72010s: 42020s: 31950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020smax 7
Tornadoes within 10 miles of the center of Hackberry, 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 Hackberry, TX

DateRatingPath lengthDeaths / injuriesStarted inClosest to center
Aug 28, 2025EFU0.0 mi0 / 0Denton County, TX6.3 mi
Mar 14, 2024EF00.2 mi0 / 0Collin County, TX6.9 mi
Mar 21, 2022EF01.9 mi0 / 0Denton County, TX9.5 mi
Mar 28, 2017EF11.6 mi0 / 0Denton County, TX8.6 mi
Mar 8, 2016EF10.1 mi0 / 0Denton County, TX4.6 mi
Nov 16, 2015EF13.1 mi0 / 0Denton County, TX5.3 mi
May 10, 2015EF02.9 mi0 / 0Denton County, TX9.2 mi
Jun 10, 2009EF00.6 mi0 / 0Denton County, TX6.6 mi
Jun 10, 2009EF10.2 mi0 / 0Denton County, TX9.7 mi
Apr 24, 2007EF01.0 mi0 / 0Denton County, TX6.6 mi
Jul 1, 2003F00.1 mi0 / 0Collin County, TX5.1 mi
Dec 30, 2002F00.3 mi0 / 0Denton County, TX1.4 mi
Oct 12, 2001F10.1 mi0 / 0Denton County, TX1.1 mi
Sep 5, 2001F00.1 mi0 / 0Collin County, TX5.7 mi
Sep 13, 1993F113.0 mi0 / 0Denton County, TX0.4 mi
Apr 28, 1991F20.5 mi0 / 0Denton County, TX3.1 mi
Dec 3, 1973F20.1 mi0 / 0Denton County, TX7.3 mi
Dec 14, 1971F20.1 mi0 / 0Denton County, TX9.5 mi
Jul 26, 1971F20.5 mi0 / 1Denton County, TX6.0 mi
May 19, 1963F00.5 mi0 / 0Collin County, TX8.3 mi
Apr 22, 1963F27.7 mi0 / 0Collin County, TX5.9 mi
Aug 24, 1962F11.0 mi0 / 0Denton County, TX8.4 mi
Aug 21, 1960F20.2 mi0 / 2Denton County, TX6.2 mi
Apr 3, 1957F00.1 mi0 / 0Denton County, TX7.2 mi
Apr 2, 1957F317.2 mi10 / 200Dallas County, TX6.2 mi
Mar 24, 1954F14.9 mi0 / 4Collin County, TX5.7 mi

More: Denton County tornadoes · Texas tornado history · Hackberry 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 Hackberry

The National Weather Service mapped the path of 12 tornadoes within 10 miles of Hackberry in damage surveys (3 EF1, 9 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 14, 2024EF085 mph0.2 mi15 yd0 / 018:59–19:00 UTCNWS Fort Worth
Mar 14, 2024EF085 mph0.2 mi15 yd0 / 018:59–19:00 UTCNWS Fort Worth
Mar 14, 2024EF085 mph0.2 mi15 yd0 / 018:59–19:00 UTCNWS Fort Worth
Mar 14, 2024EF085 mph0.2 mi15 yd0 / 018:59–19:00 UTCNWS Fort Worth
Mar 14, 2024EF085 mph0.2 mi15 yd0 / 018:59–19:00 UTCNWS Fort Worth
Mar 14, 2024EF085 mph0.2 mi15 yd0 / 023:00–00:00 UTCNWS Fort Worth
Mar 14, 2024EF085 mph0.2 mi15 yd0 / 018:59–19:00 UTCNWS Fort Worth
Mar 21, 2022EF085 mph1.9 mi50 yd0 / 023:31–23:32 UTCNWS Fort Worth
Mar 28, 2017EF195 mph1.6 mi130 yd0 / 007:31–07:33 UTCNWS Fort Worth
Mar 8, 2016EF190 mph0.2 mi–0 / 014:53–14:54 UTCNWS Fort Worth
Nov 17, 2015EF1–2.2 mi–0 / 019:53 UTCNWS Fort Worth
May 10, 2015EF070 mph2.9 mi40 yd0 / 019:39–14:12 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.