Terrell, TX tornado history
17 tornadoes have passed within 10 miles of the center of Terrell, TX from 1950 through 2025, according to the NOAA Storm Prediction Center, ranking 372nd 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 March 29, 2022 (EF1, 0.5-mile path); the strongest, on April 3, 2012, was rated EF3. The deadliest, on April 25, 1970, killed 1 along its path.
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.
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 Terrell, TX
| Date | Rating | Path length | Deaths / injuries | Started in | Closest to center |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2022 | EF1 | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 | Rockwall County, TX | 8.0 mi |
| Oct 20, 2019 | EF1 | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 | Kaufman County, TX | 9.9 mi |
| Oct 20, 2019 | EF0 | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 | Kaufman County, TX | 4.3 mi |
| May 10, 2015 | EF0 | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 | Kaufman County, TX | 5.6 mi |
| Apr 3, 2012 | EF3 | 7.7 mi | 0 / 7 | Kaufman County, TX | 5.9 mi |
| Jan 17, 1996 | F1 | 4.0 mi | 0 / 0 | Kaufman County, TX | 5.7 mi |
| Apr 19, 1995 | F1 | 1.0 mi | 0 / 0 | Kaufman County, TX | 7.5 mi |
| Apr 19, 1995 | F1 | 2.0 mi | 0 / 0 | Kaufman County, TX | 5.3 mi |
| Apr 29, 1994 | F0 | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 | Kaufman County, TX | 1.1 mi |
| Apr 29, 1994 | F1 | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 | Kaufman County, TX | 8.9 mi |
| Oct 18, 1993 | F0 | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 | Kaufman County, TX | 1.1 mi |
| May 9, 1993 | F1 | 19.0 mi | 0 / 0 | Kaufman County, TX | 3.4 mi |
| May 9, 1993 | F0 | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 | Kaufman County, TX | 7.3 mi |
| Apr 21, 1974 | F2 | 1.0 mi | 0 / 0 | Kaufman County, TX | 1.1 mi |
| Mar 24, 1972 | F2 | 2.0 mi | 0 / 0 | Kaufman County, TX | 8.4 mi |
| Apr 25, 1970 | F2 | 0.1 mi | 1 / 0 | Kaufman County, TX | 4.3 mi |
| Apr 2, 1957 | F0 | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 | Kaufman County, TX | 2.0 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 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 Terrell
The National Weather Service mapped the path of 4 tornadoes within 10 miles of Terrell in damage surveys (1 EF3, 2 EF1, 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.
| Date | Rating | Peak wind | Path length | Max width | Deaths / injuries | On the ground | Surveyed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2022 | EF1 | 100 mph | 0.5 mi | 50 yd | 0 / 0 | 09:34–09:36 UTC | NWS Fort Worth |
| Oct 20, 2019 | EF1 | 105 mph | 0.5 mi | 500 yd | 0 / 0 | 03:39–03:41 UTC | NWS Fort Worth |
| Oct 20, 2019 | EF0 | 80 mph | 0.1 mi | – | 0 / 0 | 03:27 UTC | NWS Fort Worth |
| Apr 3, 2012 | EF3 | 150 mph | 8.1 mi | 150 yd | 0 / 0 | 15:33–00:00 UTC | NWS 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.