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1984 tornadoes in Texas

93 tornadoes touched down in Texas in 1984, 26 percent below the average of the record for the state. They killed 2 people and injured 93.

1983 1985 The whole country in 1984

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

F040 to 72 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
F173 to 112 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
F2113 to 157 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
F3158 to 206 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
F4207 to 260 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
F5261 to 318 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

Every tornado in Texas in 1984

February 11 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
February 11	5:35 PM CST	F2	Leon	1.5	100	3	$500,000 to $5 million
February 11	6:00 PM CST	F2	Leon	0.5	100		$5,000 to $50,000
February 11	7:20 PM CST	F2	Anderson	1.0	100	3	$500,000 to $5 million

February 12 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
February 12	3:10 AM CST	F0	Bexar	0.3	40	$5,000 to $50,000
February 12	3:15 AM CST	F0	Bexar	0.3	40	$50 to $500
February 12	3:20 AM CST	F0	Bexar	0.3	40	$50 to $500
February 12	3:25 AM CST	F0	Bexar	0.3	40	$500 to $5,000
February 12	7:00 AM CST	F0	Galveston	0.1	33	under $50
February 12	7:25 AM CST	F0	Harris	0.3	33	$50,000 to $500,000

February 26 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
February 26	4:00 AM CST	F1	Erath	0.3	30	$5,000 to $50,000
February 26	7:10 AM CST	F1	McLennan	0.5	30	$50,000 to $500,000
February 26	5:00 PM CST	F0	Hunt	0.1	10	under $50
February 26	5:15 PM CST	F0	Hunt	0.1	10	under $50

March 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 12	4:00 AM CST	F0	Victoria	0.1	10		1	$5,000 to $50,000

March 18 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 18	4:03 PM CST	F0	Denton	1.0	30			$50 to $500
March 18	5:13 PM CST	F0	Tarrant	1.0	30			$50 to $500

March 23 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 23	4:45 PM CST	F1	Dallas	0.8	40			$5,000 to $50,000
March 23	5:20 PM CST	F0	Rockwall	0.5	30			$500 to $5,000

March 27 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
March 27	2:00 PM CST	F0	Atascosa	0.1	10	$50 to $500
March 27	4:30 PM CST	F1	Collin	1.0	30	$500 to $5,000
March 27	5:15 PM CST	F0	Hunt	1.0	40	$5,000 to $50,000
March 27	7:40 PM CST	F0	Cass	0.5	40	$500 to $5,000

April 7 9 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 7	10:15 AM CST	F0	Scurry	0.1	50	under $50
April 7	10:40 AM CST	F0	Mitchell	0.1	30	under $50
April 7	10:40 AM CST	F0	Mitchell	0.1	30	under $50
April 7	10:50 AM CST	F0	Fisher	0.1	10	under $50
April 7	1:10 PM CST	F0	Throckmorton	0.5	10	under $50
April 7	1:35 PM CST	F0	Throckmorton	0.5	10	under $50
April 7	2:15 PM CST	F0	Young	0.8	10	under $50
April 7	3:40 PM CST	F0	Kendall	0.1	10	under $50
April 7	4:00 PM CST	F0	Bexar	0.1	10	$500 to $5,000

April 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 8	1:45 AM CST	F0	Tyler	0.1	17			$5,000 to $50,000

April 10 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 10	4:20 PM CST	F0	Panola	0.5	10	under $50
April 10	4:42 PM CST	F0	Panola	0.5	10	under $50
April 10	4:50 PM CST	F0	Harrison	0.5	10	under $50
April 10	5:30 PM CST	F0	Cass	0.5	10	under $50
April 10	11:30 PM CST	F0	Jefferson	0.8	50	$50,000 to $500,000

April 20 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 20	6:15 PM CST	F0	Grayson	0.5	10			under $50
April 20	6:35 PM CST	F0	Fannin	0.5	10			under $50

April 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 29	6:30 PM CDT	F0	Panola	0.5	30			under $50

May 1 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 1	8:44 PM CDT	F3	Motley	8.0	440		1	$500,000 to $5 million

May 2 10 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 2	4:30 PM CDT	F0	Anderson	0.1	10
May 2	4:30 PM CDT	F0	Wood	0.1	10
May 2	4:40 PM CDT	F0	Wood	0.1	10
May 2	5:10 PM CDT	F0	Bowie	0.1	10
May 2	5:50 PM CDT	F0	Bowie	0.1	10
May 2	7:20 PM CDT	F0	Panola	0.1	10
May 2	7:22 PM CDT	F1	Shelby	6.0	100
May 2	11:30 PM CDT	F0	Red River	0.1	10
May 2	11:35 PM CDT	F0	Red River	0.1	10
May 2	12:17 AM CDT	F0	Red River	0.1	10

May 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 7	5:20 PM CDT	F0	Bexar	0.1	10

May 18 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 18	2:08 PM CDT	F0	Gaines	0.1	40
May 18	3:18 PM CDT	F0	Dawson	0.1	30

May 19 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 19	1:40 PM CDT	F0	Jackson	0.1	10		1	$50,000 to $500,000
May 19	6:20 PM CDT	F0	Palo Pinto	0.3	100

May 21 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 21	12:30 PM CDT	F0	Jasper	0.1	10
May 21	4:40 PM CDT	F0	San Jacinto	0.1	10			$50,000 to $500,000

May 23 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 23	3:19 PM CDT	F0	Pecos	0.1	30

June 4 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 4	9:20 AM CDT	F0	Tom Green	0.1	17
June 4	10:50 AM CDT	F0	Tom Green	0.1	17

June 5 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 5	9:15 PM CDT	F0	Comanche	0.1	10
June 5	12:30 AM CDT	F1	Tom Green	1.0	37	1		$5,000 to $50,000

June 6 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 6	4:15 AM CDT	F0	Brown	0.1	10
June 6	8:15 AM CDT	F0	Gonzales	0.5	20		1	$50,000 to $500,000

June 10 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 10	2:13 PM CDT	F0	Moore	9.0	10
June 10	3:47 PM CDT	F0	Wheeler	0.1	10
June 10	5:20 PM CDT	F1	Armstrong	0.1	20	$500 to $5,000
June 10	5:50 PM CDT	F1	Armstrong	0.1	20	$5,000 to $50,000

June 14 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
June 14	3:20 PM CDT	F0	Hockley	0.1	10
June 14	3:26 PM CDT	F0	Hockley	0.1	10
June 14	3:40 PM CDT	F0	Hockley	0.1	10

June 15 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 15	6:10 PM CDT	F0	Lubbock	0.2	20

June 27 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
June 27	5:02 PM CDT	F0	Wheeler	0.1	10
June 27	5:30 PM CDT	F0	Collingsworth	0.1	10
June 27	5:30 PM CDT	F0	Collingsworth	0.1	10
June 27	6:25 PM CDT	F0	Hall	0.1	10

June 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 28	7:15 PM CDT	F0	Parker	0.1	50

August 4 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 4	3:35 PM CDT	F0	Mitchell	0.2	20			$50 to $500

August 8 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 8	12:16 PM CDT	F0	Callahan	0.1	10
August 8	12:17 AM CDT	F0	Randall	0.1	10

August 30 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 30	3:45 PM CDT	F0	Nacogdoches	0.1	10

September 21 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 21	6:00 PM CDT	F0	Galveston	0.1	10			under $50

October 6 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 6	2:45 PM CDT	F0	Coleman	1.0	30			$5,000 to $50,000

October 18 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 18	5:30 PM CDT	F0	Bowie	1.0	30
October 18	7:50 PM CDT	F1	Hopkins	1.0	30			$5,000 to $50,000
October 18	8:00 PM CDT	F2	Titus	5.0	50	1	2	$50,000 to $500,000

October 20 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 20	5:00 PM CDT	F1	Shelby	1.0	30			$5,000 to $50,000

October 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 22	1:30 AM CDT	F1	Harris	5.0	300			$5 million to $50 million

December 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
December 13	9:45 AM CST	F3	Dallas	10.0	500		28	$5 million to $50 million

December 31 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
December 31	10:00 AM CST	F1	Matagorda	0.1	10		$5,000 to $50,000
December 31	11:30 AM CST	F2	Harris	4.0	200	53	$5 million to $50 million
December 31	11:40 AM CST	F1	Harris	0.5	50		$50,000 to $500,000

Nearby

Every tornado in Texas since 1950 Warnings in force in Texas The live radar over Texas

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.