Tornadoes · United States · Texas

1991 tornadoes in Texas

192 tornadoes touched down in Texas in 1991, 52 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 1 people and injured 24.

1990 1992 The whole country in 1991

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 1991

January 14 11 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 14	5:00 PM CST	F1	Lee	1.0	100			$5,000 to $50,000
January 14	5:50 PM CST	F0	Bastrop	0.2	20			$50 to $500
January 14	6:14 PM CST	F2	Bastrop	5.0	60			$50,000 to $500,000
January 14	6:18 PM CST	F1	Colorado	1.5	250	1	11	$5 million to $50 million
January 14	6:18 PM CST	F1	Wharton	0.5	50			$50,000 to $500,000
January 14	6:20 PM CST	F0	Wharton	0.2	20			$500 to $5,000
January 14	6:25 PM CST	F0	Wharton	0.2	20			$500 to $5,000
January 14	6:30 PM CST	F0	Wharton	0.2	20			$500 to $5,000
January 14	7:55 PM CST	F0	Matagorda	0.6	13			$500 to $5,000
January 14	9:40 PM CST	F1	Galveston	0.2	10			$5,000 to $50,000
January 14	10:26 PM CST	F0	Fort Bend	0.7	10			$500 to $5,000

January 18 9 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
January 18	7:05 AM CST	F1	Colorado	0.5	50		$500 to $5,000
January 18	7:25 AM CST	F0	Colorado	0.2	30		$500 to $5,000
January 18	7:30 AM CST	F0	Colorado	0.4	10		$500 to $5,000
January 18	7:45 AM CST	F0	Harris	0.5	13	1	$500 to $5,000
January 18	8:15 AM CST	F0	Harris	0.4	10		$500 to $5,000
January 18	8:30 AM CST	F0	Harris	0.5	10		$500 to $5,000
January 18	8:50 AM CST	F1	Harris	1.5	40	3	$5,000 to $50,000
January 18	10:00 AM CST	F0	Matagorda	0.2	20		$500 to $5,000
January 18	10:20 AM CST	F0	Brazoria	0.4	10		$50,000 to $500,000

February 18 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 18	1:30 PM CST	F2	Panola	4.0	300			$50,000 to $500,000

February 19 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
February 19	12:40 AM CST	F2	Gonzales	0.2	10
February 19	2:45 AM CST	F3	San Augustine	5.0	300	$500,000 to $5 million
February 19	2:55 AM CST	F2	San Augustine	5.0	200	$50,000 to $500,000
February 19	3:00 AM CST	F1	San Augustine	0.2	10

March 21 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 21	10:00 PM CST	F0	Taylor	0.2	10

March 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 28	10:20 PM CST	F0	San Patricio	2.0	23			$5,000 to $50,000

April 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 8	1:15 PM CDT	F0	Harris	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000

April 12 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 12	5:40 PM CDT	F2	Somervell	2.0	100	$50,000 to $500,000
April 12	5:55 PM CDT	F2	Somervell	3.0	150
April 12	6:45 PM CDT	F2	Johnson	2.0	200	$50,000 to $500,000
April 12	7:05 PM CDT	F2	Johnson	1.5	300	$5,000 to $50,000
April 12	7:51 PM CDT	F2	Johnson	0.2	10	$5,000 to $50,000
April 12	8:40 PM CDT	F0	Johnson	0.2	10	$500 to $5,000
April 12	8:55 PM CDT	F1	Johnson	0.2	10	$5,000 to $50,000

April 13 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 13	9:39 AM CDT	F0	Mills	0.2	10	$5,000 to $50,000
April 13	1:10 PM CDT	F2	Red River	12.0	100	$50,000 to $500,000
April 13	1:25 PM CDT	F2	Red River	2.5	200	$5,000 to $50,000
April 13	10:25 PM CDT	F0	Waller	0.2	10

April 17 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 17	6:51 PM CDT	F0	Bastrop	0.2	10
April 17	7:50 PM CDT	F0	Fayette	0.2	10		1	$500,000 to $5 million

April 18 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 18	6:42 PM CDT	F0	Navarro	0.2	10

April 24 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 24	3:20 PM CDT	F2	Kent	12.1	350		$5,000 to $50,000
April 24	4:03 PM CDT	F1	Stonewall	1.1	73		$5,000 to $50,000
April 24	4:38 PM CDT	F0	Swisher	0.2	250
April 24	4:50 PM CDT	F3	Haskell	3.5	200	1	$50,000 to $500,000

April 26 8 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 26	7:00 PM CDT	F2	Cherokee	0.2	10		$50,000 to $500,000
April 26	7:11 PM CDT	F3	Cherokee	3.0	200	1	$50,000 to $500,000
April 26	7:40 PM CDT	F2	Rusk	3.0	100		$5,000 to $50,000
April 26	8:00 PM CDT	F2	Rusk	0.2	10		$50,000 to $500,000
April 26	8:22 PM CDT	F1	Rusk	0.2	10		$500 to $5,000
April 26	10:00 PM CDT	F2	Red River	0.2	10		$50,000 to $500,000
April 26	10:19 PM CDT	F1	Red River	0.2	10		$5,000 to $50,000
April 26	10:30 PM CDT	F2	Red River	0.2	10		$50,000 to $500,000

April 27 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 27	2:05 AM CDT	F1	Red River	0.2	10			$500 to $5,000
April 27	3:50 PM CDT	F1	Cass	3.0	220			$500 to $5,000

April 28 9 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 28	12:27 PM CDT	F1	Hamilton	0.2	10	$50,000 to $500,000
April 28	12:30 PM CDT	F2	Hamilton	0.2	10	$50,000 to $500,000
April 28	1:33 PM CDT	F2	Denton	0.5	77	$50,000 to $500,000
April 28	2:10 PM CDT	F0	Ellis	0.2	10
April 28	2:30 PM CDT	F1	Grayson	0.2	10	$50,000 to $500,000
April 28	2:45 PM CDT	F0	Williamson	0.2	10
April 28	3:58 PM CDT	F0	Bastrop	0.2	10
April 28	4:20 PM CDT	F1	Cherokee	0.2	10	$500 to $5,000
April 28	4:50 PM CDT	F1	Rusk	0.2	10	$5,000 to $50,000

April 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 29	8:03 AM CDT	F0	Cameron	0.2	10			$500 to $5,000

May 2 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
May 2	2:25 PM CDT	F0	Fisher	0.7	77		$50 to $500
May 2	2:38 PM CDT	F1	Fisher	0.6	50	1	$5,000 to $50,000
May 2	3:18 PM CDT	F2	Jones	0.2	10		$5,000 to $50,000
May 2	3:50 PM CDT	F1	Haskell	0.2	10		$5,000 to $50,000
May 2	6:50 PM CDT	F1	Sutton	0.8	77		$50 to $500

May 3 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 3	1:15 PM CDT	F0	Runnels	0.7	70
May 3	2:49 PM CDT	F0	McCulloch	0.2	10
May 3	6:30 PM CDT	F1	Houston	0.2	10
May 3	9:10 PM CDT	F1	San Augustine	0.2	10	$500 to $5,000

May 4 10 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 4	1:09 PM CDT	F0	Runnels	0.8	80
May 4	6:50 PM CDT	F1	Smith	0.2	10	$5,000 to $50,000
May 4	7:18 PM CDT	F1	Lavaca	5.0	30	$50,000 to $500,000
May 4	7:31 PM CDT	F0	Washington	0.2	10
May 4	7:34 PM CDT	F0	Washington	0.2	10
May 4	8:03 PM CDT	F0	Washington	0.2	10
May 4	9:00 PM CDT	F0	Angelina	0.2	10
May 4	9:30 PM CDT	F1	Wharton	0.2	10	$50,000 to $500,000
May 4	11:00 PM CDT	F0	Montgomery	0.2	10
May 4	11:05 PM CDT	F0	Brazoria	0.2	10	$5,000 to $50,000

May 5 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 5	8:00 AM CDT	F2	Starr	1.0	200	$50,000 to $500,000
May 5	9:52 AM CDT	F0	Hidalgo	0.2	10	$50,000 to $500,000
May 5	3:00 PM CDT	F0	San Patricio	0.2	10

May 7 9 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 7	5:04 PM CDT	F0	Lubbock	3.5	80	under $50
May 7	5:08 PM CDT	F0	Lubbock	2.6	60
May 7	6:14 PM CDT	F0	Dawson	2.2	100	$500 to $5,000
May 7	6:21 PM CDT	F0	Dawson	1.2	80
May 7	6:38 PM CDT	F0	Dawson	1.5	100	$50 to $500
May 7	7:20 PM CDT	F0	Howard	0.3	40
May 7	7:21 PM CDT	F0	Borden	0.5	40
May 7	7:25 PM CDT	F2	Martin	3.5	120	$50,000 to $500,000
May 7	8:38 PM CDT	F0	Lubbock	0.4	50	$50 to $500

May 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 8	12:15 PM CDT	F0	Harris	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000

May 10 15 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
May 10	6:35 PM CDT	F0	Parmer	0.6	30
May 10	7:22 PM CDT	F3	Hockley	8.5	450		$50,000 to $500,000
May 10	7:38 PM CDT	F0	Parmer	1.0	30		$5,000 to $50,000
May 10	7:38 PM CDT	F0	Parmer	1.0	30
May 10	7:40 PM CDT	F1	Bailey	1.2	100		$50 to $500
May 10	7:42 PM CDT	F2	Parmer	3.0	100	1	$50,000 to $500,000
May 10	7:43 PM CDT	F0	Parmer	0.1	20		$500 to $5,000
May 10	7:48 PM CDT	F1	Parmer	0.5	60		$5,000 to $50,000
May 10	7:48 PM CDT	F0	Castro	0.1	20
May 10	8:00 PM CDT	F0	Bailey	0.7	60		under $50
May 10	8:12 PM CDT	F0	Lamb	1.5	80		$50 to $500
May 10	8:15 PM CDT	F1	Lamb	2.8	120		$50 to $500
May 10	8:20 PM CDT	F1	Dallam	7.0	160		$500 to $5,000
May 10	8:25 PM CDT	F0	Dallam	0.2	40		$50 to $500
May 10	9:28 PM CDT	F0	Lamb	0.4	70

May 11 8 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
May 11	7:47 PM CDT	F0	Castro	0.2	30
May 11	8:17 PM CDT	F0	Swisher	0.2	30
May 11	8:30 PM CDT	F0	Randall	0.1	30
May 11	8:45 PM CDT	F0	Randall	0.2	30
May 11	9:05 PM CDT	F0	Lamb	0.3	30
May 11	9:05 PM CDT	F0	Swisher	0.1	30
May 11	9:52 PM CDT	F1	Hale	3.5	80	2	$50,000 to $500,000
May 11	10:50 PM CDT	F1	Hale	1.2	70		$500 to $5,000

May 13 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 13	5:06 PM CDT	F0	Hale	0.5	30
May 13	5:48 PM CDT	F0	Hutchinson	0.2	30
May 13	6:50 PM CDT	F0	Hutchinson	0.1	20

May 15 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 15	9:17 PM CDT	F3	Collingsworth	15.0	450			$50,000 to $500,000

May 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 22	6:01 PM CDT	F0	Reeves	0.5	50

May 23 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 23	3:28 PM CDT	F0	Reeves	0.5	50
May 23	8:05 PM CDT	F0	Gray	0.1	20

May 28 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 28	10:01 PM CDT	F0	Hartley	0.5	40
May 28	10:10 PM CDT	F0	Hartley	0.1	30

May 29 8 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 29	6:12 PM CDT	F0	Ochiltree	0.5	60	$5,000 to $50,000
May 29	6:47 PM CDT	F0	Randall	0.5	50
May 29	6:51 PM CDT	F0	Potter	2.8	60
May 29	7:08 PM CDT	F0	Hutchinson	0.1	20
May 29	7:10 PM CDT	F0	Moore	2.0	40
May 29	7:48 PM CDT	F0	Randall	0.2	30
May 29	8:30 PM CDT	F0	Carson	0.1	20
May 29	9:05 PM CDT	F0	Carson	0.2	30

June 1 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
June 1	1:25 PM CDT	F0	Motley	0.2	30
June 1	2:40 PM CDT	F0	Childress	0.1	20
June 1	3:48 PM CDT	F0	Cottle	0.3	30

June 2 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 2	10:28 AM CDT	F1	Hood	0.2	10	$5,000 to $50,000
June 2	10:50 AM CDT	F0	Parker	0.2	10
June 2	10:58 AM CDT	F0	Howard	0.2	30
June 2	11:18 AM CDT	F0	Parker	0.2	10
June 2	11:25 AM CDT	F0	Parker	0.2	10
June 2	12:20 PM CDT	F0	Wise	0.2	10

June 5 8 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
June 5	3:55 PM CDT	F1	Castro	2.0	150
June 5	6:17 PM CDT	F0	Swisher	0.1	20
June 5	6:55 PM CDT	F0	Glasscock	0.1	20
June 5	7:08 PM CDT	F0	Lamb	0.2	30
June 5	7:33 PM CDT	F0	Hale	0.3	20
June 5	8:15 PM CDT	F0	Scurry	0.4	30
June 5	8:28 PM CDT	F0	Floyd	0.2	30
June 5	9:30 PM CDT	F0	Nolan	0.6	40

June 6 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 6	3:58 PM CDT	F0	Reeves	0.2	30
June 6	4:02 PM CDT	F0	Pecos	0.1	30
June 6	5:50 PM CDT	F0	Fort Bend	0.2	10	$5,000 to $50,000
June 6	6:15 PM CDT	F0	Fort Bend	0.2	10	$500 to $5,000
June 6	6:25 PM CDT	F0	Dawson	0.3	30

June 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 7	12:20 PM CDT	F0	San Patricio	0.2	10

June 10 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 10	7:58 PM CDT	F0	Reeves	0.6	40

June 14 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 14	8:43 PM CDT	F1	Scurry	0.7	50			$500 to $5,000
June 14	9:20 PM CDT	F1	Scurry	4.5	50			$500 to $5,000

June 16 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
June 16	8:10 PM CDT	F0	Kerr	0.2	10
June 16	8:40 PM CDT	F0	Jackson	0.2	10
June 16	10:23 PM CDT	F0	Jackson	0.1	30		$500 to $5,000
June 16	11:15 PM CDT	F0	Jackson	0.5	100	2	$5,000 to $50,000

June 20 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 20	11:35 AM CDT	F0	Refugio	0.2	10
June 20	11:40 AM CDT	F0	Refugio	0.2	10

June 21 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 21	6:55 PM CDT	F0	Pecos	0.2	30
June 21	7:40 PM CDT	F1	Howard	0.5	40			$500 to $5,000

June 23 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 23	7:03 PM CDT	F0	Castro	0.1	20
June 23	9:18 PM CDT	F0	Lamb	0.1	20

July 21 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 21	7:00 PM CDT	F0	Val Verde	0.1	10			$5,000 to $50,000

August 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 7	2:18 PM CDT	F0	Wharton	0.1	50

August 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 22	4:40 PM CDT	F1	Hays	0.2	30			$500 to $5,000

September 3 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 3	2:35 PM CDT	F0	Kleberg	0.1	10

September 23 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 23	12:30 PM CDT	F0	Cameron	0.2	10

September 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 24	9:25 PM CDT	F1	Bee	1.0	10			$5,000 to $50,000

October 1 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 1	5:35 PM CDT	F1	Jackson	0.1	50			$50,000 to $500,000

October 2 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 2	4:45 PM CDT	F0	Fort Bend	0.1	10

October 27 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
October 27	4:40 PM CST	F0	Bailey	0.5	30	$500 to $5,000
October 27	5:02 PM CST	F0	Dawson	0.5	73
October 27	5:06 PM CST	F1	Dawson	4.0	120	under $50
October 27	5:40 PM CST	F0	Martin	0.5	50
October 27	5:45 PM CST	F2	Martin	1.0	200
October 27	6:30 PM CST	F0	Martin	0.3	20

November 19 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
November 19	11:20 AM CST	F2	Smith	7.0	150	$50,000 to $500,000
November 19	11:30 AM CST	F1	Anderson	0.1	10	$5,000 to $50,000
November 19	11:37 AM CST	F2	Smith	2.5	100	$5,000 to $50,000
November 19	2:46 PM CST	F1	Nacogdoches	0.5	30	$5,000 to $50,000

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.