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1993 tornadoes in Texas

117 tornadoes touched down in Texas in 1993, about the average of the record for the state. They killed 2 people and injured 113.

1992 1994 The whole country in 1993

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 1993

January 4 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 4	4:10 AM CST	F0	Smith	0.1	100			$50,000 to $500,000

February 25 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
February 25	4:14 AM CST	F1	Ellis	0.5	333	$50,000 to $500,000
February 25	11:31 AM CST	F0	Fort Bend	1.0	100	$500 to $5,000
February 25	11:45 AM CST	F0	Brazoria	1.0	100	$500 to $5,000
February 25	12:10 PM CST	F0	Harris	1.0	100	$50,000 to $500,000

March 15 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 15	10:09 PM CST	F1	Matagorda	0.5	200			$5,000 to $50,000

March 29 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
March 29	1:32 PM CST	F1	Lubbock	0.4	40	$5,000 to $50,000
March 29	1:40 PM CST	F0	Lubbock	0.3	50	$500 to $5,000
March 29	5:00 PM CST	F0	Knox	0.1	20
March 29	6:30 PM CST	F0	Wilbarger	0.1	40

April 3 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 3	4:23 PM CST	F0	Hardeman	1.5	50

April 7 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 7	2:25 PM CDT	F2	Wharton	0.5	400	$5,000 to $50,000
April 7	2:30 PM CDT	F1	Fort Bend	0.2	100	$5,000 to $50,000
April 7	3:00 PM CDT	F1	Fort Bend	0.2	100	$5,000 to $50,000
April 7	3:10 PM CDT	F1	Harris	0.2	100	$500 to $5,000

April 8 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 8	3:43 AM CDT	F1	Kleberg	2.0	50			$50,000 to $500,000
April 8	4:15 AM CDT	F1	Duval	1.0	30			$50,000 to $500,000

April 14 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 14	3:05 AM CDT	F1	Taylor	5.0	150	$50,000 to $500,000
April 14	8:15 AM CDT	F0	Freestone	0.1	10	$50 to $500
April 14	3:00 PM CDT	F0	Sabine	0.1	10	$50,000 to $500,000
April 14	3:00 PM CDT	F1	Brazoria	0.2	100	$5,000 to $50,000

April 19 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 19	8:20 PM CDT	F0	Hunt	0.1	10
April 19	8:20 PM CDT	F0	Rains	0.1	10
April 19	9:08 PM CDT	F0	San Saba	0.2	13	$50 to $500

April 28 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
April 28	6:41 PM CDT	F0	Oldham	0.2	50
April 28	6:51 PM CDT	F0	Potter	1.5	73
April 28	7:47 PM CDT	F1	Carson	2.5	100

May 1 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 1	8:26 PM CDT	F0	Wichita	0.1	20

May 5 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 5	6:15 PM CDT	F0	Hansford	0.5	100

May 7 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 7	5:55 PM CDT	F0	Hemphill	0.5	73
May 7	6:31 PM CDT	F0	Collingsworth	1.0	100
May 7	6:45 PM CDT	F0	Collingsworth	1.0	100

May 8 9 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 8	2:57 PM CDT	F0	Baylor	8.0	80
May 8	5:08 PM CDT	F0	Clay	0.1	20
May 8	5:20 PM CDT	F0	Clay	0.1	20
May 8	6:42 PM CDT	F1	Clay	8.0	90	$50,000 to $500,000
May 8	6:45 PM CDT	F0	Montague	0.1	10
May 8	7:00 PM CDT	F0	Montague	0.1	10	$500 to $5,000
May 8	9:00 PM CDT	F0	Montague	0.1	10
May 8	9:00 PM CDT	F1	Cooke	0.1	10	$500 to $5,000
May 8	10:45 PM CDT	F1	Young	0.1	10

May 9 16 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 9	1:30 PM CDT	F2	Collin	12.0	100	1	63	$500,000 to $5 million
May 9	2:10 PM CDT	F0	Kaufman	0.1	10
May 9	2:15 PM CDT	F0	Kaufman	0.1	10
May 9	2:20 PM CDT	F1	Kaufman	19.0	100			$5,000 to $50,000
May 9	2:45 PM CDT	F0	Navarro	0.1	10
May 9	2:51 PM CDT	F0	Hill	0.1	10
May 9	2:51 PM CDT	F0	Hill	0.1	10
May 9	2:51 PM CDT	F0	Hill	5.0	100
May 9	3:05 PM CDT	F0	Ellis	0.1	10
May 9	3:08 PM CDT	F0	Johnson	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000
May 9	3:18 PM CDT	F0	Navarro	0.1	10
May 9	3:25 PM CDT	F1	Ellis	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000
May 9	5:45 PM CDT	F1	Bowie	3.0	100			$5,000 to $50,000
May 9	6:02 PM CDT	F1	Anderson	2.0	100			$50,000 to $500,000
May 9	7:45 PM CDT	F0	Comal	0.1	20
May 9	7:45 PM CDT	F0	Comal	0.1	10

May 17 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 17	7:34 PM CDT	F1	Wheeler	2.5	150			$500 to $5,000

May 18 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 18	1:00 PM CDT	F0	DeWitt	0.1	20
May 18	1:40 PM CDT	F0	DeWitt	0.1	30	$50 to $500
May 18	2:00 PM CDT	F0	Victoria	0.1	10	$50 to $500
May 18	2:00 PM CDT	F0	Victoria	0.1	13
May 18	4:00 PM CDT	F0	Chambers	0.1	23	$5,000 to $50,000

May 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 29	9:00 PM CDT	F0	Haskell	0.1	10

May 30 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 30	1:35 PM CDT	F0	Harris	0.1	50
May 30	3:20 PM CDT	F0	Fort Bend	0.1	100

June 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 8	10:10 PM CDT	F0	Fannin	0.1	10

June 11 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 11	2:45 PM CDT	F0	Aransas	0.1	30			$5,000 to $50,000

June 16 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 16	4:55 PM CDT	F1	Eastland	0.1	10			$5,000 to $50,000

June 26 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 26	3:31 PM CDT	F0	Brazoria	0.1	10

July 7 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
July 7	7:29 PM CDT	F0	Castro	0.5	73
July 7	8:00 PM CDT	F0	Carson	0.5	50
July 7	8:35 PM CDT	F0	Bailey	0.5	50	$500 to $5,000

July 30 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 30	6:00 PM CDT	F0	San Jacinto	0.2	20			$50,000 to $500,000

September 13 11 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
September 13	7:10 AM CDT	F1	Johnson	13.0	150	2	$5 million to $50 million
September 13	8:10 AM CDT	F2	Tarrant	8.0	100		$500,000 to $5 million
September 13	8:37 AM CDT	F2	Tarrant	2.0	100	5	$500,000 to $5 million
September 13	9:00 AM CDT	F1	Tarrant	6.0	80		$50,000 to $500,000
September 13	9:23 AM CDT	F1	Denton	13.0	100		$50,000 to $500,000
September 13	10:45 AM CDT	F0	Denton	0.1	10
September 13	11:00 AM CDT	F1	Denton	0.5	100	1	$50,000 to $500,000
September 13	11:10 AM CDT	F0	Collin	0.1	10
September 13	2:00 PM CDT	F1	McLennan	6.0	100		$50,000 to $500,000
September 13	8:18 PM CDT	F0	Stephens	0.1	10		$5,000 to $50,000
September 13	8:40 PM CDT	F0	Stephens	2.0	100		$5,000 to $50,000

September 20 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 20	4:30 PM CDT	F0	Hunt	0.1	10

October 12 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
October 12	3:20 PM CDT	F0	Terrell	0.1	13
October 12	6:12 PM CDT	F1	Baylor	7.0	40
October 12	6:45 PM CDT	F1	Gray	2.0	73		$50,000 to $500,000
October 12	7:35 PM CDT	F1	Throckmorton	0.1	10		$50,000 to $500,000
October 12	10:45 PM CDT	F2	Comanche	2.0	800	12	$500,000 to $5 million

October 17 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
October 17	8:25 PM CDT	F1	McLennan	0.5	500	$5,000 to $50,000
October 17	8:50 PM CDT	F0	McLennan	0.5	500	$500 to $5,000
October 17	11:20 PM CDT	F0	Parker	0.1	10
October 17	12:00 AM CDT	F0	Johnson	0.1	10

October 18 9 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Damage
October 18	8:25 AM CDT	F0	Lampasas	0.1	10
October 18	6:10 PM CDT	F0	Kaufman	0.1	10		$500 to $5,000
October 18	6:15 PM CDT	F2	Rains	2.0	100	1	$50,000 to $500,000
October 18	6:20 PM CDT	F1	Van Zandt	1.0	100
October 18	6:40 PM CDT	F2	Wood	10.0	100		$50,000 to $500,000
October 18	6:43 PM CDT	F1	Wood	5.0	100		$5,000 to $50,000
October 18	7:40 PM CDT	F0	Camp	0.1	10
October 18	8:00 PM CDT	F0	Camp	0.1	10
October 18	10:20 PM CDT	F0	Scurry	0.1	10

October 19 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
October 19	8:15 PM CDT	F0	McLennan	0.1	10
October 19	8:32 PM CDT	F1	Val Verde	0.5	30		$5,000 to $50,000
October 19	8:37 PM CDT	F1	Val Verde	1.5	50	4	$50,000 to $500,000
October 19	11:00 PM CDT	F0	Burnet	0.1	10

October 20 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 20	3:25 AM CDT	F1	Anderson	7.0	100			$50,000 to $500,000

November 16 8 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
November 16	7:10 AM CST	F0	Brazoria	0.1	10		$50 to $500
November 16	9:20 AM CST	F0	Liberty	0.3	100
November 16	9:49 AM CST	F1	Harris	2.0	100	26	$500,000 to $5 million
November 16	10:27 AM CST	F0	Harris	1.0	100
November 16	10:35 AM CST	F0	Liberty	2.0	100
November 16	11:30 AM CST	F0	Liberty	0.5	100
November 16	11:47 AM CST	F0	Polk	0.2	50		$50 to $500
November 16	12:19 PM CST	F1	Chambers	0.2	100		$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.