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1994 tornadoes in Texas

187 tornadoes touched down in Texas in 1994, 48 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 4 people and injured 98. 1 were rated F4 or EF4 and above.

1993 1995 The whole country in 1994

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 1994

February 19 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 19	3:26 PM CST	F2	Shackelford	0.1	10

February 21 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 21	3:01 PM CST	F0	Wichita	0.5	13

February 23 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 23	4:27 AM CST	F0	Bee	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000
February 23	4:39 AM CST	F1	Bee	1.0	10		5	$50,000 to $500,000

March 26 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 26	1:55 PM CST	F0	Palo Pinto	0.1	10

March 27 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 27	1:05 AM CST	F0	Bexar	0.5	30			$50 to $500

April 15 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 15	12:37 PM CDT	F0	Nacogdoches	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000
April 15	4:55 PM CDT	F0	Madison	1.0	100			$5,000 to $50,000
April 15	4:56 PM CDT	F2	Harris	5.0	300	1	20	$5,000 to $50,000
April 15	7:50 PM CDT	F0	Live Oak	0.1	10			under $50

April 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 22	12:53 PM CDT	F0	Ector	0.1	10

April 25 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 25	7:42 PM CDT	F0	Tarrant	0.1	10
April 25	8:50 PM CDT	F0	Dallas	0.1	10			$5,000 to $50,000
April 25	9:00 PM CDT	F2	Dallas	2.0	400		7	$5 million to $50 million
April 25	9:30 PM CDT	F4	Dallas	6.0	800	3	48	$50 million to $500 million
April 25	9:58 PM CDT	F0	Ellis	0.1	10
April 25	9:58 PM CDT	F0	Ellis	0.1	10

April 26 29 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 26	12:50 PM CDT	F0	Archer	0.1	20
April 26	1:05 PM CDT	F2	Archer	9.5	150		$50,000 to $500,000
April 26	2:40 PM CDT	F0	Montague	0.1	10
April 26	2:55 PM CDT	F0	Wise	0.1	10
April 26	3:07 PM CDT	F0	Montague	2.8	100
April 26	3:30 PM CDT	F1	Montague	5.0	200		$50,000 to $500,000
April 26	3:30 PM CDT	F0	Montague	0.1	10
April 26	3:37 PM CDT	F0	Cooke	0.1	10
April 26	3:45 PM CDT	F2	Cooke	16.0	200	8	$5 million to $50 million
April 26	3:50 PM CDT	F0	Cooke	1.0	100		$50,000 to $500,000
April 26	4:05 PM CDT	F0	Cooke	0.1	10		$500 to $5,000
April 26	4:10 PM CDT	F0	Cooke	4.0	100		$5,000 to $50,000
April 26	4:30 PM CDT	F0	Grayson	0.1	10
April 26	4:40 PM CDT	F0	Grayson	0.1	10
April 26	4:52 PM CDT	F0	Comanche	0.1	10
April 26	5:11 PM CDT	F0	Comanche	0.1	10
April 26	5:15 PM CDT	F0	Grayson	0.1	10
April 26	6:05 PM CDT	F0	Erath	0.1	10
April 26	6:20 PM CDT	F2	Bosque	1.0	100	1	$50,000 to $500,000
April 26	7:00 PM CDT	F0	Fannin	0.1	10
April 26	7:00 PM CDT	F2	Lamar	6.0	100		$50,000 to $500,000
April 26	7:06 PM CDT	F0	Bosque	0.1	10
April 26	7:20 PM CDT	F0	Fannin	0.1	10
April 26	7:20 PM CDT	F0	Fannin	0.1	10		$5,000 to $50,000
April 26	7:25 PM CDT	F0	Lamar	0.1	10
April 26	8:30 PM CDT	F0	Bosque	0.1	10
April 26	8:35 PM CDT	F0	Red River	0.1	10
April 26	8:50 PM CDT	F0	Erath	0.1	10		$5,000 to $50,000
April 26	9:43 PM CDT	F1	Bosque	0.1	10		$50,000 to $500,000

April 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 28	12:57 AM CDT	F0	Johnson	0.1	10			$5,000 to $50,000

April 29 10 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 29	1:23 AM CDT	F0	Johnson	0.1	10
April 29	1:40 AM CDT	F0	Johnson	0.1	10	$5,000 to $50,000
April 29	2:15 AM CDT	F0	Dallas	0.1	10
April 29	2:40 PM CDT	F0	Pecos	0.5	30
April 29	8:20 PM CDT	F0	Kinney	0.1	10	under $50
April 29	8:37 PM CDT	F0	Kaufman	0.1	10
April 29	8:38 PM CDT	F1	Kaufman	0.1	10	$5,000 to $50,000
April 29	8:53 PM CDT	F0	Kaufman	0.1	10
April 29	9:38 PM CDT	F0	Hunt	0.1	10
April 29	10:17 PM CDT	F2	Rains	12.0	100	$500,000 to $5 million

May 2 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 2	8:15 PM CDT	F1	Leon	0.1	10			$50,000 to $500,000

May 9 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 9	8:10 AM CDT	F0	Schleicher	0.4	20	$5,000 to $50,000
May 9	5:40 PM CDT	F1	Dallam	2.0	100
May 9	5:45 PM CDT	F0	San Jacinto	0.1	10
May 9	6:10 PM CDT	F0	Dallam	1.0	23
May 9	6:10 PM CDT	F0	Trinity	1.0	50
May 9	8:21 PM CDT	F0	Pecos	0.2	50

May 10 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 10	2:26 AM CDT	F0	Reeves	0.5	50

May 11 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 11	3:30 AM CDT	F0	Mitchell	3.5	50
May 11	3:45 PM CDT	F0	Taylor	0.1	10
May 11	5:30 PM CDT	F0	Jones	0.1	10
May 11	5:32 PM CDT	F0	Mitchell	0.1	10
May 11	6:30 PM CDT	F0	Nolan	0.1	10
May 11	6:40 PM CDT	F0	Pecos	2.5	50

May 12 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 12	1:25 PM CDT	F0	Ector	0.1	10
May 12	1:54 PM CDT	F0	Crane	0.1	10
May 12	7:25 PM CDT	F0	Scurry	0.1	10
May 12	7:40 PM CDT	F2	Fisher	2.0	73	$50,000 to $500,000

May 13 29 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
May 13	8:00 AM CDT	F0	Galveston	4.0	50		$5,000 to $50,000
May 13	11:45 AM CDT	F3	Burnet	3.5	880	1	$500,000 to $5 million
May 13	12:52 PM CDT	F2	Lavaca	0.2	50		$5,000 to $50,000
May 13	1:05 PM CDT	F0	Williamson	0.2	30		$500 to $5,000
May 13	1:26 PM CDT	F0	Hays	0.2	30		$50 to $500
May 13	1:35 PM CDT	F0	Colorado	0.1	10
May 13	2:15 PM CDT	F2	Washington	3.0	50		$5,000 to $50,000
May 13	2:30 PM CDT	F0	Montgomery	0.1	10
May 13	2:43 PM CDT	F0	Colorado	0.1	10
May 13	2:45 PM CDT	F0	Bastrop	0.2	30		$500 to $5,000
May 13	2:47 PM CDT	F1	Lavaca	1.0	90		$50,000 to $500,000
May 13	3:01 PM CDT	F0	Austin	0.1	10
May 13	3:03 PM CDT	F1	Washington	4.0	50		$5,000 to $50,000
May 13	3:15 PM CDT	F0	Bastrop	0.2	30		$500 to $5,000
May 13	3:30 PM CDT	F0	Polk	0.1	10
May 13	3:46 PM CDT	F0	Washington	0.1	10
May 13	4:00 PM CDT	F0	Burleson	0.1	10
May 13	4:25 PM CDT	F0	Brazos	0.1	10
May 13	4:27 PM CDT	F0	Austin	0.1	10	1	$500 to $5,000
May 13	5:10 PM CDT	F0	Waller	0.1	10		$5,000 to $50,000
May 13	5:10 PM CDT	F0	Waller	0.1	10		$5,000 to $50,000
May 13	5:10 PM CDT	F0	Waller	0.1	10		$5,000 to $50,000
May 13	5:10 PM CDT	F0	Waller	0.1	10		$5,000 to $50,000
May 13	5:20 PM CDT	F1	Montgomery	4.0	50		$5,000 to $50,000
May 13	5:20 PM CDT	F0	Houston	0.1	10
May 13	5:20 PM CDT	F0	Houston	0.1	10
May 13	5:40 PM CDT	F1	Jim Wells	0.5	70
May 13	6:05 PM CDT	F0	Montgomery	0.1	10
May 13	6:20 PM CDT	F0	Walker	0.1	10

May 14 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 14	3:30 PM CDT	F0	Houston	0.1	10
May 14	6:15 PM CDT	F0	Hill	0.1	10
May 14	8:23 PM CDT	F0	Hunt	0.1	10
May 14	10:40 PM CDT	F0	Cass	0.1	10	$500 to $5,000

May 16 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 16	1:00 AM CDT	F0	Galveston	0.1	10			$5,000 to $50,000

May 18 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 18	2:24 PM CDT	F0	Pecos	2.0	50

May 25 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 25	4:48 PM CDT	F0	Martin	0.2	50	$500 to $5,000
May 25	5:36 PM CDT	F1	Hall	5.0	50	$5,000 to $50,000
May 25	5:50 PM CDT	F1	Childress	3.0	400	$5,000 to $50,000
May 25	7:15 PM CDT	F0	Hardeman	0.1	67
May 25	7:27 PM CDT	F0	Callahan	0.1	10
May 25	8:15 PM CDT	F0	Callahan	0.1	10
May 25	9:30 PM CDT	F0	Brown	0.1	10

May 26 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 26	5:15 PM CDT	F0	Lampasas	0.1	10
May 26	5:43 PM CDT	F0	Coryell	0.1	10
May 26	5:49 PM CDT	F0	Bell	0.1	10
May 26	6:32 PM CDT	F0	Parmer	2.0	100
May 26	9:46 PM CDT	F0	Andrews	2.5	60

May 27 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 27	8:10 PM CDT	F0	Van Zandt	0.1	10
May 27	9:25 PM CDT	F0	Henderson	0.1	10
May 27	9:38 PM CDT	F0	Henderson	0.1	10

May 28 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 28	6:49 PM CDT	F0	Chambers	0.1	10
May 28	8:04 PM CDT	F1	Roberts	4.0	350

May 29 19 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
May 29	5:30 PM CDT	F0	Archer	0.1	30
May 29	5:34 PM CDT	F0	Young	0.1	10
May 29	6:05 PM CDT	F0	Shackelford	2.0	100
May 29	6:06 PM CDT	F3	Shackelford	2.0	400
May 29	6:10 PM CDT	F3	Young	7.0	600		$500 to $5,000
May 29	6:13 PM CDT	F0	Shackelford	0.1	10
May 29	6:15 PM CDT	F0	Callahan	0.1	10
May 29	6:21 PM CDT	F0	Young	0.1	10
May 29	6:21 PM CDT	F0	Young	0.1	10		$500 to $5,000
May 29	6:30 PM CDT	F0	Shackelford	0.1	10
May 29	6:38 PM CDT	F0	Callahan	0.1	10
May 29	6:40 PM CDT	F0	Young	0.1	10
May 29	7:30 PM CDT	F1	Callahan	2.0	200		$5,000 to $50,000
May 29	7:36 PM CDT	F1	Callahan	0.1	10	3	$50,000 to $500,000
May 29	7:45 PM CDT	F1	Brown	2.0	100		$50,000 to $500,000
May 29	8:30 PM CDT	F1	Coleman	0.1	10		$5,000 to $50,000
May 29	8:40 PM CDT	F0	Brown	0.1	10		$500 to $5,000
May 29	8:45 PM CDT	F0	Callahan	0.1	10		$5,000 to $50,000
May 29	10:00 PM CDT	F0	McCulloch	0.1	10		$50 to $500

May 30 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 30	3:36 AM CDT	F0	Liberty	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000

June 2 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 2	10:35 AM CDT	F0	Nueces	0.2	50

June 6 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 6	5:37 PM CDT	F0	Armstrong	0.5	23

June 9 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 9	7:05 PM CDT	F0	Hamilton	0.1	10

June 10 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 10	8:30 PM CDT	F0	Oldham	1.0	50

June 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 14	12:30 PM CDT	F1	Hidalgo	0.5	50			$5,000 to $50,000

June 15 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 15	7:35 PM CDT	F0	Lamar	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000

June 23 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 23	5:15 PM CDT	F0	Val Verde	0.2	20			$50 to $500
June 23	6:32 PM CDT	F0	Kerr	0.2	50			$5,000 to $50,000

June 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 29	8:10 PM CDT	F0	Lipscomb	0.5	23

July 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 12	10:15 PM CDT	F0	Collin	0.1	10			$5,000 to $50,000

August 5 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 5	2:25 PM CDT	F0	Nueces	0.1	100

August 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 14	7:40 AM CDT	F0	Cameron	0.2	100

August 17 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 17	9:45 PM CDT	F2	Foard	2.0	40			$50,000 to $500,000

August 30 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 30	12:33 PM CDT	F0	Hardin	0.1	100

September 1 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 1	6:15 PM CDT	F0	Lee	0.1	100			$500 to $5,000

September 10 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 10	12:30 PM CDT	F0	Brazoria	0.5	30			$5,000 to $50,000

September 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 12	8:30 PM CDT	F0	Nueces	0.1	100

October 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 7	4:00 PM CDT	F1	Collin	1.5	100		2	$50,000 to $500,000

October 8 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 8	1:33 AM CDT	F0	Jackson	0.1	10			$5,000 to $50,000
October 8	7:27 AM CDT	F1	Jefferson	2.0	50

October 16 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
October 16	5:22 PM CDT	F0	Montgomery	0.1	10	$50,000 to $500,000
October 16	6:05 PM CDT	F0	Karnes	0.1	30	$500 to $5,000
October 16	6:50 PM CDT	F0	Wilson	0.1	30

October 18 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
October 18	9:31 AM CDT	F0	Victoria	0.3	50
October 18	9:42 AM CDT	F0	Jackson	0.1	10
October 18	11:45 AM CDT	F0	Hunt	0.1	10

October 21 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
October 21	3:56 PM CDT	F0	Dallas	0.1	10
October 21	4:50 PM CDT	F0	Dallas	0.1	10
October 21	5:12 PM CDT	F0	Dallas	0.1	10
October 21	5:18 PM CDT	F0	Kaufman	0.1	10
October 21	5:18 PM CDT	F0	Kaufman	0.1	10
October 21	6:00 PM CDT	F0	Dallas	0.1	10

November 3 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 3	4:45 PM CST	F0	Hunt	0.1	10			$5,000 to $50,000
November 3	5:10 PM CST	F0	Hunt	0.1	10

November 4 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
November 4	5:00 PM CST	F0	Freestone	0.1	10
November 4	5:50 PM CST	F1	Anderson	1.5	30		$50,000 to $500,000
November 4	10:00 PM CST	F1	Henderson	2.0	30	1	$5,000 to $50,000

November 5 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 5	6:45 AM CST	F2	Hardin	2.0	700		1	$500 to $5,000
November 5	6:30 PM CST	F2	Lee	2.0	100			$5,000 to $50,000

November 20 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 20	6:00 AM CST	F0	Tarrant	1.2	200			$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.