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2000 tornadoes in Texas

147 tornadoes touched down in Texas in 2000, 16 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 4 people and injured 93.

1999 2001 The whole country in 2000

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 2000

February 22 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
February 22	1:19 PM CST	F0	Reagan	4.0	100
February 22	3:45 PM CST	F0	Wilbarger	2.0	40
February 22	9:00 PM CST	F0	Lampasas	0.1	0
February 22	9:53 PM CST	F0	Bell	12.0	0	$10,000
February 22	10:36 PM CST	F0	Uvalde	0.1	20

February 24 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 24	6:42 PM CST	F0	Roberts	2.0	20
February 24	8:13 PM CST	F1	Lipscomb to OK	27.0	150			$90,000

March 2 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 2	2:07 AM CST	F1	Dawson	2.0	200

March 10 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
March 10	5:40 PM CST	F1	Llano	1.0	100		$10,000
March 10	5:41 PM CST	F0	Llano	0.1	20
March 10	5:58 PM CST	F0	Llano	0.1	10
March 10	6:35 PM CST	F0	Bell	0.1	10
March 10	7:55 PM CST	F3	Burleson	21.0	800	2	$1.0 million
March 10	8:05 PM CST	F0	Grimes	0.5	50		$10,000

March 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 14	4:58 PM CST	F0	Kenedy	0.1	20

March 16 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
March 16	4:08 PM CST	F0	Williamson	0.1	20
March 16	4:12 PM CST	F2	Williamson	1.5	200	$300,000
March 16	4:20 PM CST	F0	Williamson	0.1	20
March 16	4:20 PM CST	F0	Travis	0.2	30
March 16	5:10 PM CST	F0	Travis	0.1	20

March 22 18 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
March 22	12:40 AM CST	F1	Val Verde	1.0	200		$50,000
March 22	12:50 AM CST	F0	Ward	1.0	250		$300,000
March 22	1:28 AM CST	F0	Val Verde	0.2	20
March 22	1:42 AM CST	F0	Ector	3.0	200		$10,000
March 22	3:04 PM CST	F1	Upton	1.0	140		$1,000
March 22	3:40 PM CST	F0	Upton	1.5	100
March 22	6:25 PM CST	F0	Mitchell	4.0	250
March 22	6:45 PM CST	F0	Glasscock	2.0	200
March 22	7:05 PM CST	F0	Mitchell	2.0	200
March 22	7:13 PM CST	F0	Sterling	0.5	20
March 22	7:24 PM CST	F0	Sterling	1.0	250
March 22	7:25 PM CST	F0	Glasscock	5.0	150
March 22	7:51 PM CST	F0	Fisher	0.1	20
March 22	8:17 PM CST	F0	Nolan	0.1	20
March 22	8:22 PM CST	F0	Fisher	0.1	20
March 22	10:25 PM CST	F0	Glasscock	0.5	100
March 22	10:25 PM CST	F1	Reagan	10.0	200
March 22	10:55 PM CST	F2	Reagan	12.0	300	5	$240,000

March 26 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
March 26	7:25 PM CST	F0	Guadalupe	0.1	20	$10,000
March 26	9:28 PM CST	F1	Red River	4.8	20	$2,000
March 26	9:29 PM CST	F1	Bowie	1.3	20
March 26	9:53 PM CST	F0	Cass	1.8	20

March 28 10 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 28	5:24 PM CST	F0	Montague	0.1	10
March 28	6:18 PM CST	F3	Tarrant	4.0	250	2	80
March 28	6:20 PM CST	F0	Cooke	0.1	10
March 28	6:20 PM CST	F0	Hill	0.1	10
March 28	7:05 PM CST	F3	Tarrant	8.0	300
March 28	7:11 PM CST	F0	Bexar	0.1	20
March 28	7:55 PM CST	F0	Dallas	0.1	10
March 28	7:55 PM CST	F0	Navarro	0.1	10			$10,000
March 28	8:15 PM CST	F1	Navarro	3.0	250			$200,000
March 28	8:30 PM CST	F0	Henderson	0.5	20

March 31 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 31	7:05 PM CST	F0	Glasscock	1.0	100

April 3 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 3	4:04 AM CDT	F1	Chambers	2.0	100		$100,000
April 3	4:08 AM CDT	F1	Jefferson	2.0	20	1	$100,000
April 3	4:20 AM CDT	F1	Jefferson	1.5	20		$3.0 million

April 11 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 11	6:35 PM CDT	F0	Irion	0.1	10

April 23 13 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 23	2:41 PM CDT	F2	Red River	12.5	70
April 23	2:48 PM CDT	F0	Hopkins	4.0	100	2	$30,000
April 23	3:53 PM CDT	F2	Titus	16.8	150		$170,000
April 23	4:10 PM CDT	F2	Morris	7.0	180		$10,000
April 23	4:22 PM CDT	F2	Cass	11.8	150
April 23	4:34 PM CDT	F1	Harrison	4.5	100
April 23	4:39 PM CDT	F2	Harrison	10.6	150		$8.0 million
April 23	4:56 PM CDT	F2	Cass	14.0	150		$250,000
April 23	4:58 PM CDT	F1	Cass	12.5	70
April 23	4:58 PM CDT	F3	Cass	16.0	880		$170,000
April 23	5:02 PM CDT	F2	Harrison	17.0	100
April 23	5:30 PM CDT	F1	Harrison	5.0	100
April 23	5:51 PM CDT	F1	Panola	7.0	50

April 30 14 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 30	2:20 PM CDT	F0	Motley	0.1	30
April 30	3:07 PM CDT	F0	Cottle	0.1	30
April 30	4:01 PM CDT	F0	Foard	0.2	50
April 30	4:20 PM CDT	F0	Foard	3.0	50
April 30	4:27 PM CDT	F0	Foard	2.0	50
April 30	5:09 PM CDT	F1	Throckmorton	4.0	500	$50,000
April 30	5:25 PM CDT	F1	Throckmorton	2.0	500	$200,000
April 30	5:30 PM CDT	F1	Wilbarger	2.0	70	$50,000
April 30	5:40 PM CDT	F3	Young	13.0	800	$300,000
April 30	5:40 PM CDT	F0	Young	0.2	20
April 30	6:50 PM CDT	F0	Young	0.1	10
April 30	7:31 PM CDT	F0	Young	0.2	10
April 30	7:40 PM CDT	F0	Young	0.2	10
April 30	7:46 PM CDT	F0	Jack	0.2	10

May 2 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 2	3:30 AM CDT	F0	Brazoria	1.0	50	$30,000
May 2	10:15 AM CDT	F0	Jim Hogg	0.1	20
May 2	7:49 PM CDT	F0	Cameron	0.1	20

May 3 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 3	6:25 PM CDT	F1	Shelby	14.0	40

May 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 12	5:10 PM CDT	F3	Bosque	7.0	400	2		$3.0 million

May 19 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 19	7:40 PM CDT	F0	Medina	3.0	100	$30,000
May 19	8:05 PM CDT	F1	Wilson	0.5	100	$80,000
May 19	8:35 PM CDT	F0	Medina	0.2	50
May 19	8:50 PM CDT	F0	Bexar	0.2	100	$40,000
May 19	8:55 PM CDT	F0	Liberty	1.0	50	$30,000

May 25 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 25	6:27 PM CDT	F0	Lubbock	0.5	50
May 25	8:51 PM CDT	F0	Deaf Smith	0.5	20

May 26 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 26	5:58 PM CDT	F0	Haskell	0.1	10
May 26	7:30 PM CDT	F0	Throckmorton	0.2	20
May 26	8:15 PM CDT	F0	Young	0.1	20
May 26	8:47 PM CDT	F0	Young	0.1	20

May 27 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 27	1:24 PM CDT	F0	Archer	0.2	20
May 27	1:28 PM CDT	F0	Archer	1.0	20	$3,000
May 27	2:40 PM CDT	F0	Jack	0.2	20
May 27	5:42 PM CDT	F0	Fannin	0.2	20
May 27	6:00 PM CDT	F0	Hunt	0.2	20	$2,000
May 27	6:20 PM CDT	F0	Hunt	0.3	20	$2,000

June 2 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 2	3:07 PM CDT	F0	Lubbock	0.1	20

June 3 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 3	8:45 PM CDT	F0	Parker	0.1	10
June 3	9:15 PM CDT	F0	Parker	0.1	10

June 13 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 13	4:54 PM CDT	F0	Ochiltree	0.1	20
June 13	8:46 PM CDT	F0	Hemphill	0.1	20

June 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 22	5:35 PM CDT	F0	Wichita	0.2	10

June 25 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 25	4:53 PM CDT	F0	Carson	1.5	20
June 25	5:23 PM CDT	F0	Carson	0.1	20

July 2 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 2	3:50 PM CDT	F0	Pecos	0.1	20

July 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 12	5:20 PM CDT	F0	Clay	0.3	30

July 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 13	1:00 PM CDT	F1	Franklin	0.7	50

October 6 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 6	4:00 PM CDT	F0	Nueces	0.1	0

October 22 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
October 22	12:01 PM CDT	F0	Victoria	0.3	0
October 22	12:40 PM CDT	F0	Eastland	2.5	20	$30,000
October 22	4:35 PM CDT	F0	Caldwell	0.2	30	$3,000

October 23 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 23	3:35 AM CDT	F0	Bexar	0.5	100			$50,000
October 23	2:10 PM CDT	F0	Randall	0.4	50			$10,000

October 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 24	8:10 PM CDT	F0	Midland	0.1	50

October 28 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 28	7:03 PM CDT	F0	Sutton	3.0	20
October 28	7:25 PM CDT	F0	Sutton	0.1	20			$10,000

November 3 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 3	4:35 PM CST	F1	Angelina	2.3	30		2	$80,000

November 5 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
November 5	5:00 PM CST	F0	Burnet	1.5	50	$80,000
November 5	11:15 PM CST	F1	Montgomery	0.5	50	$30,000
November 5	11:30 PM CST	F0	San Jacinto	0.5	50	$10,000

November 12 12 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
November 12	1:36 PM CST	F0	Colorado	0.5	50	$30,000
November 12	1:45 PM CST	F0	Caldwell	0.5	30	$20,000
November 12	1:50 PM CST	F0	Bastrop	1.0	30	$10,000
November 12	2:05 PM CST	F0	Fayette	0.2	20
November 12	3:35 PM CST	F0	Gonzales	0.3	20
November 12	3:45 PM CST	F0	Austin	0.5	50	$10,000
November 12	3:45 PM CST	F0	Lavaca	0.3	20
November 12	3:45 PM CST	F0	Bastrop	0.3	20
November 12	4:20 PM CST	F0	Harris	0.5	50	$10,000
November 12	5:35 PM CST	F0	Lavaca	0.3	20
November 12	5:50 PM CST	F0	Gonzales	0.2	20	$10,000
November 12	6:10 PM CST	F0	Lavaca	0.5	30	$10,000

November 23 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 23	10:55 PM CST	F0	Montgomery	0.5	50			$100,000

November 24 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
November 24	1:22 AM CST	F1	Harris	1.0	50	1	$250,000
November 24	2:35 AM CST	F1	Harris	1.0	150		$350,000
November 24	3:50 AM CST	F1	Jasper	3.0	10		$70,000

December 26 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
December 26	2:30 PM CST	F0	Nueces	5.4	10

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.