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2001 tornadoes in Texas

137 tornadoes touched down in Texas in 2001, 8 percent above the average of the record for the state. None of them killed anybody.

2000 2002 The whole country in 2001

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 2001

March 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 8	5:15 PM CST	F0	Kendall	0.2	50

March 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 12	3:36 AM CST	F1	Rusk	15.8	300			$305 million

March 23 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 23	3:00 PM CST	F0	Dallam	0.1	25

April 6 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 6	6:00 PM CDT	F1	Ochiltree	10.0	100			$500,000

April 10 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 10	10:22 PM CDT	F1	Carson	1.5	100		$70,000
April 10	11:06 PM CDT	F2	Hansford	4.0	200	2	$750,000
April 10	12:17 AM CDT	F2	Wheeler	6.0	200		$150,000
April 10	12:46 AM CDT	F1	Wichita	4.5	100		$150,000

April 11 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 11	2:47 AM CDT	F1	Cooke	5.5	50	$10,000
April 11	3:34 AM CDT	F1	Cooke	7.8	100	$10,000
April 11	3:55 AM CDT	F1	Cooke to OK	19.0	150	$20,000

April 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 22	6:25 PM CDT	F0	Eastland	50.0	2			$20,000

April 30 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 30	8:42 PM CDT	F0	Carson	0.1	10

May 2 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 2	4:50 PM CDT	F0	Hockley	0.1	30
May 2	6:28 PM CDT	F0	Hall	0.1	30

May 3 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 3	2:00 PM CDT	F0	Castro	0.1	30
May 3	5:18 PM CDT	F0	Cochran	0.1	40

May 4 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
May 4	8:42 PM CDT	F1	Johnson	0.3	50		$30,000
May 4	9:43 PM CDT	F1	Tarrant	8.0	150	2	$5.0 million
May 4	9:45 PM CDT	F1	Johnson	2.8	50	1	$100,000

May 5 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 5	4:05 PM CDT	F0	Bosque	1.7	75	$20,000
May 5	8:00 PM CDT	F0	Calhoun	0.1	0
May 5	8:50 PM CDT	F0	Maverick	0.2	20

May 6 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 6	5:12 PM CDT	F0	Bell	0.1	10
May 6	6:00 PM CDT	F0	Bell	0.1	10			$10,000

May 12 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 12	3:25 PM CDT	F0	Parmer	0.1	30
May 12	4:18 PM CDT	F0	Castro	0.1	50

May 19 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 19	10:45 AM CDT	F0	Roberts	0.2	25

May 20 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 20	6:15 PM CDT	F0	Wilson	0.3	30			$10,000

May 21 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 21	9:15 PM CDT	F1	Hidalgo	0.1	75			$30,000
May 21	9:25 PM CDT	F1	Hidalgo	0.2	75			$70,000

May 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 24	7:17 PM CDT	F0	Edwards	0.2	30

May 25 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 25	11:00 AM CDT	F0	Matagorda	1.0	50			$10,000

May 26 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 26	5:41 PM CDT	F1	Hockley	0.5	50

May 29 12 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
May 29	5:45 PM CDT	F0	Randall	0.1	25
May 29	6:55 PM CDT	F0	Carson	0.2	25
May 29	7:02 PM CDT	F0	Carson	0.1	25
May 29	7:05 PM CDT	F0	Carson	0.1	25
May 29	7:07 PM CDT	F0	Carson	0.1	20
May 29	7:07 PM CDT	F0	Briscoe	0.5	50
May 29	7:15 PM CDT	F3	Carson	10.0	440		$250,000
May 29	7:24 PM CDT	F0	Carson	0.1	20
May 29	7:48 PM CDT	F1	Briscoe	0.3	50		$20,000
May 29	9:32 PM CDT	F0	Cottle	0.1	30
May 29	9:45 PM CDT	F0	Hardeman	0.2	25
May 29	10:21 PM CDT	F1	Hardeman	8.0	660	1	$60,000

May 30 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 30	6:45 PM CDT	F0	Clay	0.3	25
May 30	7:30 PM CDT	F0	Wichita	0.2	15

May 31 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 31	3:45 PM CDT	F0	Cameron	0.1	25

June 5 8 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 5	4:14 PM CDT	F0	Briscoe	0.2	40
June 5	5:30 PM CDT	F0	Brazoria	0.5	30	$40,000
June 5	6:35 PM CDT	F0	Motley	0.2	50
June 5	6:35 PM CDT	F0	Floyd	0.2	50
June 5	6:38 PM CDT	F0	Floyd	0.2	50
June 5	6:50 PM CDT	F1	Floyd	0.3	75	$80,000
June 5	7:09 PM CDT	F0	Floyd	0.2	50
June 5	8:15 PM CDT	F0	Floyd	0.2	50

June 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 8	8:03 PM CDT	F0	Willacy	0.1	25

June 12 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 12	9:42 PM CDT	F0	Nolan	0.1	20
June 12	9:53 PM CDT	F0	Nolan	0.1	20

June 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 14	5:52 PM CDT	F0	Eastland	0.1	10

August 9 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 9	2:50 PM CDT	F0	Yoakum	0.3	40
August 9	5:08 PM CDT	F0	Hockley	0.1	30

August 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 14	11:53 AM CDT	F0	Dickens	0.2	40

August 30 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
August 30	4:56 PM CDT	F0	Lubbock	0.1	30
August 30	6:25 PM CDT	F0	Brazoria	0.5	40	$40,000
August 30	9:05 PM CDT	F0	Brazoria	0.5	30	$10,000

August 31 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 31	1:56 PM CDT	F0	Chambers	1.0	30

September 5 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
September 5	2:25 PM CDT	F1	Dallas	1.5	50	$120,000
September 5	3:05 PM CDT	F0	Collin	0.1	20
September 5	3:30 PM CDT	F1	Collin	3.0	50	$30,000

September 8 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
September 8	8:25 PM CDT	F1	Callahan	0.1	30
September 8	8:40 PM CDT	F0	Callahan	0.1	20
September 8	9:13 PM CDT	F0	Callahan	0.1	20
September 8	9:45 PM CDT	F1	Coleman	0.2	40

September 9 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
September 9	4:50 PM CDT	F0	Willacy	0.1	15
September 9	5:20 PM CDT	F0	Hidalgo	0.1	15
September 9	6:10 PM CDT	F0	Cameron	0.1	15
September 9	6:11 PM CDT	F0	Cameron	0.1	15
September 9	6:16 PM CDT	F0	Cameron	0.1	15
September 9	6:48 PM CDT	F0	Cameron	0.1	15

September 19 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 19	6:55 PM CDT	F0	Potter	0.1	25
September 19	6:56 PM CDT	F0	Carson	0.1	25

October 11 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
October 11	7:05 AM CDT	F2	Harris	3.5	100	$3.8 million
October 11	8:45 AM CDT	F0	Harris	0.2	25
October 11	10:30 AM CDT	F0	Hardin	1.0	10	$10,000

October 12 17 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
October 12	3:00 PM CDT	F0	Hardin	2.5	10
October 12	3:40 PM CDT	F0	Hardin	0.5	10		$2,000
October 12	4:05 PM CDT	F0	Jasper	0.5	10
October 12	4:52 PM CDT	F0	Liberty	2.0	50		$40,000
October 12	7:50 PM CDT	F2	Wise	2.5	440	1	$200,000
October 12	8:00 PM CDT	F2	Wise	9.0	590	1	$750,000
October 12	8:54 PM CDT	F1	Bosque	1.5	75		$30,000
October 12	8:58 PM CDT	F2	McLennan	4.2	150		$100,000
October 12	9:00 PM CDT	F0	Bosque	2.0	50
October 12	9:20 PM CDT	F1	Denton	0.1	50		$10,000
October 12	9:30 PM CDT	F3	Gillespie	2.5	400	5	$1.0 million
October 12	9:40 PM CDT	F0	Uvalde	0.5	100		$30,000
October 12	9:57 PM CDT	F2	McLennan	6.2	150		$500,000
October 12	10:15 PM CDT	F1	Hill	0.7	50		$40,000
October 12	10:30 PM CDT	F1	Medina	3.0	200		$200,000
October 12	10:40 PM CDT	F2	Medina	1.2	500	25	$20 million
October 12	12:50 AM CDT	F1	Brazos	1.0	50		$60,000

October 13 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
October 13	2:39 AM CDT	F1	Trinity	0.5	30	$10,000
October 13	2:45 AM CDT	F1	Polk	0.3	25	$30,000
October 13	4:55 AM CDT	F1	Jefferson	2.0	15	$1.0 million

November 3 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 3	1:15 PM CST	F0	Lubbock	0.1	20

November 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 14	9:17 AM CST	F0	Lubbock	0.1	20

November 15 23 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
November 15	3:53 AM CST	F0	Bee	0.3	100
November 15	5:05 AM CST	F0	Kendall	1.2	50		$10,000
November 15	5:20 AM CST	F0	Kendall	4.0	200	2	$100,000
November 15	9:30 AM CST	F0	Blanco	3.0	50		$3,000
November 15	9:45 AM CST	F0	Hays	2.0	100	1	$50,000
November 15	10:20 AM CST	F0	Hays	2.0	50		$50,000
November 15	12:55 PM CST	F0	Karnes	0.1	20
November 15	1:35 PM CST	F1	Karnes	2.5	200		$120,000
November 15	2:46 PM CST	F1	Live Oak	0.6	200
November 15	3:20 PM CST	F1	Hays	3.5	500	3	$500,000
November 15	3:21 PM CST	F1	Hays	3.5	500	3	$500,000
November 15	3:50 PM CST	F1	Travis	2.5	800		$100,000
November 15	3:53 PM CST	F0	Bee	0.3	100
November 15	3:53 PM CST	F1	Bee	0.2	50
November 15	4:36 PM CST	F1	Bee	0.5	200
November 15	4:45 PM CST	F0	Travis	2.0	30		$30,000
November 15	4:50 PM CST	F0	Williamson	3.5	30
November 15	5:30 PM CST	F1	Travis	3.0	500		$80,000
November 15	5:44 PM CST	F0	Travis	4.5	50		$10,000
November 15	6:02 PM CST	F0	Travis	0.3	30
November 15	6:35 PM CST	F0	Guadalupe	1.1	50		$50,000
November 15	7:15 PM CST	F1	Goliad	0.6	300
November 15	8:10 PM CST	F0	Goliad	0.3	100

November 26 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 26	12:15 PM CST	F0	Liberty	0.2	15			$20,000

December 12 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
December 12	2:20 AM CST	F1	Brazoria	1.5	75			$200,000
December 12	2:30 AM CST	F0	Brazoria	1.0	30			$200,000

December 16 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
December 16	5:29 PM CST	F2	San Jacinto	3.0	200	2	$2.5 million
December 16	5:32 PM CST	F0	Gregg	1.4	25
December 16	7:44 PM CST	F0	Montgomery	0.1	70		$30,000

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.