Tornadoes · United States · Texas

2004 tornadoes in Texas

178 tornadoes touched down in Texas in 2004, 41 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 2 people and injured 15.

2003 2005 The whole country in 2004

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 2004

January 16 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 16	5:10 PM CST	F0	Coleman	0.5	75			$10,000

February 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 24	9:10 PM CST	F0	Brazos	0.2	50			$30,000

March 4 23 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
March 4	9:25 AM CST	F0	Reagan	0.5	75		$20,000
March 4	9:30 AM CST	F0	Glasscock	0.7	50		$40,000
March 4	10:28 AM CST	F0	Mitchell	0.5	75		$120,000
March 4	10:38 AM CST	F0	Mitchell	1.0	75	1	$280,000
March 4	10:41 AM CST	F1	Tom Green	0.3	50		$200,000
March 4	11:03 AM CST	F1	Nolan	0.5	50		$100,000
March 4	11:26 AM CST	F0	Taylor	0.1	25		$10,000
March 4	11:31 AM CST	F2	Taylor	10.0	440	2	$800,000
March 4	11:51 AM CST	F1	Taylor	12.0	100		$300,000
March 4	12:01 PM CST	F2	Haskell	1.0	440		$100,000
March 4	12:10 PM CST	F0	Callahan	30.0	75		$200,000
March 4	12:30 PM CST	F0	Shackelford	0.1	25		$50,000
March 4	12:36 PM CST	F0	Brown	1.0	440		$50,000
March 4	12:45 PM CST	F0	Stephens	0.1	50
March 4	1:00 PM CST	F1	Young	24.0	100		$500,000
March 4	1:50 PM CST	F1	Parker	0.1	50		$10,000
March 4	2:16 PM CST	F1	Parker	0.2	100		$30,000
March 4	2:25 PM CST	F0	Wise	0.2	100		$10,000
March 4	2:40 PM CST	F0	Denton	0.1	50
March 4	3:10 PM CST	F1	Ellis	7.0	100		$150,000
March 4	3:25 PM CST	F1	Ellis	7.0	100		$250,000
March 4	3:35 PM CST	F1	Collin	3.0	660	2	$150,000
March 4	5:15 PM CST	F1	Smith	14.0	50		$30,000

March 17 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 17	12:40 AM CST	F0	Brazos	0.2	30			$3,000

April 2 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 2	8:30 PM CST	F0	Starr	0.1	20

April 3 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
April 3	7:05 PM CST	F0	Gaines	0.1	25
April 3	7:17 PM CST	F0	Reeves	1.0	25
April 3	7:33 PM CST	F0	Reeves	0.1	25
April 3	7:51 PM CST	F0	Reeves	0.1	25

April 4 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 4	3:04 PM CDT	F0	Webb	0.2	50

April 6 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 6	10:41 AM CDT	F0	Kleberg	0.5	100
April 6	10:42 AM CDT	F0	Victoria	0.1	50
April 6	11:01 AM CDT	F0	Jackson	0.1	25
April 6	11:22 AM CDT	F0	Calhoun	0.1	50
April 6	11:41 AM CDT	F0	Calhoun	0.5	100	$10,000
April 6	11:48 AM CDT	F0	Wharton	0.1	25
April 6	11:53 AM CDT	F0	Wharton	0.1	25

April 10 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 10	7:45 PM CDT	F1	Harris	0.5	50			$250,000

April 19 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 19	8:22 PM CDT	F0	Ochiltree	1.0	440

April 23 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
April 23	2:49 PM CDT	F0	Haskell	0.2	20
April 23	2:54 PM CDT	F0	Haskell	3.0	80
April 23	3:04 PM CDT	F0	Haskell	0.3	30
April 23	3:21 PM CDT	F0	Haskell	0.2	30
April 23	3:24 PM CDT	F0	Haskell	0.5	50
April 23	8:18 PM CDT	F0	Tarrant	0.1	20

April 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 28	9:20 PM CDT	F0	Kinney	1.0	20

April 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 29	4:35 PM CDT	F0	Childress	0.2	50

April 30 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 30	2:02 PM CDT	F0	Clay	1.0	100
April 30	5:00 PM CDT	F0	Coleman	0.2	50

May 1 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
May 1	8:45 AM CDT	F1	Harris	0.5	45	1	$280,000
May 1	9:12 AM CDT	F0	Harris	0.1	20
May 1	10:00 AM CDT	F0	Harris	0.1	20

May 11 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 11	1:45 PM CDT	F0	Jackson	0.2	25	$10,000
May 11	4:25 PM CDT	F1	Montgomery	1.0	250	$360,000
May 11	5:31 PM CDT	F0	Hartley	1.0	25	$2,000
May 11	6:19 PM CDT	F0	Hartley	0.1	25

May 13 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 13	6:45 AM CDT	F1	Brazos	3.0	50	$520,000
May 13	2:07 PM CDT	F0	Jones	0.2	20
May 13	2:45 PM CDT	F0	Throckmorton	0.2	20
May 13	3:26 PM CDT	F0	Jones	0.5	50
May 13	6:15 PM CDT	F0	Mason	0.4	50
May 13	6:20 PM CDT	F0	San Patricio	0.5	50
May 13	6:40 PM CDT	F0	San Patricio	0.5	50

May 25 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 25	5:45 PM CDT	F0	Scurry	2.0	50
May 25	6:45 PM CDT	F0	Mitchell	1.2	125
May 25	7:12 PM CDT	F0	Mitchell	0.1	75

May 26 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 26	7:08 PM CDT	F0	Fisher	0.1	20
May 26	7:10 PM CDT	F0	Fisher	0.1	20

May 27 9 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 27	3:07 PM CDT	F1	Nolan	2.8	75	$200,000
May 27	3:11 PM CDT	F0	Nolan	0.1	20	$10,000
May 27	3:40 PM CDT	F0	Taylor	0.1	20	$10,000
May 27	6:40 PM CDT	F1	Val Verde	4.0	100	$50,000
May 27	6:47 PM CDT	F0	Val Verde	0.1	20
May 27	7:09 PM CDT	F0	Val Verde	0.1	20
May 27	7:19 PM CDT	F0	Val Verde	0.8	30
May 27	7:30 PM CDT	F0	Kinney	1.0	30
May 27	7:31 PM CDT	F0	Kinney	1.2	40

May 31 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 31	5:05 PM CDT	F0	Houston	0.2	20

June 1 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 1	9:07 PM CDT	F0	Tarrant	0.1	50
June 1	9:12 PM CDT	F0	Tarrant	0.1	50

June 2 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 2	7:04 PM CDT	F0	Cottle	0.5	50

June 5 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
June 5	5:52 PM CDT	F0	Midland	0.8	20
June 5	5:57 PM CDT	F0	Midland	1.0	30
June 5	6:04 PM CDT	F0	Midland	1.0	20
June 5	6:15 PM CDT	F0	Crane	0.7	20
June 5	8:58 PM CDT	F0	Reeves	0.7	30
June 5	9:05 PM CDT	F0	Reeves	1.0	50

June 6 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 6	8:23 PM CDT	F0	Denton	0.1	50
June 6	9:00 PM CDT	F0	Denton	0.1	50			$1,000

June 8 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
June 8	10:00 AM CDT	F1	Wharton	6.0	40	6	$300,000
June 8	10:05 AM CDT	F1	Wharton	4.0	40		$100,000
June 8	10:45 AM CDT	F0	Washington	1.0	25		$40,000
June 8	8:45 PM CDT	F0	Travis	0.5	100		$150,000

June 11 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 11	9:28 PM CDT	F2	Mitchell	10.3	200		3	$250,000

June 12 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 12	4:55 PM CDT	F0	Pecos	1.3	150
June 12	8:56 PM CDT	F0	Jones	0.1	20

June 17 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 17	5:57 PM CDT	F0	Hutchinson	0.1	25
June 17	6:45 PM CDT	F0	Hutchinson	0.1	25

June 21 10 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 21	7:11 PM CDT	F0	Potter	0.1	25
June 21	7:15 PM CDT	F0	San Saba	0.1	25
June 21	7:16 PM CDT	F0	Potter	0.1	25
June 21	7:34 PM CDT	F0	Randall	0.1	25
June 21	7:48 PM CDT	F0	Randall	0.1	25
June 21	7:51 PM CDT	F0	Randall	0.1	25
June 21	8:03 PM CDT	F0	Randall	0.1	25
June 21	8:17 PM CDT	F1	Randall	0.4	50	$230,000
June 21	8:17 PM CDT	F0	Randall	0.1	25
June 21	9:00 PM CDT	F0	Swisher	0.5	50

June 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 22	11:02 AM CDT	F0	Robertson	50.0	20

June 23 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 23	2:16 PM CDT	F0	Wharton	0.5	25			$60,000

June 26 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 26	6:05 PM CDT	F1	Milam	0.8	30	1		$10,000

June 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 29	5:00 PM CDT	F0	Guadalupe	0.8	50			$80,000

July 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 7	1:58 PM CDT	F0	Liberty	0.2	25			$3,000

August 12 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 12	6:13 PM CDT	F0	Castro	0.1	40
August 12	6:35 PM CDT	F0	Castro	0.1	40

August 21 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 21	8:10 PM CDT	F0	Pecos	0.1	75
August 21	8:25 PM CDT	F0	Pecos	0.2	75

August 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 28	11:50 AM CDT	F0	Galveston	0.2	25

October 4 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 4	5:00 PM CDT	F0	Galveston	0.3	25			$40,000

October 5 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 5	7:38 PM CDT	F0	Reeves	0.1	50

October 6 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 6	2:30 PM CDT	F0	Wichita	0.1	50

October 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 13	4:49 PM CDT	F0	Scurry	0.6	50

November 16 9 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
November 16	4:52 PM CST	F0	Travis	0.5	100
November 16	6:40 PM CST	F0	Bexar	0.1	20
November 16	6:43 PM CST	F0	Gillespie	2.0	100
November 16	7:10 PM CST	F0	Gillespie	0.1	20
November 16	7:23 PM CST	F0	Bexar	0.1	20
November 16	7:27 PM CST	F0	Bexar	0.1	20
November 16	8:20 PM CST	F0	Blanco	7.0	200
November 16	8:40 PM CST	F1	Blanco	12.0	300
November 16	9:00 PM CST	F1	Comal	0.8	200

November 17 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
November 17	9:37 AM CST	F0	Harris	0.2	25	$40,000
November 17	10:11 AM CST	F0	Harris	0.2	20	$30,000
November 17	3:25 PM CST	F0	Harris	0.7	50	$30,000
November 17	6:30 PM CST	F1	Harris	0.5	30	$300,000

November 20 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 20	7:10 PM CST	F0	Lavaca	0.3	30
November 20	7:25 PM CST	F1	Victoria	2.0	100			$30,000

November 22 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
November 22	12:30 PM CST	F0	Harris	0.1	20	$10,000
November 22	2:42 PM CST	F0	Harris	0.2	20
November 22	3:53 PM CST	F0	Harris	0.5	25	$10,000

November 23 34 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Damage
November 23	10:40 AM CST	F0	Williamson	0.1	20
November 23	10:51 AM CST	F0	Williamson	0.1	20
November 23	11:05 AM CST	F0	Williamson	0.3	30
November 23	1:10 PM CST	F0	Montgomery	0.2	20		$40,000
November 23	1:34 PM CST	F0	Fayette	0.3	30
November 23	1:49 PM CST	F0	Polk	0.1	15		$10,000
November 23	1:55 PM CST	F0	San Jacinto	0.1	20
November 23	2:20 PM CST	F0	Washington	0.1	20		$10,000
November 23	2:52 PM CST	F0	Liberty	0.1	20
November 23	3:25 PM CST	F0	Grimes	0.2	25
November 23	3:30 PM CST	F0	Montgomery	0.3	25		$10,000
November 23	3:35 PM CST	F0	Maverick	0.1	20
November 23	3:50 PM CST	F0	Montgomery	0.1	20
November 23	4:08 PM CST	F1	Hardin	16.0	200		$100,000
November 23	4:27 PM CST	F2	Hardin	8.0	600	1	$600,000
November 23	4:38 PM CST	F0	Zavala	0.1	20
November 23	4:40 PM CST	F0	Maverick	0.3	30
November 23	4:41 PM CST	F2	Jasper	8.0	300		$250,000
November 23	4:55 PM CST	F2	Jasper	15.0	500		$500,000
November 23	5:12 PM CST	F0	Maverick	0.5	50
November 23	5:12 PM CST	F1	Newton	3.0	300		$100,000
November 23	5:40 PM CST	F1	Newton to LA	9.0	300		$50,000
November 23	6:08 PM CST	F0	Burnet	0.1	20
November 23	6:08 PM CST	F0	Williamson	0.3	400
November 23	6:10 PM CST	F1	Newton	1.0	100		$40,000
November 23	6:30 PM CST	F1	Newton	10.0	300		$250,000
November 23	7:32 PM CST	F0	Bell	0.1	50		$10,000
November 23	7:46 PM CST	F0	Karnes	0.1	20
November 23	8:00 PM CST	F0	DeWitt	0.1	20
November 23	8:13 PM CST	F1	DeWitt	0.5	100
November 23	8:58 PM CST	F0	Lavaca	0.1	20
November 23	9:20 PM CST	F0	Wharton	0.4	35		$30,000
November 23	10:00 PM CST	F2	Trinity	2.0	500		$100,000
November 23	10:05 PM CST	F0	Fort Bend	0.1	20

December 6 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
December 6	2:20 PM CST	F0	Coleman	0.5	50			$250,000
December 6	2:43 PM CST	F1	Brown	6.0	75			$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.