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2006 tornadoes in Texas

115 tornadoes touched down in Texas in 2006, 9 percent below the average of the record for the state. They killed 4 people and injured 54.

2005 2007 The whole country in 2006

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 2006

February 10 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 10	4:30 PM CST	F0	Harris	0.2	20			$40,000

March 19 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 19	10:20 PM CST	F2	Uvalde	2.0	50			$1.5 million

March 30 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
March 30	7:15 PM CST	F0	Cooke	0.1	15
March 30	8:30 PM CST	F0	Grayson	0.1	15
March 30	8:36 PM CST	F0	Grayson	0.1	10	$10,000

April 20 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 20	3:55 PM CDT	F1	Blanco	0.3	30			$50,000
April 20	3:58 PM CDT	F1	Blanco	0.7	50			$150,000

April 21 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 21	6:15 AM CDT	F1	Fort Bend	1.0	30			$50,000

April 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 22	7:20 PM CDT	F0	Ward	0.1	30

April 25 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 25	7:20 PM CDT	F0	Duval	1.0	100			$10,000

April 28 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 28	5:25 PM CDT	F0	Stonewall	0.1	50
April 28	9:18 PM CDT	F0	Lampasas	0.1	25
April 28	9:38 PM CDT	F0	Wise	0.1	25
April 28	9:45 PM CDT	F1	Wise	0.4	40	$20,000
April 28	11:05 PM CDT	F0	Denton	0.2	10
April 28	12:20 AM CDT	F1	McLennan	0.8	50	$200,000

April 29 8 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 29	3:52 AM CDT	F0	Van Zandt	0.5	50		$10,000
April 29	5:55 AM CDT	F0	Montgomery	0.2	20		$20,000
April 29	7:00 AM CDT	F0	Liberty	0.2	20		$10,000
April 29	7:26 AM CDT	F0	Polk	0.2	20		$200,000
April 29	7:35 AM CDT	F2	San Jacinto	1.0	30	4	$100,000
April 29	9:20 AM CDT	F0	Harris	0.2	20		$30,000
April 29	10:15 AM CDT	F1	Liberty	0.7	25		$60,000
April 29	10:55 AM CDT	F0	Hardin	1.0	10		$10,000

May 2 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 2	5:10 PM CDT	F0	Mitchell	0.1	30	$10,000
May 2	5:11 PM CDT	F0	Motley	2.8	30
May 2	5:12 PM CDT	F1	Mitchell	0.1	30	$10,000
May 2	5:20 PM CDT	F1	Mitchell	0.1	30	$10,000
May 2	7:10 PM CDT	F0	Hardeman	0.2	60

May 4 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 4	4:46 PM CDT	F0	Concho	0.3	20
May 4	7:47 PM CDT	F0	Mason	4.0	75	$80,000
May 4	8:04 PM CDT	F1	Mason	3.0	20	$70,000

May 5 18 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 5	5:30 PM CDT	F0	Lynn	0.7	70
May 5	6:00 PM CDT	F0	Terry	0.7	50
May 5	6:05 PM CDT	F0	Terry	0.8	70
May 5	6:09 PM CDT	F0	Terry	1.5	100	$500,000
May 5	7:05 PM CDT	F0	Yoakum	0.1	40
May 5	7:18 PM CDT	F0	Gaines	0.1	50
May 5	7:25 PM CDT	F0	Gaines	0.1	50
May 5	8:00 PM CDT	F2	Martin	6.1	250
May 5	8:02 PM CDT	F0	Martin	1.0	50
May 5	8:15 PM CDT	F0	Jones	0.2	20
May 5	8:21 PM CDT	F0	Martin	0.5	50
May 5	8:32 PM CDT	F1	Shackelford	1.5	75
May 5	8:48 PM CDT	F0	Eastland	0.1	25
May 5	10:00 PM CDT	F0	Mills	0.1	25
May 5	12:06 AM CDT	F0	Coryell	0.1	25
May 5	12:08 AM CDT	F0	Coryell	0.1	25
May 5	12:45 AM CDT	F2	McLennan	2.6	150	$3.0 million
May 5	12:55 AM CDT	F0	Burnet	0.2	30

May 6 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 6	1:00 AM CDT	F0	Burnet	0.2	30
May 6	1:20 AM CDT	F0	Burnet	0.7	50

May 9 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 9	9:10 PM CDT	F0	Grayson	0.1	25
May 9	9:30 PM CDT	F2	Childress	1.5	175		1	$5.7 million
May 9	10:26 PM CDT	F0	Collin	0.1	25
May 9	10:33 PM CDT	F0	Collin	0.4	40			$30,000
May 9	10:37 PM CDT	F3	Collin	9.3	300	3	10	$1.5 million

May 10 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 10	4:35 PM CDT	F0	Victoria	0.5	75
May 10	4:59 PM CDT	F0	Fort Bend	0.2	20	$2,000
May 10	6:34 PM CDT	F0	Kenedy	0.1	20

May 14 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 14	3:50 PM CDT	F0	Williamson	0.2	70
May 14	4:40 PM CDT	F0	Brazoria	1.0	30			$10,000

May 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 22	7:45 AM CDT	F0	Galveston	0.2	20			$10,000

May 29 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 29	4:54 PM CDT	F0	Lubbock	2.5	20
May 29	5:19 PM CDT	F0	Lubbock	0.8	15
May 29	5:29 PM CDT	F0	Lynn	1.0	40

June 17 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 17	10:30 AM CDT	F0	Montgomery	1.0	75			$40,000

June 21 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
June 21	3:45 PM CDT	F0	Deaf Smith	0.1	25
June 21	5:30 PM CDT	F0	Hansford	0.2	50
June 21	5:38 PM CDT	F0	Hansford	0.2	50
June 21	7:08 PM CDT	F0	Sherman	0.1	25
June 21	7:10 PM CDT	F0	Hansford	0.2	50

June 25 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 25	5:48 PM CDT	F0	Dallam	0.1	25

July 4 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 4	3:45 PM CDT	F0	San Patricio	0.5	30

July 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 8	10:25 AM CDT	F0	Chambers	0.2	30

July 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 28	7:37 PM CDT	F0	Deaf Smith	3.0	25

August 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 7	3:25 PM CDT	F0	Lynn	0.5	75

August 20 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 20	6:19 PM CDT	F0	Swisher	0.3	25

August 27 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 27	8:42 PM CDT	F0	Hutchinson	1.5	25

October 16 9 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
October 16	3:30 AM CDT	F0	Galveston	0.2	25		$4,000
October 16	3:45 AM CDT	F1	Calhoun	1.0	100		$100,000
October 16	4:00 AM CDT	F0	Calhoun	1.0	75		$10,000
October 16	5:08 AM CDT	F0	Galveston	0.1	20	1	$22,000
October 16	6:00 AM CDT	F1	Jefferson	2.8	20		$300,000
October 16	6:45 AM CDT	F0	Fort Bend	0.1	20
October 16	7:00 AM CDT	F0	Hardin	0.1	10		$5,000
October 16	8:49 AM CDT	F0	Newton	2.2	10		$5,000
October 16	3:47 PM CDT	F0	Galveston	0.1	20		$5,000

December 29 27 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
December 29	1:01 PM CST	F1	Coryell	4.5	100			$200,000
December 29	1:20 PM CST	F1	Erath	8.0	75			$25,000
December 29	1:35 PM CST	F0	Erath	4.0	50			$15,000
December 29	1:41 PM CST	F0	Bosque	1.0	75			$2,000
December 29	1:42 PM CST	F2	Limestone	20.4	400	1	20	$1.0 million
December 29	1:45 PM CST	F0	Erath	1.4	40
December 29	1:48 PM CST	F0	Bosque	1.5	75			$10,000
December 29	2:12 PM CST	F0	Limestone	3.6	35			$10,000
December 29	2:53 PM CST	F2	Bosque	7.1	300			$400,000
December 29	3:07 PM CST	F0	Bosque	0.7	50			$2,000
December 29	3:13 PM CST	F0	Palo Pinto	2.0	50			$7,000
December 29	3:15 PM CST	F1	Madison	15.9	1,320		3	$750,000
December 29	3:23 PM CST	F1	Brazos	4.5	200		3	$2.8 million
December 29	3:25 PM CST	F2	Hill	8.0	587			$500,000
December 29	3:30 PM CST	F0	Cherokee	0.1	50			$50,000
December 29	3:33 PM CST	F0	Leon	5.7	50			$5,000
December 29	3:40 PM CST	F0	Jack	1.0	30
December 29	3:45 PM CST	F2	Johnson	14.7	587		12	$2.0 million
December 29	3:45 PM CST	F1	Smith	1.5	100			$100,000
December 29	3:45 PM CST	F0	Leon	2.0	50			$35,000
December 29	4:07 PM CST	F0	Johnson	1.3	70			$40,000
December 29	4:12 PM CST	F0	Leon	3.8	50			$5,000
December 29	4:55 PM CST	F0	Anderson	6.7	50			$10,000
December 29	5:50 PM CST	F1	Anderson	4.0	50			$200,000
December 29	5:54 PM CST	F0	Robertson	3.0	50
December 29	6:34 PM CST	F1	Henderson	3.0	100			$2.0 million
December 29	7:30 PM CST	F1	Anderson	11.3	100			$30,000

Crossed into Texas

Tornadoes that touched down in a neighboring state and ran into Texas. They are counted under the state they began in.

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 24	8:23 PM CDT	F1	Cotton, OK to TX	6.3	200			$10,000

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.