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2009 tornadoes in Texas

128 tornadoes touched down in Texas in 2009, about the average of the record for the state. They killed 8 people and injured 65. 1 were rated F4 or EF4 and above.

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The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Enhanced Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

EF065 to 85 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
EF186 to 110 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
EF2111 to 135 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.
EF3136 to 165 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
EF4166 to 200 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
EF5over 200 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 2009

February 10 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 10	6:25 PM CST	EF0	Montague	0.4	35			$20,000
February 10	6:45 PM CST	EF4	Jefferson to OK	37.0	880	8	46	$3.0 million
February 10	9:15 PM CST	EF1	Tarrant	0.5	100			$750,000
February 10	11:16 PM CST	EF1	Wood	7.1	300			$400,000

March 26 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 26	7:20 PM CDT	EF0	Montague	0.2	30
March 26	8:34 PM CDT	EF0	Cooke	0.3	30

March 27 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 27	4:32 PM CDT	EF0	Liberty	0.1	15			$35,000
March 27	5:12 PM CDT	EF0	Hardin	0.0	10

April 9 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 9	7:52 PM CDT	EF1	Morris	5.8	150		$20,000
April 9	8:05 PM CDT	EF2	Cass	16.8	190		$750,000
April 9	8:41 PM CDT	EF0	Cass	3.8	75		$50,000
April 9	9:13 PM CDT	EF1	Harrison	2.6	200		$1.0 million
April 9	9:48 PM CDT	EF2	Harrison to LA	37.2	500	2	$13 million

April 11 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 11	7:55 PM CDT	EF0	Glasscock	0.7	300			$3,000

April 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 12	7:13 PM CDT	EF0	Montague	0.1	25

April 16 16 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 16	3:44 PM CDT	EF0	Swisher	1.0	75
April 16	5:02 PM CDT	EF0	Lubbock	1.8	50
April 16	5:03 PM CDT	EF0	Lubbock	2.1	100	$1,000
April 16	6:45 PM CDT	EF0	Crosby	0.5	200
April 16	7:20 PM CDT	EF0	Garza	0.8	50	$1,000
April 16	8:15 PM CDT	EF0	Kent	0.5	50
April 16	8:56 PM CDT	EF1	Lubbock	7.6	125	$130,000
April 16	9:20 PM CDT	EF1	Martin	7.6	300	$40,000
April 16	9:26 PM CDT	EF1	Hale	2.0	75	$75,000
April 16	9:38 PM CDT	EF0	Kent	0.3	75
April 16	9:53 PM CDT	EF2	Howard	11.3	450	$83,000
April 16	9:55 PM CDT	EF1	Martin	7.4	200	$7,000
April 16	10:05 PM CDT	EF0	Kent	1.5	100
April 16	10:14 PM CDT	EF1	Lubbock	1.5	100	$25,000
April 16	10:35 PM CDT	EF0	Dickens	0.3	75
April 16	10:52 PM CDT	EF0	King	0.3	75

April 18 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 18	9:30 AM CDT	EF0	Robertson	0.1	50			$4,000
April 18	4:00 PM CDT	EF0	Galveston	1.1	30			$50,000

April 27 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 27	4:10 AM CDT	EF1	Williamson	2.1	50		$1.0 million
April 27	8:30 AM CDT	EF1	Navarro	0.6	67	1	$100,000
April 27	9:28 AM CDT	EF0	Van Zandt	0.8	20
April 27	3:36 PM CDT	EF0	DeWitt	0.1	10		$50,000
April 27	9:25 PM CDT	EF0	Newton	0.0	10		$1,000
April 27	9:29 PM CDT	EF0	Jasper	0.0	10

April 28 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
April 28	3:26 PM CDT	EF0	Robertson	0.1	50
April 28	3:41 PM CDT	EF0	Brazos	3.2	10
April 28	4:00 PM CDT	EF0	Madison	1.9	10
April 28	5:30 PM CDT	EF0	Madison	2.4	10

April 29 12 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 29	4:20 PM CDT	EF0	Hall	2.8	100
April 29	4:25 PM CDT	EF0	Hall	0.8	50
April 29	5:00 PM CDT	EF2	Terrell	0.3	300	$5,000
April 29	5:13 PM CDT	EF0	Floyd	0.3	75
April 29	6:07 PM CDT	EF0	Floyd	0.5	25
April 29	6:11 PM CDT	EF1	Floyd	4.0	125	$25,000
April 29	6:19 PM CDT	EF0	Floyd	0.8	75
April 29	6:30 PM CDT	EF1	Carson	0.9	25	$15,000
April 29	6:36 PM CDT	EF0	Carson	0.1	25	$8,000
April 29	6:58 PM CDT	EF0	Floyd	1.8	500
April 29	8:18 PM CDT	EF0	King	0.3	50
April 29	8:28 PM CDT	EF0	Dickens	1.8	75

May 1 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 1	3:47 PM CDT	EF0	Haskell	0.1	50
May 1	4:12 PM CDT	EF0	Haskell	0.1	50
May 1	5:23 PM CDT	EF0	Haskell	0.1	50

May 2 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 2	4:04 PM CDT	EF0	Hunt	2.9	33
May 2	4:44 PM CDT	EF0	Bowie	1.0	75
May 2	5:51 PM CDT	EF1	Cass	2.2	125
May 2	8:56 PM CDT	EF0	Camp	1.9	75

May 3 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 3	6:44 AM CDT	EF1	Trinity	2.1	50			$60,000

May 14 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 14	3:15 AM CDT	EF0	Red River	0.5	50			$500
May 14	3:58 AM CDT	EF0	Bowie	1.2	75

May 15 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
May 15	4:45 PM CDT	EF0	Roberts	0.3	100
May 15	4:47 PM CDT	EF0	Roberts	0.5	100
May 15	5:02 PM CDT	EF0	Gray	1.0	440
May 15	5:09 PM CDT	EF2	Gray	3.0	880	1	$50,000
May 15	5:25 PM CDT	EF1	Gray	6.0	440		$40,000

May 24 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 24	2:28 PM CDT	EF0	Hale	0.2	25
May 24	4:45 PM CDT	EF1	Jim Wells	0.2	50	$50,000
May 24	5:58 PM CDT	EF0	Floyd	0.3	75

June 2 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 2	4:40 PM CDT	EF0	Terry	0.0	25
June 2	4:43 PM CDT	EF0	Fisher	0.1	250

June 3 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 3	2:14 PM CDT	EF0	Harris	0.1	20	$3,000
June 3	7:30 PM CDT	EF0	Starr	1.4	30
June 3	9:22 PM CDT	EF0	San Patricio	0.7	50

June 4 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
June 4	4:17 PM CDT	EF0	Hartley	0.5	100
June 4	6:08 PM CDT	EF0	Oldham	1.0	100
June 4	6:33 PM CDT	EF0	Randall	0.1	100
June 4	6:40 PM CDT	EF0	Randall	0.8	100

June 5 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 5	9:39 PM CDT	EF0	Carson	1.3	25

June 10 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 10	6:40 PM CDT	EF0	Denton	2.3	50	$5,000
June 10	6:50 PM CDT	EF0	Denton	0.1	50
June 10	6:53 PM CDT	EF1	Denton	0.2	50	$200,000
June 10	7:05 PM CDT	EF0	Denton	0.6	50
June 10	9:22 PM CDT	EF0	Red River	2.5	100
June 10	9:25 PM CDT	EF0	Titus	2.6	100
June 10	10:15 PM CDT	EF0	Cass	0.5	75

June 12 8 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 12	5:29 PM CDT	EF1	Jack	1.7	100	$20,000
June 12	5:50 PM CDT	EF1	Jack	3.3	50	$20,000
June 12	6:10 PM CDT	EF1	San Saba	0.6	250
June 12	6:58 PM CDT	EF0	Parker	1.6	30	$2,000
June 12	7:15 PM CDT	EF1	Parker	3.2	50	$30,000
June 12	7:50 PM CDT	EF0	San Saba	0.7	200
June 12	8:40 PM CDT	EF0	San Saba	0.5	250
June 12	9:38 PM CDT	EF1	Mason	0.9	200	$80,000

June 13 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 13	6:25 PM CDT	EF1	Stonewall	4.0	200	$100,000
June 13	6:30 PM CDT	EF2	Haskell	3.6	440	$1.0 million
June 13	6:32 PM CDT	EF0	Briscoe	0.0	50
June 13	6:51 PM CDT	EF0	Briscoe	0.8	75
June 13	7:08 PM CDT	EF1	Haskell	0.4	150
June 13	7:54 PM CDT	EF0	Jones	0.0	10

June 15 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 15	6:23 PM CDT	EF0	Ochiltree	0.3	50

July 21 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 21	4:09 PM CDT	EF0	Lynn	0.4	50

July 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 28	9:28 AM CDT	EF1	Harrison	0.4	75			$50,000

August 18 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 18	1:57 PM CDT	EF1	Jefferson	0.9	100		10	$20 million

August 26 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 26	5:49 PM CDT	EF0	Lubbock	0.1	75

August 30 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 30	3:58 PM CDT	EF0	Aransas	3.5	25			$10,000
August 30	9:50 PM CDT	EF1	Galveston	0.3	50		3	$500,000

September 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 22	4:30 PM CDT	EF0	Willacy	0.0	10

October 3 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 3	3:12 PM CDT	EF0	Jackson	0.1	50			$3,000

October 29 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
October 29	2:27 PM CDT	EF0	Harrison	1.6	75
October 29	4:44 PM CDT	EF0	Panola	4.0	100
October 29	7:02 PM CDT	EF0	Bowie	4.0	75

November 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 29	5:57 PM CST	EF1	Bowie	3.3	75			$75,000

December 23 9 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
December 23	2:35 PM CST	EF0	Cherokee	2.3	50
December 23	3:04 PM CST	EF0	Cherokee	2.8	50
December 23	4:39 PM CST	EF2	Harrison	7.0	200		$1.0 million
December 23	5:51 PM CST	EF1	Cass	0.1	50
December 23	7:16 PM CST	EF0	Rusk	0.1	150
December 23	9:56 PM CST	EF3	Angelina	4.1	300	2	$10 million
December 23	10:10 PM CST	EF1	Cass to AR	4.8	150		$100
December 23	10:37 PM CST	EF1	Nacogdoches	0.5	50		$1,000
December 23	11:26 PM CST	EF2	Shelby	10.1	200		$250,000

December 24 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
December 24	2:10 AM CST	EF0	Sabine	1.3	100			$1,000
December 24	3:28 AM CST	EF0	Sabine	0.3	50			$1,000

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.