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2010 tornadoes in Texas

108 tornadoes touched down in Texas in 2010, 15 percent below the average of the record for the state. None of them killed anybody.

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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 2010

January 20 10 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
January 20	4:26 PM CST	EF1	Sabine	0.8	150	$40,000
January 20	5:18 PM CST	EF3	Harrison to LA	15.6	1,087	$1.5 million
January 20	5:19 PM CST	EF2	Van Zandt	15.2	100	$1.0 million
January 20	6:20 PM CST	EF2	Henderson	0.9	200	$30,000
January 20	6:22 PM CST	EF0	Hopkins	5.4	50	$100,000
January 20	6:23 PM CST	EF1	Henderson	3.0	100	$75,000
January 20	6:35 PM CST	EF0	Hopkins	1.4	50	$750,000
January 20	6:58 PM CST	EF0	Smith	1.5	75	$200,000
January 20	7:09 PM CST	EF1	Smith	0.5	75	$40,000
January 20	7:44 PM CST	EF1	Harrison	0.3	50	$300,000

April 17 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 17	5:15 PM CDT	EF0	Kleberg	0.5	50			$5,000

April 20 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 20	7:04 PM CDT	EF0	Potter	1.1	50
April 20	7:47 PM CDT	EF0	Randall	0.9	50

April 22 10 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 22	4:59 PM CDT	EF0	Armstrong	1.8	50
April 22	5:10 PM CDT	EF0	Donley	5.2	100
April 22	5:20 PM CDT	EF1	Armstrong	10.3	100	$3,000
April 22	5:38 PM CDT	EF0	Gray	0.5	25
April 22	6:07 PM CDT	EF0	Donley	0.6	25
April 22	6:30 PM CDT	EF0	Gray	4.0	440
April 22	6:40 PM CDT	EF0	Gray	4.5	100
April 22	7:20 PM CDT	EF2	Motley	9.0	1,300	$100,000
April 22	7:46 PM CDT	EF3	Cottle	12.3	975	$300,000
April 22	9:05 PM CDT	EF0	Cottle	5.0	150

April 23 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 23	7:34 PM CDT	EF0	Cass	4.8	50
April 23	7:44 PM CDT	EF0	Cass to AR	17.6	100			$30,000

April 24 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 24	1:44 AM CDT	EF1	Kaufman	0.2	30		$50,000
April 24	2:31 AM CDT	EF0	Wood	4.2	100	3	$75,000
April 24	2:45 AM CDT	EF0	Wood	1.6	70		$10,000

May 1 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 1	8:29 PM CDT	EF0	Cass	0.9	150			$50,000

May 14 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 14	12:56 PM CDT	EF0	Winkler	3.0	100
May 14	1:15 PM CDT	EF3	Ector	4.3	500	$100,000
May 14	1:32 PM CDT	EF0	Ector	1.3	75
May 14	2:15 PM CDT	EF0	Midland	0.5	50
May 14	6:35 PM CDT	EF0	Reagan	0.7	75

May 18 12 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 18	8:41 AM CDT	EF0	Cameron	0.0	10
May 18	5:32 PM CDT	EF0	Hartley	1.1	50
May 18	5:41 PM CDT	EF0	Hartley	1.0	100
May 18	5:55 PM CDT	EF0	Moore	0.5	25
May 18	6:28 PM CDT	EF0	Moore	2.2	25
May 18	6:42 PM CDT	EF0	Moore	1.2	200
May 18	7:44 PM CDT	EF2	Hutchinson	5.0	300	$40,000
May 18	8:52 PM CDT	EF0	Dallam	0.5	25
May 18	9:30 PM CDT	EF0	Dallam	4.1	25
May 18	10:40 PM CDT	EF0	Sherman	1.1	50
May 18	11:27 PM CDT	EF0	Sherman	1.4	880	$12,000
May 18	12:12 AM CDT	EF0	Hansford	0.6	25

May 19 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 19	1:56 AM CDT	EF1	Hutchinson	0.4	100			$28,000
May 19	3:32 AM CDT	EF0	Ochiltree	1.1	50

May 20 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 20	2:06 PM CDT	EF0	Ellis	1.2	25
May 20	3:20 PM CDT	EF0	Ellis	0.5	25	$5,000
May 20	6:55 PM CDT	EF0	Hill	0.0	10

May 22 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 22	6:36 PM CDT	EF0	Pecos	1.8	150
May 22	8:15 PM CDT	EF0	Pecos	0.3	150

May 23 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 23	6:56 PM CDT	EF2	Reeves	4.0	300			$24,000

May 24 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 24	8:29 PM CDT	EF0	Hansford	3.1	100	$6,000
May 24	8:37 PM CDT	EF0	Hansford	0.2	25
May 24	8:47 PM CDT	EF0	Hansford	0.4	25
May 24	8:56 PM CDT	EF0	Hansford	0.1	25

May 25 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 25	11:30 AM CDT	EF0	Live Oak	0.2	25	$5,000
May 25	7:52 PM CDT	EF0	Castro	0.2	50
May 25	8:11 PM CDT	EF0	Castro	0.1	20
May 25	8:14 PM CDT	EF0	Castro	0.1	20

June 2 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 2	3:55 PM CDT	EF0	Lynn	0.1	15
June 2	10:47 PM CDT	EF1	San Patricio	7.6	440	$70,000
June 2	11:15 PM CDT	EF0	Nueces	0.5	20
June 2	11:18 PM CDT	EF0	Refugio	0.3	20
June 2	11:34 PM CDT	EF2	Aransas	3.8	500	$250,000

June 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 8	10:57 AM CDT	EF0	Harris	0.1	10			$250,000

June 9 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 9	5:32 AM CDT	EF1	Jefferson	2.8	100			$100,000

June 10 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 10	10:56 AM CDT	EF1	Houston	2.8	75			$75,000
June 10	11:29 AM CDT	EF0	Houston	1.5	25			$10,000

June 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 12	3:14 PM CDT	EF0	Moore	0.6	25

June 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 13	5:24 PM CDT	EF0	Lipscomb	0.3	25

June 14 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 14	2:40 PM CDT	EF0	Lynn	0.2	40
June 14	5:00 PM CDT	EF0	Dawson	0.6	50

June 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 28	1:11 PM CDT	EF0	Wharton	0.3	25

June 30 8 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 30	2:05 AM CDT	EF0	Matagorda	0.0	5
June 30	10:10 AM CDT	EF0	Cameron	0.1	20	$4,000
June 30	10:35 AM CDT	EF0	Cameron	0.4	40	$10,000
June 30	11:46 AM CDT	EF0	Refugio	7.1	30
June 30	12:16 PM CDT	EF0	Willacy	0.8	20
June 30	2:30 PM CDT	EF0	Nueces	0.1	30
June 30	3:10 PM CDT	EF0	Refugio	0.1	30
June 30	9:41 PM CDT	EF0	Aransas	0.6	30

July 1 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 1	9:20 AM CDT	EF0	Aransas	0.0	25			$5,000
July 1	6:10 PM CDT	EF0	Kleberg	0.1	25

July 2 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 2	5:09 PM CDT	EF1	Jim Hogg	1.9	100			$1.5 million

August 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 12	12:15 PM CDT	EF0	Cameron	0.1	20

September 1 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 1	4:15 PM CDT	EF0	Ector	0.3	50

September 7 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 7	2:56 PM CDT	EF0	Tarrant	0.1	10
September 7	3:37 PM CDT	EF0	Lavaca	0.2	50

September 8 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
September 8	4:18 AM CDT	EF0	Coryell	0.1	50
September 8	5:20 PM CDT	EF0	Lamar	1.9	200		$100,000
September 8	5:36 PM CDT	EF1	Ellis	9.9	704		$200,000
September 8	5:55 PM CDT	EF0	Falls	0.6	115
September 8	6:10 PM CDT	EF2	Dallas	2.7	516	1	$750,000
September 8	6:20 PM CDT	EF0	Rockwall	0.7	108		$50,000
September 8	7:30 PM CDT	EF0	Cooke	0.0	50

September 15 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 15	10:49 AM CDT	EF0	Refugio	0.0	10
September 15	3:23 PM CDT	EF0	Gaines	0.1	30

October 21 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 21	5:48 PM CDT	EF0	Upton	0.8	75

October 23 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 23	12:55 PM CDT	EF0	Tarrant	0.0	50			$15,000

October 24 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
October 24	3:30 PM CDT	EF0	Morris	3.0	75
October 24	5:43 PM CDT	EF2	Navarro	6.5	480	4	$1.0 million
October 24	6:00 PM CDT	EF0	Hunt	0.2	50		$500,000
October 24	6:15 PM CDT	EF0	Franklin	0.2	50
October 24	6:47 PM CDT	EF0	Morris	0.9	75		$1,000
October 24	6:54 PM CDT	EF0	Wood	1.7	75

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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.