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2011 tornadoes in Texas

103 tornadoes touched down in Texas in 2011, 19 percent below the average of the record for the state. None of them killed anybody. 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 2011

January 9 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 9	3:25 AM CST	EF1	Jim Wells	23.3	200			$5.0 million

February 1 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 1	6:10 AM CST	EF1	Rusk	0.6	100			$60,000

March 8 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 8	4:10 PM CST	EF0	Lamar	4.0	60			$20,000
March 8	5:15 PM CST	EF1	Red River	10.6	225			$400,000

March 19 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 19	7:03 PM CDT	EF0	Hale	0.1	75

April 11 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 11	1:09 AM CDT	EF1	Johnson	1.5	100		$150,000
April 11	1:22 AM CDT	EF1	Johnson	0.1	50	2	$100,000
April 11	2:13 AM CDT	EF1	Kaufman	0.5	60		$60,000
April 11	2:34 AM CDT	EF1	Hunt	6.5	200		$250,000

April 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 14	10:46 PM CDT	EF0	Fannin	1.5	100			$35,000

April 20 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 20	6:37 PM CDT	EF0	Kimble	0.1	50

April 21 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 21	5:51 PM CDT	EF0	Pecos	3.8	300
April 21	6:18 PM CDT	EF0	Pecos	8.1	200
April 21	6:45 PM CDT	EF2	Terrell	7.8	800	$100,000
April 21	8:52 PM CDT	EF1	Jones	5.0	200
April 21	8:55 PM CDT	EF0	Jones	0.1	100

April 23 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 23	8:13 PM CDT	EF0	Comanche	0.0	30

April 24 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
April 24	3:28 PM CDT	EF0	Callahan	1.2	30
April 24	3:55 PM CDT	EF0	Shackelford	0.1	50
April 24	4:22 PM CDT	EF0	Taylor	0.1	50
April 24	5:04 PM CDT	EF0	Callahan	1.7	30
April 24	5:15 PM CDT	EF0	Callahan	0.1	50
April 24	5:24 PM CDT	EF0	Callahan	6.0	500
April 24	8:27 PM CDT	EF0	Coleman	0.1	50

April 25 17 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 25	1:55 PM CDT	EF0	Hood	2.5	150
April 25	2:00 PM CDT	EF0	Hood	0.4	25
April 25	3:00 PM CDT	EF0	Somervell	0.8	50
April 25	3:10 PM CDT	EF0	Johnson	2.6	400
April 25	3:15 PM CDT	EF0	Johnson	0.9	150
April 25	3:32 PM CDT	EF1	Cherokee	8.6	75	$500
April 25	4:23 PM CDT	EF0	Hill	0.7	30
April 25	5:20 PM CDT	EF0	Ellis	0.5	50	$25,000
April 25	6:53 PM CDT	EF0	Limestone	1.3	100
April 25	6:59 PM CDT	EF0	Freestone	0.8	100
April 25	7:25 PM CDT	EF0	Freestone	3.5	500
April 25	7:35 PM CDT	EF0	Leon	0.9	100
April 25	9:15 PM CDT	EF1	Houston	0.2	30	$50,000
April 25	9:37 PM CDT	EF1	Angelina	7.7	250	$400,000
April 25	9:45 PM CDT	EF1	Trinity	0.6	100	$30,000
April 25	10:13 PM CDT	EF0	Angelina	0.7	25	$2,000
April 25	12:30 AM CDT	EF0	Polk	0.1	20	$1,000

April 26 18 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 26	1:40 PM CDT	EF0	Bailey	0.8	50
April 26	4:56 PM CDT	EF0	Kaufman	5.1	500		$5,000
April 26	5:45 PM CDT	EF1	Van Zandt	13.9	880	1	$200,000
April 26	6:01 PM CDT	EF0	Kaufman	5.1	400		$30,000
April 26	6:23 PM CDT	EF0	Kaufman	1.0	100
April 26	6:35 PM CDT	EF1	Rusk	13.9	100		$10,000
April 26	7:00 PM CDT	EF0	Wood	3.4	50
April 26	7:04 PM CDT	EF2	Harrison	5.2	400		$300,000
April 26	7:15 PM CDT	EF0	Navarro	0.4	100
April 26	7:24 PM CDT	EF0	Harrison	6.0	70
April 26	7:35 PM CDT	EF1	Limestone	0.9	75		$150,000
April 26	7:46 PM CDT	EF2	Panola to LA	42.4	850	2	$10 million
April 26	7:48 PM CDT	EF0	Limestone	0.7	100
April 26	7:49 PM CDT	EF0	Smith	3.2	60
April 26	7:49 PM CDT	EF0	Smith	3.2	60
April 26	8:28 PM CDT	EF0	McLennan	0.4	50
April 26	8:53 PM CDT	EF0	McLennan	1.5	100
April 26	9:57 PM CDT	EF0	Limestone	0.7	100

April 30 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 30	7:06 PM CDT	EF0	Wood	1.8	75
April 30	8:26 PM CDT	EF0	Upshur	2.2	75
April 30	9:24 PM CDT	EF0	Cass	2.6	150	$5,000

May 11 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 11	1:55 PM CDT	EF0	Tarrant	0.5	50			$30,000
May 11	2:30 PM CDT	EF0	Cooke	1.6	75			$18,000

May 19 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 19	7:34 PM CDT	EF0	Wilbarger	0.5	75

May 20 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 20	5:36 PM CDT	EF0	Red River	1.6	50
May 20	6:38 PM CDT	EF0	Harrison	6.8	50

May 21 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 21	4:24 PM CDT	EF0	Coryell	0.0	25
May 21	9:00 PM CDT	EF0	Williamson	1.6	30			$100,000

May 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 22	6:20 PM CDT	EF0	Jack	0.0	50

May 24 10 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 24	5:46 PM CDT	EF0	Montague	0.0	30
May 24	6:40 PM CDT	EF0	Montague	0.0	30
May 24	7:34 PM CDT	EF0	Cooke	1.6	100
May 24	7:38 PM CDT	EF0	Wise	0.0	30	$2,000
May 24	7:38 PM CDT	EF0	Parker	0.4	40	$10,000
May 24	7:45 PM CDT	EF0	Tarrant	1.7	50	$1,000
May 24	7:51 PM CDT	EF2	Denton	1.5	220	$750,000
May 24	8:23 PM CDT	EF1	Dallas	1.4	500	$150,000
May 24	9:48 PM CDT	EF0	Dallas	0.0	30
May 24	10:43 PM CDT	EF0	Kaufman	0.0	20

May 25 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 25	11:49 PM CDT	EF0	Liberty	0.5	20
May 25	12:15 AM CDT	EF0	Liberty	0.5	20			$5,000

June 11 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 11	6:49 PM CDT	EF0	Lipscomb	0.5	50			$15,000
June 11	7:50 PM CDT	EF0	Lipscomb	0.2	50			$5,000

June 20 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 20	8:46 PM CDT	EF0	Stephens	0.0	30

June 21 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 21	3:55 PM CDT	EF0	Shelby	3.9	75
June 21	5:00 PM CDT	EF0	Shelby	1.6	75

June 30 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 30	5:57 PM CDT	EF1	Hidalgo	0.4	30		1	$500,000

July 19 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 19	2:39 PM CDT	EF0	Medina	0.1	10

August 6 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 6	3:30 PM CDT	EF0	Hall	0.1	10

August 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 14	4:19 PM CDT	EF0	Newton	0.0	10			$1,000

August 25 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 25	1:25 PM CDT	EF0	Calhoun	0.2	100			$30,000
August 25	4:30 PM CDT	EF0	Lubbock	0.1	15

September 17 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 17	5:09 PM CDT	EF1	Jim Wells	1.9	100			$20,000

October 9 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 9	1:10 AM CDT	EF1	Bexar	1.9	50			$1.0 million

October 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 12	5:30 PM CDT	EF0	Liberty	4.2	50		1	$25,000

November 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 7	2:38 PM CST	EF4	Tillman to OK	17.4	500

November 8 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
November 8	1:37 PM CST	EF1	Harris	0.3	150	$100,000
November 8	2:02 PM CST	EF1	Nacogdoches	12.3	150
November 8	3:34 PM CST	EF0	Rusk	6.4	70
November 8	6:00 PM CST	EF0	Galveston	0.3	25	$50,000
November 8	7:58 PM CST	EF1	Newton	3.6	150	$10,000

November 15 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 15	2:20 PM CST	EF0	San Jacinto	0.1	20

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.