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2012 tornadoes in Texas

115 tornadoes touched down in Texas in 2012, 9 percent below the average of the record for the state. None of them killed anybody.

2011 2013 The whole country in 2012

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 2012

January 9 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
January 9	8:45 AM CST	EF0	Fort Bend	0.1	20	$5,000
January 9	9:05 AM CST	EF1	Fort Bend	0.5	50	$500,000
January 9	11:15 AM CST	EF0	Brazoria	0.1	50	$15,000
January 9	11:32 AM CST	EF0	Brazoria	0.1	50	$20,000
January 9	11:34 AM CST	EF0	Brazoria	0.3	50	$10,000
January 9	12:56 PM CST	EF0	Galveston	0.6	50	$50,000

January 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 24	11:30 PM CST	EF0	Edwards	3.0	10

January 25 15 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
January 25	2:58 AM CST	EF1	Travis	1.1	50
January 25	4:15 AM CST	EF0	Bexar	0.3	30
January 25	5:30 AM CST	EF0	Bastrop	2.9	30		$5,000
January 25	6:43 AM CST	EF1	Burleson	2.3	50		$200,000
January 25	7:17 AM CST	EF0	Washington	2.1	50		$30,000
January 25	8:00 AM CST	EF0	Madison	0.5	50		$10,000
January 25	9:06 AM CST	EF0	Walker	0.4	50		$50,000
January 25	9:09 AM CST	EF0	Walker	0.2	25		$30,000
January 25	10:32 AM CST	EF1	Rusk	1.5	175	1	$100,000
January 25	10:47 AM CST	EF0	Rusk	6.5	100
January 25	12:05 PM CST	EF0	Brazoria	0.2	75		$15,000
January 25	12:10 PM CST	EF0	Hardin	2.5	25		$10,000
January 25	12:28 PM CST	EF0	Tyler	0.4	10		$20,000
January 25	12:45 PM CST	EF0	Jasper	1.0	20		$5,000
January 25	12:57 PM CST	EF1	Jasper	1.6	25		$50,000

February 3 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
February 3	12:42 AM CST	EF1	Gray	12.7	100	$250,000
February 3	6:45 PM CST	EF1	Burleson	0.8	75	$150,000
February 3	6:48 PM CST	EF2	Burleson	0.5	100	$500,000

March 11 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 11	2:15 PM CDT	EF0	San Augustine	3.6	50			$10,000

March 18 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 18	12:28 AM CDT	EF2	Ector	1.0	40		3	$1.0 million

March 19 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries
March 19	7:50 PM CDT	EF2	Medina	3.5	440
March 19	8:05 PM CDT	EF1	Medina	7.0	50
March 19	8:22 PM CDT	EF2	Bexar	5.0	100	4
March 19	12:55 AM CDT	EF0	Bexar	0.8	10
March 19	12:59 AM CDT	EF0	Bexar	0.3	10

March 20 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 20	4:05 AM CDT	EF0	Karnes	0.3	30

March 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 29	6:18 PM CDT	EF0	Willacy	0.2	25

April 2 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 2	10:46 AM CDT	EF1	Newton	1.8	30			$200,000

April 3 20 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 3	12:41 PM CDT	EF1	Johnson	1.2	60		$600,000
April 3	1:00 PM CDT	EF2	Ellis	13.7	200	10	$400 million
April 3	1:08 PM CDT	EF0	Johnson	0.3	50
April 3	1:21 PM CDT	EF2	Tarrant	6.4	150	7	$200 million
April 3	1:54 PM CDT	EF0	Dallas	0.1	25		$4,000
April 3	1:58 PM CDT	EF0	Tarrant	0.5	60		$55,000
April 3	2:08 PM CDT	EF0	Dallas	1.3	30		$100,000
April 3	2:23 PM CDT	EF0	Dallas	2.0	75		$150,000
April 3	2:40 PM CDT	EF0	Denton	0.2	50
April 3	3:20 PM CDT	EF0	Hunt	0.3	25
April 3	3:22 PM CDT	EF0	Dallas	0.3	30	2	$300,000
April 3	3:24 PM CDT	EF0	Hopkins	0.1	25
April 3	3:33 PM CDT	EF3	Kaufman	7.7	150	7	$100 million
April 3	3:54 PM CDT	EF0	Hopkins	0.6	50		$6,000
April 3	3:56 PM CDT	EF3	Rockwall	3.3	400	3	$16 million
April 3	4:27 PM CDT	EF0	Hunt	0.6	50
April 3	4:39 PM CDT	EF0	Franklin	0.8	25
April 3	4:41 PM CDT	EF0	Red River	1.4	25
April 3	4:44 PM CDT	EF0	Bowie	2.2	50
April 3	5:36 PM CDT	EF0	Hopkins	0.5	25

April 7 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
April 7	4:23 PM CDT	EF0	Mitchell	1.4	30
April 7	4:38 PM CDT	EF0	Mitchell	2.3	40
April 7	7:12 PM CDT	EF0	Sterling	0.8	30
April 7	7:42 PM CDT	EF0	Sterling	1.2	30

April 11 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 11	2:51 PM CDT	EF0	Rusk	1.7	35
April 11	3:22 PM CDT	EF0	Rusk	0.9	25

April 16 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 16	5:23 AM CDT	EF1	San Patricio	2.0	500	$2.0 million
April 16	5:50 AM CDT	EF0	San Patricio	1.1	50	$15,000
April 16	6:20 AM CDT	EF0	San Patricio	0.7	50	$50,000
April 16	8:35 AM CDT	EF0	Kleberg	0.5	50
April 16	8:37 AM CDT	EF0	Kenedy	0.8	25

April 20 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 20	5:45 PM CDT	EF0	Willacy	0.2	10
April 20	6:30 PM CDT	EF0	Cameron	0.1	10

April 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 28	8:45 PM CDT	EF0	Stonewall	0.1	30

April 30 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 30	8:30 PM CDT	EF0	Collingsworth	1.3	150

May 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 8	8:15 AM CDT	EF0	Nueces	0.0	25

May 10 19 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
May 10	9:46 AM CDT	EF0	La Salle	10.3	75	2	$50,000
May 10	12:40 PM CDT	EF0	Kleberg	0.1	50
May 10	1:25 PM CDT	EF0	Wilson	0.3	10
May 10	1:46 PM CDT	EF0	Live Oak	0.0	10
May 10	2:04 PM CDT	EF0	Live Oak	0.8	50		$50,000
May 10	2:08 PM CDT	EF0	Live Oak	0.5	50
May 10	2:20 PM CDT	EF0	Live Oak	0.0	20
May 10	3:56 PM CDT	EF0	Bee	0.3	50
May 10	3:58 PM CDT	EF0	Bee	0.3	50
May 10	4:02 PM CDT	EF0	Bee	0.9	75
May 10	4:10 PM CDT	EF0	Live Oak	0.1	50
May 10	5:30 PM CDT	EF2	Colorado	0.6	150	8	$500,000
May 10	7:14 PM CDT	EF0	Live Oak	4.9	100
May 10	8:45 PM CDT	EF0	Live Oak	0.4	50
May 10	10:20 PM CDT	EF0	Nueces	1.7	75		$100,000
May 10	10:30 PM CDT	EF1	San Patricio	7.5	150		$500,000
May 10	10:52 PM CDT	EF0	Refugio	3.7	150		$30,000
May 10	11:17 PM CDT	EF0	Aransas	1.1	50		$2,000
May 10	11:59 PM CDT	EF0	Jim Hogg	0.1	10

May 11 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 11	3:15 AM CDT	EF0	Cameron	0.1	50			$15,000

May 21 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 21	8:37 PM CDT	EF0	Oldham	0.6	100

May 30 9 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 30	5:55 PM CDT	EF0	Cottle	0.7	30
May 30	5:59 PM CDT	EF0	Cottle	0.4	30
May 30	6:00 PM CDT	EF0	Cottle	0.3	20
May 30	6:13 PM CDT	EF0	Cottle	0.6	30
May 30	6:27 PM CDT	EF0	Foard	2.0	400
May 30	6:38 PM CDT	EF0	Runnels	0.1	25
May 30	6:47 PM CDT	EF0	Concho	0.1	25
May 30	7:14 PM CDT	EF0	Cottle	4.8	200
May 30	7:20 PM CDT	EF0	Concho	0.1	25

June 4 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 4	8:28 PM CDT	EF0	Crosby	0.0	20

June 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 12	8:58 PM CDT	EF1	Andrews	0.1	300			$6,000

June 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 13	7:55 PM CDT	EF0	Fannin	0.2	75			$50,000

August 21 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 21	5:50 PM CDT	EF0	Chambers	0.4	20

September 29 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 29	5:02 PM CDT	EF0	Lavaca	0.6	20			$5,000
September 29	5:11 PM CDT	EF0	Calhoun	0.1	30			$100,000

October 12 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 12	7:05 PM CDT	EF0	Hale	1.8	200
October 12	7:14 PM CDT	EF0	Hale	0.1	20

October 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 13	6:50 PM CDT	EF0	Lee	0.2	20			$5,000

December 14 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
December 14	4:17 PM CST	EF0	Carson	3.0	200
December 14	4:53 PM CST	EF0	Donley	0.9	50
December 14	4:58 PM CST	EF0	Donley	0.4	50

December 25 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
December 25	9:05 AM CST	EF3	Houston	9.7	300			$700,000
December 25	9:40 AM CST	EF0	Houston	0.3	30

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.