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2013 tornadoes in Texas

83 tornadoes touched down in Texas in 2013, 34 percent below the average of the record for the state. They killed 7 people and injured 67. 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 2013

January 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 29	6:15 PM CST	EF0	Wood	0.2	325			$5,000

February 10 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 10	9:15 AM CST	EF0	Polk	0.5	30		1	$50,000

February 18 14 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
February 18	2:03 PM CST	EF1	San Jacinto	0.6	30	$150,000
February 18	5:13 PM CST	EF0	Rusk	0.7	30
February 18	5:18 PM CST	EF0	Rusk	0.0	20
February 18	5:27 PM CST	EF0	Rusk	1.2	15
February 18	5:27 PM CST	EF0	Rusk	1.6	30
February 18	5:48 PM CST	EF1	Rusk	2.0	60	$30,000
February 18	5:57 PM CST	EF0	Panola	1.2	50
February 18	6:01 PM CST	EF0	Rusk	0.0	10
February 18	6:05 PM CST	EF0	Panola	0.8	30
February 18	6:12 PM CST	EF0	Rusk	0.0	20	$5,000
February 18	6:13 PM CST	EF0	Panola	0.0	10
February 18	6:19 PM CST	EF1	Rusk	0.0	20	$10,000
February 18	6:19 PM CST	EF0	Panola	0.0	20
February 18	6:37 PM CST	EF0	Shelby	0.0	10

February 21 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 21	1:10 PM CST	EF1	Sabine	4.5	150	1	2	$250,000

April 1 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 1	4:40 PM CDT	EF1	Briscoe	1.8	100			$5,000

April 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 13	3:30 PM CDT	EF0	Brewster	2.6	300

April 17 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 17	8:03 PM CDT	EF0	Wilbarger	1.0	100			$5,000
April 17	8:11 PM CDT	EF0	Wilbarger	0.2	100

April 29 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
April 29	1:01 PM CDT	EF0	San Patricio	1.7	20
April 29	1:26 PM CDT	EF0	San Patricio	0.1	10
April 29	1:56 PM CDT	EF0	Refugio	0.2	10

April 30 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 30	5:18 PM CDT	EF0	Lubbock	0.1	10

May 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 8	5:55 PM CDT	EF0	Stonewall	0.0	40

May 15 19 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 15	5:33 PM CDT	EF0	Montague	1.1	70			$30,000
May 15	6:14 PM CDT	EF0	Mills	3.4	50
May 15	6:41 PM CDT	EF0	Palo Pinto	0.3	50
May 15	6:50 PM CDT	EF1	Montague	1.0	200		1	$100,000
May 15	6:51 PM CDT	EF1	Montague	3.6	240			$125,000
May 15	7:03 PM CDT	EF1	Parker	1.9	400			$60,000
May 15	7:18 PM CDT	EF0	Montague	0.9	150			$40,000
May 15	7:22 PM CDT	EF0	Parker	0.5	70
May 15	7:35 PM CDT	EF0	Wise	0.7	25
May 15	7:53 PM CDT	EF0	Parker	1.5	200			$40,000
May 15	7:58 PM CDT	EF4	Hood	2.5	400	6	54	$143 million
May 15	8:05 PM CDT	EF0	Parker	0.1	20			$20,000
May 15	8:09 PM CDT	EF1	Hood	2.4	300			$360,000
May 15	8:19 PM CDT	EF0	Johnson	0.2	30			$10,000
May 15	8:34 PM CDT	EF0	Hamilton	0.2	30
May 15	8:35 PM CDT	EF0	Hamilton	1.0	40
May 15	9:12 PM CDT	EF3	Johnson	7.8	1,733		7	$124 million
May 15	9:45 PM CDT	EF0	Johnson	1.3	400
May 15	12:05 AM CDT	EF1	Ellis	6.2	400		1	$650,000

May 16 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 16	2:20 PM CDT	EF1	Harrison	1.4	500		1	$100,000
May 16	2:34 PM CDT	EF1	Harrison	0.4	200			$50,000

May 17 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 17	7:34 PM CDT	EF0	Young	1.0	75
May 17	7:50 PM CDT	EF1	Young	3.1	20			$80,000

May 20 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 20	4:35 PM CDT	EF0	Brown	1.2	50
May 20	5:41 PM CDT	EF0	Montague	0.9	50
May 20	5:41 PM CDT	EF1	Brown	3.6	350	$100,000
May 20	6:00 PM CDT	EF0	Brown	0.2	50
May 20	7:25 PM CDT	EF0	Mills	1.1	100

May 23 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 23	1:53 PM CDT	EF0	Floyd	0.0	30
May 23	2:22 PM CDT	EF0	Floyd	0.0	30
May 23	2:30 PM CDT	EF0	Floyd	0.7	50
May 23	4:15 PM CDT	EF1	Dickens	1.9	300
May 23	6:12 PM CDT	EF0	Fisher	1.0	175	$100,000

May 25 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 25	3:45 AM CDT	EF0	Wilson	0.3	50	$25,000
May 25	5:25 AM CDT	EF0	Bexar	0.4	100	$100,000
May 25	1:47 PM CDT	EF0	Victoria	1.3	25

May 28 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 28	6:45 PM CDT	EF0	Deaf Smith	2.1	75
May 28	9:06 PM CDT	EF0	Deaf Smith	2.1	150

May 29 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 29	3:30 PM CDT	EF0	Briscoe	0.7	50			$5,000
May 29	3:44 PM CDT	EF0	Hall	0.6	50

June 2 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 2	10:50 AM CDT	EF0	Nueces	0.2	10

June 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 14	9:50 AM CDT	EF0	Uvalde	1.9	50			$25,000

June 19 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 19	5:32 PM CDT	EF2	Hockley	5.2	350			$50,000

August 1 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 1	4:42 PM CDT	EF0	Lubbock	0.7	25
August 1	4:46 PM CDT	EF0	Lubbock	0.4	25

August 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 7	4:48 PM CDT	EF0	Lubbock	0.0	10

August 14 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
August 14	5:45 PM CDT	EF0	Sherman	1.0	50
August 14	6:40 PM CDT	EF0	Hutchinson	0.1	40
August 14	10:58 PM CDT	EF0	Hale	0.1	25	$250,000

October 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 12	2:35 PM CDT	EF0	Denton	0.0	20

October 18 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 18	6:51 PM CDT	EF0	Kleberg	0.2	25

October 21 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 21	5:08 PM CDT	EF0	Kleberg	0.2	25

October 31 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 31	7:00 AM CDT	EF1	Jasper	1.3	50			$50,000
October 31	9:39 AM CDT	EF1	Orange	5.9	200			$100,000

December 21 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
December 21	1:58 PM CST	EF1	Tyler	0.9	25	$20,000
December 21	2:22 PM CST	EF1	Tyler	1.5	25	$75,000
December 21	2:50 PM CST	EF1	Jasper	0.4	25	$40,000

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.