Tornadoes · United States · Texas

2016 tornadoes in Texas

100 tornadoes touched down in Texas in 2016, 21 percent below the average of the record for the state. They killed 1 people and injured 10.

2015 2017 The whole country in 2016

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 2016

February 23 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 23	5:53 AM CST	EF0	Wharton	2.0	30

March 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 7	6:08 PM CST	EF1	Parker	2.1	300			$100,000

March 8 11 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
March 8	6:30 AM CST	EF0	Erath	0.3	100	$130,000
March 8	6:55 AM CST	EF1	Erath	2.2	100	$500,000
March 8	7:21 AM CST	EF0	Hood	0.4	160	$50,000
March 8	7:36 AM CST	EF0	Hood	0.0	40	$4,000
March 8	8:03 AM CST	EF0	Tarrant	1.9	70	$330,000
March 8	8:17 AM CST	EF0	Lampasas	0.2	100	$60,000
March 8	8:53 AM CST	EF1	Denton	0.1	40	$90,000
March 8	9:17 AM CST	EF0	Williamson	1.5	50
March 8	12:23 PM CST	EF1	Navarro	1.9	150	$70,000
March 8	12:37 PM CST	EF0	Henderson	5.3	80	$200,000
March 8	7:10 PM CST	EF1	Mason	1.7	185

March 23 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 23	9:08 PM CDT	EF0	Tarrant	0.6	40			$90,000

April 15 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 15	9:50 PM CDT	EF0	Oldham	0.8	50

April 16 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
April 16	4:55 PM CDT	EF0	Kent	0.1	40
April 16	4:58 PM CDT	EF0	Mitchell	0.9	250
April 16	5:50 PM CDT	EF0	Dickens	0.8	150
April 16	6:05 PM CDT	EF0	Dickens	0.0	50
April 16	6:24 PM CDT	EF0	Fisher	1.2	50
April 16	7:50 PM CDT	EF0	Scurry	0.9	300

April 17 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 17	12:10 PM CDT	EF0	Harris	0.5	30			$30,000
April 17	7:24 PM CDT	EF0	La Salle	0.0	20

April 18 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 18	5:12 AM CDT	EF0	Harris	0.2	30			$30,000
April 18	5:14 AM CDT	EF0	Harris	0.1	30			$10,000

April 19 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 19	4:53 PM CDT	EF0	Pecos	6.5	400

April 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 24	6:29 PM CDT	EF0	Galveston	1.4	30			$100,000

April 26 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 26	5:47 PM CDT	EF0	Haskell	1.5	25
April 26	9:22 PM CDT	EF0	Grayson	0.2	80		$200,000
April 26	10:00 PM CDT	EF0	Grayson	2.4	150	5	$450,000
April 26	10:11 PM CDT	EF0	Grayson	6.0	75		$80,000

April 27 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Damage
April 27	4:43 AM CDT	EF0	Harris	0.4	40	1	$200,000
April 27	5:58 AM CDT	EF1	Tyler	0.7	50		$10,000
April 27	6:22 AM CDT	EF1	Jasper	2.2	50		$7,000

April 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 28	5:40 PM CDT	EF0	Hall	0.1	10

April 29 10 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 29	4:53 PM CDT	EF0	Collin	1.3	65		$30,000
April 29	5:33 PM CDT	EF0	Bosque	0.3	20
April 29	5:50 PM CDT	EF2	Smith	1.0	400		$500,000
April 29	5:55 PM CDT	EF2	Smith	25.9	3,221	2	$375,000
April 29	6:28 PM CDT	EF0	Van Zandt	2.6	50
April 29	7:33 PM CDT	EF2	Cherokee	7.2	820		$700,000
April 29	7:54 PM CDT	EF1	Cherokee	1.1	150		$15,000
April 29	10:21 PM CDT	EF1	Harrison	5.6	820
April 29	10:46 PM CDT	EF1	Harrison	5.8	200		$50,000
April 29	12:34 AM CDT	EF1	Harrison	6.6	350		$30,000

April 30 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 30	4:44 AM CDT	EF1	San Augustine	3.1	380			$100,000
April 30	6:08 AM CDT	EF2	Jasper	9.9	500		3	$50,000

May 9 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 9	8:59 PM CDT	EF1	Bowie	2.0	390			$10,000
May 9	9:06 PM CDT	EF1	Bowie	0.1	120

May 16 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 16	5:40 PM CDT	EF1	Dallam	0.9	25
May 16	6:06 PM CDT	EF0	Dallam	0.2	50
May 16	8:52 PM CDT	EF0	Hemphill	0.1	25
May 16	9:06 PM CDT	EF0	Hemphill	9.4	25
May 16	9:35 PM CDT	EF1	Hemphill to OK	0.6	50

May 22 17 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 22	5:30 PM CDT	EF0	Donley	0.4	25
May 22	5:39 PM CDT	EF1	Donley	1.1	75
May 22	6:13 PM CDT	EF3	Howard	4.0	500	$75,000
May 22	6:44 PM CDT	EF0	Ochiltree	2.5	75
May 22	6:44 PM CDT	EF2	Hall	6.6	600	$150,000
May 22	6:51 PM CDT	EF0	Howard	1.5	100
May 22	6:57 PM CDT	EF1	Ochiltree	1.5	500
May 22	7:04 PM CDT	EF1	Ochiltree	1.5	400
May 22	7:15 PM CDT	EF1	Ochiltree	2.4	75
May 22	7:17 PM CDT	EF0	Howard	2.3	100
May 22	7:38 PM CDT	EF0	Glasscock	0.5	50
May 22	7:49 PM CDT	Unrated	Ochiltree	0.3	50
May 22	7:55 PM CDT	EF2	Glasscock	3.0	200	$15,000
May 22	8:42 PM CDT	EF3	Glasscock	3.7	200	$45,000
May 22	8:45 PM CDT	EF0	Ochiltree	0.1	50
May 22	8:56 PM CDT	EF2	Glasscock	1.9	150	$107,000
May 22	9:02 PM CDT	EF0	Glasscock	1.4	100

May 23 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 23	9:30 PM CDT	EF3	Hall	10.0	800			$150,000

May 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 24	6:44 PM CDT	Unrated	Hutchinson	0.4	25

May 26 8 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 26	12:30 PM CDT	EF1	Brazos	2.9	50	$7.0 million
May 26	3:03 PM CDT	EF0	Washington	0.3	30	$10,000
May 26	3:20 PM CDT	EF0	Grimes	0.1	30	$50,000
May 26	3:28 PM CDT	EF1	Grimes	0.1	50	$100,000
May 26	3:29 PM CDT	EF2	Grimes	1.3	100	$200,000
May 26	5:52 PM CDT	EF1	Montgomery	1.0	300	$100,000
May 26	8:01 PM CDT	EF1	Coleman	5.4	400
May 26	8:10 PM CDT	Unrated	Hemphill	0.1	25

May 27 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 27	1:28 PM CDT	EF0	Jasper	0.1	50			$2,000

May 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 28	7:50 PM CDT	EF2	Kimble	4.8	150

May 29 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 29	8:09 PM CDT	EF0	Throckmorton	0.0	25
May 29	9:28 PM CDT	EF0	Shackelford	1.7	50

May 30 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 30	9:54 AM CDT	EF0	San Patricio	0.6	25			$50,000

May 31 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 31	5:33 PM CDT	EF0	Live Oak	2.7	25
May 31	6:30 PM CDT	EF1	Kleberg	0.9	200	$2.5 million
May 31	6:41 PM CDT	EF1	Kleberg	2.3	400	$1.0 million
May 31	6:53 PM CDT	EF0	Kleberg	0.4	30

June 1 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 1	11:20 AM CDT	Unrated	Terry	0.0	40

June 13 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 13	8:06 PM CDT	EF0	Moore	0.3	50
June 13	8:25 PM CDT	EF2	Potter	5.0	100

July 17 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 17	8:30 AM CDT	EF0	Galveston	0.0	20

August 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 29	2:31 PM CDT	Unrated	Briscoe	0.6	50

September 9 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 9	6:20 PM CDT	EF0	Hansford	0.3	15

September 16 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 16	6:53 PM CDT	EF0	Ector	0.3	200

September 17 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
September 17	7:13 PM CDT	EF1	Ector	5.9	400	$30,000
September 17	9:41 PM CDT	EF0	Moore	0.0	15
September 17	9:47 PM CDT	EF0	Moore	1.2	150

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.