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2017 tornadoes in Texas

167 tornadoes touched down in Texas in 2017, 32 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 4 people and injured 70. 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 2017

January 2 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 2	9:03 AM CST	EF1	Jasper	2.5	100			$30,000
January 2	9:44 AM CST	EF1	Newton	2.6	100			$30,000

January 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 13	9:33 AM CST	EF0	Williamson	1.2	25

January 15 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
January 15	3:48 PM CST	EF0	Madison	1.3	20
January 15	5:45 PM CST	EF2	Coryell	12.9	200		$500,000
January 15	6:17 PM CST	EF1	Bosque	1.4	120		$90,000
January 15	6:35 PM CST	EF1	Bosque	6.5	200	2	$300,000
January 15	7:00 PM CST	EF2	McCulloch	2.0	450
January 15	8:11 PM CST	EF0	Johnson	3.1	40		$150,000
January 15	8:43 PM CST	EF0	Dallas	0.3	80		$120,000

January 16 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
January 16	2:43 AM CST	EF0	Limestone	3.1	250	$300,000
January 16	7:31 AM CST	EF0	Harris	0.1	20
January 16	8:35 AM CST	EF0	Harris	0.1	20
January 16	8:40 AM CST	EF0	Montgomery	0.2	20

January 18 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 18	1:40 PM CST	EF1	Newton	0.6	25			$50,000

January 21 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
January 21	4:18 PM CST	EF2	Harrison	6.9	230		$1.0 million
January 21	4:19 PM CST	EF1	Marion	0.8	100		$250,000
January 21	4:50 PM CST	EF2	Marion to LA	13.4	800	1	$900,000

February 14 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
February 14	7:40 AM CST	EF0	Wharton	1.0	200		$10,000
February 14	8:15 AM CST	EF1	Matagorda	1.7	300	6	$900,000
February 14	8:21 AM CST	EF2	Fort Bend	0.7	300		$1.0 million
February 14	8:27 AM CST	EF0	Fort Bend	0.6	30		$500,000
February 14	8:34 AM CST	EF0	Fort Bend	0.4	200		$200,000
February 14	8:38 AM CST	EF0	Fort Bend	0.8	100		$150,000
February 14	8:40 AM CST	EF0	Brazoria	1.5	150		$100,000

February 19 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
February 19	10:36 PM CST	EF2	Bexar	4.6	600
February 19	10:42 PM CST	EF0	Bexar	1.6	100
February 19	10:43 PM CST	EF1	Bexar	3.0	200
February 19	11:00 PM CST	EF0	Comal	0.7	100
February 19	11:16 PM CST	EF0	Guadalupe	0.2	75
February 19	11:26 PM CST	EF1	Hays	9.8	300
February 19	11:48 PM CST	EF0	Hays	3.0	100

February 20 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 20	12:25 AM CST	EF2	Williamson	9.4	200
February 20	12:28 AM CST	EF2	Williamson	4.2	100

March 5 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 5	11:55 AM CST	EF0	Matagorda	0.0	30
March 5	12:05 PM CST	EF0	Brazoria	0.0	20

March 11 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 11	2:47 PM CST	EF0	Jefferson	0.5	10

March 19 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 19	4:19 PM CDT	EF0	Brewster	0.2	50

March 24 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 24	8:31 PM CDT	EF2	Harrison	2.7	225			$90,000
March 24	12:23 AM CDT	EF0	Harris	0.0	30			$15,000

March 28 16 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
March 28	4:26 PM CDT	Unrated	Crosby	2.5	100
March 28	4:34 PM CDT	Unrated	Crosby	2.1	400
March 28	4:36 PM CDT	EF0	Fisher	0.1	25
March 28	4:52 PM CDT	EF0	Taylor	0.0	25
March 28	5:14 PM CDT	Unrated	Dickens	1.0	100
March 28	5:17 PM CDT	Unrated	Floyd	0.6	30
March 28	5:33 PM CDT	EF0	Jones	4.5	50
March 28	5:57 PM CDT	EF0	Collingsworth	3.1	50
March 28	6:03 PM CDT	EF0	Jones	4.7	100
March 28	6:34 PM CDT	EF1	Dickens	0.7	50	$75,000
March 28	6:43 PM CDT	Unrated	Dickens	1.9	30
March 28	6:49 PM CDT	Unrated	King	1.4	50
March 28	7:13 PM CDT	Unrated	Baylor	3.0	50
March 28	7:21 PM CDT	EF0	Upton	5.8	75
March 28	7:28 PM CDT	EF2	Glasscock	1.8	75	$50,000
March 28	8:50 PM CDT	EF0	Mitchell	4.5	50

March 29 14 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
March 29	2:08 AM CDT	EF0	Tarrant	6.5	200		$300,000
March 29	2:10 AM CDT	EF0	Tarrant	11.4	500		$100,000
March 29	2:31 AM CDT	EF1	Denton	1.6	130		$600,000
March 29	5:38 AM CDT	EF1	Gregg	6.0	480		$60,000
March 29	10:34 AM CDT	EF0	Harris	0.3	50		$150,000
March 29	1:23 PM CDT	EF0	Liberty	0.1	20
March 29	2:55 PM CDT	EF1	Harris	0.4	50		$27,000
March 29	3:00 PM CDT	EF0	Harris	2.0	200		$100,000
March 29	3:03 PM CDT	EF1	Harris	2.7	250	2	$300,000
March 29	3:13 PM CDT	EF1	Tyler	1.3	600		$60,000
March 29	3:25 PM CDT	EF1	Tyler	0.5	300		$20,000
March 29	3:35 PM CDT	EF0	Chambers	0.1	30
March 29	4:12 PM CDT	EF1	Jasper	0.4	25		$10,000
March 29	4:34 PM CDT	EF1	Newton	12.2	800		$50,000

April 2 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 2	9:15 AM CDT	EF0	Travis	3.0	100	$100,000
April 2	12:25 PM CDT	EF0	Walker	0.5	30	$15,000
April 2	1:56 PM CDT	EF1	San Augustine	6.4	310	$50,000

April 10 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 10	7:10 PM CDT	EF1	Smith	0.5	100
April 10	7:35 PM CDT	EF1	Smith	1.8	250	$25,000
April 10	10:45 PM CDT	EF0	McLennan	0.7	80	$40,000

April 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 13	3:22 PM CDT	EF0	Wilbarger	0.3	50

April 14 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 14	5:59 PM CDT	Unrated	Parmer	3.1	50
April 14	6:19 PM CDT	EF0	Castro	0.4	25	$9,000
April 14	6:27 PM CDT	EF0	Castro	1.9	50	$30,000
April 14	6:36 PM CDT	EF3	Castro	3.5	1,936	$1.0 million
April 14	7:45 PM CDT	Unrated	Castro	0.5	10
April 14	8:04 PM CDT	Unrated	Castro	0.1	10
April 14	11:25 PM CDT	Unrated	Swisher	0.9	50

April 21 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 21	7:22 PM CDT	EF0	Cooke	0.3	25

April 29 9 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 29	4:15 PM CDT	EF0	Van Zandt	1.6	100
April 29	5:10 PM CDT	EF0	Van Zandt	1.8	75			$60,000
April 29	5:29 PM CDT	EF4	Canton tornado	21.4	1,760	2	25	$1.2 million
April 29	5:51 PM CDT	EF2	Henderson	11.7	100		10	$600,000
April 29	6:08 PM CDT	EF3	Van Zandt	39.7	1,760	2	24	$670,000
April 29	6:32 PM CDT	EF0	Hopkins	8.6	100			$10,000
April 29	7:13 PM CDT	EF0	Van Zandt	0.9	80			$5,000
April 29	8:45 PM CDT	EF1	Smith	3.0	570			$25,000
April 29	8:48 PM CDT	EF1	Wood	0.3	190			$30,000

May 3 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 3	4:14 PM CDT	EF1	Panola	8.4	1,500			$500,000
May 3	5:31 PM CDT	EF0	Angelina	5.7	300			$100,000

May 9 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Width (yd)
May 9	7:46 PM CDT	Unrated	Bailey	20
May 9	8:45 PM CDT	Unrated	Lamb	15
May 9	9:31 PM CDT	Unrated	Cochran	30

May 10 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 10	3:27 AM CDT	EF1	Armstrong	2.8	180
May 10	4:01 AM CDT	EF1	Gray	2.6	50
May 10	2:54 PM CDT	Unrated	Motley	0.0	10
May 10	3:37 PM CDT	Unrated	Cottle	0.0	10
May 10	3:58 PM CDT	Unrated	Cottle	1.1	25
May 10	4:44 PM CDT	Unrated	Hall	0.4	50
May 10	10:58 PM CDT	Unrated	Val Verde	0.1	10

May 11 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 11	3:55 PM CDT	EF0	Van Zandt	2.1	50	$4,000
May 11	6:09 PM CDT	EF1	Upshur	1.3	175	$60,000
May 11	6:23 PM CDT	EF1	Gregg	2.7	220	$50,000
May 11	7:03 PM CDT	EF1	Rusk	5.3	280	$15,000
May 11	8:33 PM CDT	EF2	Nacogdoches	4.6	800	$1.0 million

May 16 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 16	3:04 PM CDT	EF0	Hansford	0.1	25
May 16	4:39 PM CDT	EF0	Donley	1.4	50
May 16	4:53 PM CDT	EF0	Wheeler	0.1	25
May 16	5:16 PM CDT	EF1	Wheeler	0.1	25
May 16	5:25 PM CDT	EF2	Wheeler	9.2	1,250
May 16	5:45 PM CDT	EF0	Collingsworth	0.3	25
May 16	5:50 PM CDT	EF0	Collingsworth	2.3	25

May 18 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 18	4:04 PM CDT	Unrated	Wilbarger	0.2	50
May 18	4:48 PM CDT	Unrated	Wichita	1.2	50
May 18	4:54 PM CDT	EF2	Wichita	2.0	100	$100,000
May 18	7:41 PM CDT	EF1	Brown	3.3	450
May 18	8:04 PM CDT	EF0	Brown	0.4	50
May 18	8:38 PM CDT	EF1	Brown	4.4	880

May 19 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 19	3:23 PM CDT	Unrated	Runnels	0.0	30
May 19	6:00 PM CDT	Unrated	Archer	0.5	50
May 19	7:27 PM CDT	Unrated	Coleman	0.1	25

May 21 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 21	2:55 PM CDT	EF0	Waller	7.2	20			$5,000

May 22 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 22	9:35 AM CDT	EF0	Brazoria	0.2	20			$200,000
May 22	11:45 AM CDT	EF0	Galveston	0.1	20			$20,000

May 23 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 23	5:37 PM CDT	EF0	Bastrop	1.8	200			$100,000

May 28 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 28	4:53 PM CDT	EF1	Gregg	10.3	800			$750,000
May 28	5:07 PM CDT	EF1	Gregg	4.6	400			$35,000

June 18 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
June 18	7:05 PM CDT	EF0	Upton	6.1	200
June 18	8:00 PM CDT	EF0	Reagan	1.8	100
June 18	8:05 PM CDT	EF0	Reagan	2.0	150

July 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 7	12:30 PM CDT	EF0	Cameron	0.1	1

July 15 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 15	3:27 PM CDT	EF0	Polk	0.4	20			$40,000
July 15	4:15 PM CDT	EF0	Williamson	0.1	20			$100,000

August 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 13	8:00 PM CDT	EF0	Potter	0.1	20

August 25 9 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
August 25	2:18 PM CDT	EF0	Galveston	0.1	20	$500
August 25	3:30 PM CDT	EF0	Brazoria	0.2	30	$30,000
August 25	4:08 PM CDT	EF1	Matagorda	2.2	50	$500,000
August 25	4:14 PM CDT	EF0	Calhoun	0.2	20	$10,000
August 25	6:11 PM CDT	EF0	Brazoria	4.0	50	$100,000
August 25	10:44 PM CDT	EF0	Brazoria	4.8	50	$100,000
August 25	12:28 AM CDT	EF0	Brazoria	4.3	50	$50,000
August 25	12:50 AM CDT	EF1	Brazoria	1.6	50	$1.0 million
August 25	12:56 AM CDT	EF1	Fort Bend	1.5	100	$500,000

August 26 10 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
August 26	2:10 AM CDT	EF0	Wharton	1.4	30
August 26	2:12 AM CDT	EF0	Fort Bend	0.1	30	$30,000
August 26	4:30 AM CDT	EF0	Harris	1.0	30	$100,000
August 26	5:00 AM CDT	EF1	Fort Bend	0.9	50	$1.3 million
August 26	8:05 AM CDT	EF0	Brazos	0.2	20
August 26	3:50 PM CDT	EF1	Harris	0.9	50	$500,000
August 26	4:20 PM CDT	EF0	Harris	0.5	50	$30,000
August 26	5:23 PM CDT	EF0	Wharton	0.5	30	$50,000
August 26	8:15 PM CDT	EF1	Fort Bend	5.8	100	$2.0 million
August 26	12:00 AM CDT	EF0	Harris	0.0	30	$50,000

August 27 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
August 27	1:43 AM CDT	EF1	Wharton	2.3	50	$300,000
August 27	4:03 AM CDT	EF0	Galveston	0.7	30	$200,000
August 27	10:15 AM CDT	EF0	Harris	0.1	20	$50,000

September 25 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 25	2:10 PM CDT	EF0	Live Oak	0.1	15

October 20 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 20	4:58 AM CDT	EF0	Galveston	0.5	300			$50,000

December 19 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
December 19	6:53 PM CST	EF2	Cherokee	3.1	691			$120,000
December 19	7:31 PM CST	EF2	Rusk	6.4	1,300			$125,000

December 20 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
December 20	1:37 AM CST	EF1	Jasper	4.0	250			$30,000

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.