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2019 tornadoes in Texas

167 tornadoes touched down in Texas in 2019, 32 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 2 people and injured 32.

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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 2019

March 9 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 9	7:38 AM CST	EF0	Dallas	1.7	100			$10,000

March 12 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 12	9:55 PM CDT	EF1	Andrews	0.8	880			$400,000
March 12	10:35 PM CDT	EF1	Hockley	3.4	125			$500,000

March 13 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
March 13	3:00 AM CDT	EF0	Kimble	0.2	30	$100,000
March 13	3:03 AM CDT	EF0	Kimble	0.7	140
March 13	3:19 AM CDT	EF1	Brown	1.4	230
March 13	3:25 AM CDT	EF1	Palo Pinto	2.3	250	$10,000
March 13	3:37 AM CDT	EF1	Parker	0.8	250	$10,000

March 22 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
March 22	5:12 PM CDT	Unrated	Moore	1.5	200
March 22	5:43 PM CDT	Unrated	Oldham	0.6	40
March 22	7:57 PM CDT	Unrated	Randall	2.1	50

April 6 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 6	2:10 PM CDT	EF0	Milam	0.3	150	$10,000
April 6	3:12 PM CDT	Unrated	Milam	0.1	25
April 6	3:38 PM CDT	Unrated	Robertson	0.1	25

April 7 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 7	7:24 AM CDT	EF0	Bee	0.6	30	$1.3 million
April 7	12:42 PM CDT	EF1	Harris	0.7	50	$150,000
April 7	12:58 PM CDT	EF0	Montgomery	0.0	30	$6,000

April 13 10 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 13	10:50 AM CDT	EF3	Robertson	32.5	250			$250,000
April 13	11:26 AM CDT	EF1	Houston	8.9	200		4	$300,000
April 13	11:46 AM CDT	EF2	Cherokee	0.8	400			$250,000
April 13	11:52 AM CDT	EF2	Cherokee	2.5	400			$600,000
April 13	12:12 PM CDT	EF1	Leon	11.2	150			$10,000
April 13	12:14 PM CDT	Unrated	Robertson	2.3	50
April 13	12:20 PM CDT	EF2	Houston	6.0	100			$250,000
April 13	1:00 PM CDT	EF3	Houston	41.1	880	2	20	$11 million
April 13	1:45 PM CDT	EF0	Houston	0.2	50
April 13	2:38 PM CDT	EF1	Nacogdoches	0.8	100			$5,000

April 17 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
April 17	3:39 PM CDT	Unrated	Hemphill	2.4	30
April 17	3:54 PM CDT	EF0	Hemphill	4.3	40
April 17	4:29 PM CDT	Unrated	Lipscomb	1.1	30
April 17	5:05 PM CDT	Unrated	Carson	2.0	20

April 22 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
April 22	5:26 PM MDT	EF0	El Paso	0.1	20
April 22	7:17 PM CDT	Unrated	Fisher	0.1	40
April 22	7:59 PM CDT	Unrated	Stonewall	0.9	30

April 24 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 24	4:48 PM CDT	EF2	Brazos	1.7	100		$400,000
April 24	11:13 PM CDT	EF2	San Augustine	8.5	1,100		$5.0 million
April 24	11:42 PM CDT	EF1	Shelby to LA	30.7	900	1	$230,000

April 27 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 27	6:49 PM CDT	Unrated	Stonewall	2.4	30

April 30 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 30	4:13 PM CDT	EF0	Pecos	0.9	200
April 30	4:27 PM CDT	EF0	Scurry	1.5	100
April 30	4:34 PM CDT	Unrated	Clay	1.5	40
April 30	4:36 PM CDT	EF1	Clay	10.0	300	$40,000
April 30	6:25 PM CDT	EF1	Denton	1.5	150	$50,000
April 30	6:52 PM CDT	EF1	Denton	2.9	250	$200,000

May 1 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 1	1:30 PM CDT	Unrated	Throckmorton	2.6	75
May 1	2:01 PM CDT	Unrated	Baylor	1.3	200
May 1	5:46 PM CDT	Unrated	Haskell	0.0	30
May 1	8:23 PM CDT	Unrated	Coryell	0.0	10

May 2 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 2	6:30 AM CDT	EF1	Shelby	0.6	118			$10,000
May 2	9:20 PM CDT	Unrated	Val Verde	0.4	10

May 3 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 3	7:14 AM CDT	EF0	Lavaca	2.8	20	$20,000
May 3	8:14 AM CDT	EF0	Fayette	4.2	20	$50,000
May 3	9:04 AM CDT	EF2	Fayette	2.4	75	$4.0 million
May 3	12:59 PM CDT	EF0	Brewster	0.1	50
May 3	1:22 PM CDT	EF0	Colorado	0.5	20
May 3	2:00 PM CDT	EF0	Harris	0.3	15
May 3	6:34 PM CDT	EF0	Glasscock	0.1	50

May 4 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 4	2:31 AM CDT	EF0	Galveston	0.1	30	$10,000
May 4	7:05 PM CDT	Unrated	Bailey	0.0	30
May 4	7:28 PM CDT	Unrated	Oldham	0.1	10
May 4	8:02 PM CDT	Unrated	Bailey	0.0	30

May 5 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 5	5:45 PM CDT	EF2	Lynn	17.2	2,112	$36,000
May 5	7:12 PM CDT	EF1	Lynn	5.0	880
May 5	8:49 PM CDT	Unrated	Roberts	6.4	500
May 5	8:59 PM CDT	EF0	Borden	0.4	50

May 7 13 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 7	3:36 PM CDT	Unrated	Hutchinson	2.9	100
May 7	4:27 PM CDT	Unrated	Hale	0.0	30
May 7	4:48 PM CDT	EF0	Pecos	2.0	200
May 7	4:49 PM CDT	EF0	Hutchinson	0.1	30
May 7	4:50 PM CDT	EF0	Ochiltree	0.0	20
May 7	5:11 PM CDT	Unrated	Swisher	1.5	600
May 7	5:16 PM CDT	EF0	Hutchinson	5.4	50
May 7	5:56 PM CDT	Unrated	Swisher	5.3	150
May 7	6:27 PM CDT	EF0	Armstrong	11.5	100
May 7	6:56 PM CDT	EF0	Lipscomb	0.1	20
May 7	7:25 PM CDT	EF0	Donley	1.1	73
May 7	7:35 PM CDT	EF0	Pecos	4.1	450
May 7	7:48 PM CDT	EF0	Donley	4.2	500

May 8 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 8	1:29 PM CDT	EF0	Robertson	0.3	100	$10,000
May 8	2:21 PM CDT	EF0	Brazos	0.9	15
May 8	2:36 PM CDT	EF1	Harrison	7.4	300	$125,000
May 8	3:19 PM CDT	EF1	Caddo Parish to LA	2.6	200	$60,000

May 17 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 17	4:43 PM CDT	EF0	Pecos	2.4	100

May 18 10 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
May 18	2:05 AM CDT	EF2	Schleicher	2.1	250	1	$500,000
May 18	4:57 AM CDT	EF2	Tom Green	17.6	1,760	2	$7.5 million
May 18	5:43 AM CDT	EF2	Taylor	5.0	388		$10 million
May 18	5:56 AM CDT	EF1	Taylor	8.7	550		$750,000
May 18	6:52 AM CDT	EF3	Runnels	18.0	1,760		$6.0 million
May 18	7:52 AM CDT	EF3	Runnels	5.8	1,760
May 18	8:20 AM CDT	EF3	Coleman	7.8	300
May 18	10:42 AM CDT	Unrated	Palo Pinto	0.0	25
May 18	11:34 AM CDT	Unrated	McCulloch	0.1	50
May 18	5:45 PM CDT	EF1	Smith	0.7	200		$30,000

May 19 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 19	1:07 AM CDT	EF1	Jasper	1.3	600		1	$50,000
May 19	1:21 AM CDT	EF1	Jasper	3.1	100			$15,000

May 20 9 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
May 20	2:05 PM CDT	Unrated	Dickens	1.0	30
May 20	3:00 PM CDT	Unrated	Cottle	0.2	10
May 20	3:01 PM CDT	EF0	Cottle	1.9	20
May 20	3:29 PM CDT	EF0	Collingsworth	0.3	50
May 20	5:23 PM CDT	EF3	Ector	5.8	225		$400,000
May 20	6:47 PM CDT	Unrated	Dickens	3.4	300
May 20	6:52 PM CDT	EF2	Midland	6.6	150	2	$250,000
May 20	9:08 PM CDT	Unrated	Fisher	0.0	30
May 20	10:29 PM CDT	Unrated	Haskell	0.0	30

May 23 9 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 23	5:01 PM CDT	EF0	Randall	0.6	50
May 23	5:13 PM CDT	EF0	Armstrong	0.7	50
May 23	5:15 PM CDT	EF0	Randall	0.3	50
May 23	5:28 PM CDT	Unrated	Terry	0.1	10
May 23	6:14 PM CDT	EF1	Roberts	9.1	50
May 23	6:59 PM CDT	EF2	Roberts	17.5	900
May 23	7:07 PM CDT	EF0	Roberts	0.0	20
May 23	8:26 PM CDT	EF3	Lipscomb to OK	15.7	1,500	$170,000
May 23	8:43 PM CDT	EF0	Lipscomb	4.5	75

May 25 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 25	4:59 PM CDT	Unrated	Hockley	1.1	30
May 25	5:39 PM CDT	EF2	Hale	1.7	100	$250,000
May 25	6:08 PM CDT	Unrated	Hale	4.6	100
May 25	7:40 PM CDT	Unrated	Hall	0.0	30

May 26 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 26	7:25 PM CDT	EF0	Oldham	0.3	50
May 26	8:02 PM CDT	EF0	Hartley	2.0	50
May 26	8:14 PM CDT	EF0	Hartley	5.2	75
May 26	9:11 PM CDT	EF0	Bailey	5.0	50	$50,000
May 26	9:56 PM CDT	EF2	Lamb	8.0	100	$150,000
May 26	10:26 PM CDT	EF0	Castro	12.8	100	$100,000
May 26	12:25 AM CDT	EF0	Oldham	1.5	50

May 27 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 27	1:10 AM CDT	EF0	Potter	1.6	50

May 29 13 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
May 29	1:19 PM CDT	EF0	Tarrant	3.9	200		$5,000
May 29	1:22 PM CDT	EF0	Denton	3.7	250		$1,000
May 29	1:31 PM CDT	EF1	Tarrant	0.5	300		$100,000
May 29	2:58 PM CDT	EF0	Rockwall	3.1	25		$1,000
May 29	3:07 PM CDT	EF0	Van Zandt	3.0	100		$5,000
May 29	3:17 PM CDT	Unrated	Van Zandt	0.2	50
May 29	3:36 PM CDT	EF0	Wood	3.4	100		$1,000
May 29	4:24 PM CDT	EF2	Kaufman	4.0	215	1	$1.0 million
May 29	4:50 PM CDT	EF2	Wood	9.1	850		$300,000
May 29	4:51 PM CDT	EF2	Van Zandt	7.2	700		$500,000
May 29	5:08 PM CDT	EF1	Van Zandt	2.3	140		$250,000
May 29	5:18 PM CDT	EF1	Van Zandt	3.8	250		$1,000
May 29	5:31 PM CDT	EF0	Fannin	10.8	300		$25,000

May 31 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 31	7:25 PM CDT	EF0	Brewster	0.4	30

June 9 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 9	5:24 PM CDT	EF2	Coryell	1.6	500			$500,000
June 9	6:34 PM CDT	EF0	Williamson	0.7	50			$5,000

June 15 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 15	5:20 PM CDT	Unrated	Castro	0.0	10

June 16 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 16	2:58 PM CDT	Unrated	Tarrant	0.0	10
June 16	3:07 PM CDT	EF0	Tarrant	1.3	132	$150,000
June 16	3:25 PM CDT	EF1	Tarrant	0.2	100	$200,000
June 16	3:45 PM CDT	EF0	Dallas	0.1	50	$20,000

June 18 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 18	8:10 PM CDT	EF0	Gray	1.0	20

June 19 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 19	6:03 AM CDT	EF0	Harrison	0.2	70

June 21 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 21	6:10 PM CDT	EF0	Pecos	0.3	30

June 22 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 22	10:43 PM CDT	EF0	Armstrong	2.5	50
June 22	10:55 PM CDT	EF0	Armstrong	2.1	200

June 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 24	6:02 PM CDT	Unrated	Concho	0.1	250

July 26 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 26	3:15 PM CDT	EF0	Cameron	0.0	15			$500

September 18 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 18	4:56 PM CDT	EF1	Harris	3.0	30			$300,000

September 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 24	4:30 PM MDT	Unrated	Hudspeth	0.2	10

October 20 11 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
October 20	7:36 PM CDT	EF0	Panola	0.8	150	$5,000
October 20	8:58 PM CDT	EF3	Dallas	15.8	1,300	$1.6 billion
October 20	9:10 PM CDT	EF1	Ellis	2.8	350	$10 million
October 20	9:24 PM CDT	EF2	Dallas	2.5	265	$400 million
October 20	9:36 PM CDT	EF1	Rockwall	5.8	500	$10 million
October 20	9:42 PM CDT	EF0	Ellis	0.2	170	$1.0 million
October 20	9:48 PM CDT	EF1	Rockwall	2.0	150	$10 million
October 20	10:27 PM CDT	EF0	Kaufman	0.1	50	$50,000
October 20	10:39 PM CDT	EF1	Kaufman	0.5	500	$100,000
October 20	10:59 PM CDT	EF0	Van Zandt	0.6	200	$250,000
October 20	12:22 AM CDT	EF0	Collin	4.8	500	$200,000

October 21 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 21	3:08 AM CDT	EF1	Cass	9.1	150			$1,000

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.