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2022 tornadoes in Texas

118 tornadoes touched down in Texas in 2022, about the average of the record for the state. They killed 3 people and injured 113. 2 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 2022

January 8 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
January 8	3:55 PM CST	EF0	Harris	0.8	30	$50,000
January 8	4:22 PM CST	EF0	Liberty	0.1	20
January 8	9:40 PM CST	EF0	Montgomery	0.5	200	$50,000
January 8	11:55 PM CST	EF0	Harris	1.1	40	$70,000

January 9 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 9	1:17 AM CST	EF1	Harris	2.2	40			$300,000
January 9	1:25 AM CST	EF1	Harris	2.2	75			$200,000

March 14 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 14	6:10 PM CDT	EF1	Fannin	3.3	150			$100,000
March 14	11:50 PM CDT	EF0	Galveston	0.1	30			$15,000

March 21 32 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 21	3:12 PM CDT	EF1	Palo Pinto	9.7	400			$75,000
March 21	3:35 PM CDT	EF3	Jack	34.5	880		9
March 21	4:31 PM CDT	EF1	Montague	2.1	150
March 21	4:34 PM CDT	EF1	Montague	5.2	440		3
March 21	4:47 PM CDT	EF0	Wise	6.1	150
March 21	4:54 PM CDT	EF1	Montague	18.7	500
March 21	5:17 PM CDT	EF1	Cooke	18.3	150
March 21	5:31 PM CDT	EF0	Tarrant	0.5	50
March 21	5:37 PM CDT	EF0	Tarrant	1.3	50
March 21	5:48 PM CDT	EF2	Guadalupe	7.9	600
March 21	5:51 PM CDT	EF1	Williamson	9.3	300
March 21	5:54 PM CDT	EF2	Travis	34.6	600			$2,000
March 21	6:11 PM CDT	EF2	Marshall to OK	5.1	200	1	11	$500,000
March 21	6:12 PM CDT	EF0	Tarrant	0.6	100			$20,000
March 21	6:30 PM CDT	EF2	Bastrop	12.0	500
March 21	6:31 PM CDT	EF0	Denton	1.9	50			$20,000
March 21	6:54 PM CDT	EF0	Bastrop	5.5	50
March 21	7:14 PM CDT	EF1	Milam	3.8	200			$30,000
March 21	7:25 PM CDT	EF0	Falls	0.4	30			$1,000
March 21	7:28 PM CDT	EF1	Lee	2.5	50
March 21	8:08 PM CDT	EF0	Limestone	11.8	100			$200,000
March 21	8:35 PM CDT	EF0	Burleson	1.0	50			$100,000
March 21	8:40 PM CDT	EF0	Burleson	0.3	175
March 21	9:05 PM CDT	EF1	Brazos	0.4	175			$100,000
March 21	9:35 PM CDT	EF1	Madison	2.4	200			$1.0 million
March 21	10:10 PM CDT	EF2	Houston	19.1	200	1	10	$5.0 million
March 21	10:20 PM CDT	EF2	Upshur	40.0	700		8	$2.6 million
March 21	11:16 PM CDT	EF2	Cherokee	37.1	1,400		1	$1.8 million
March 21	11:21 PM CDT	EF1	Cass	1.8	150
March 21	11:29 PM CDT	EF1	Cass	2.0	200			$100,000
March 21	12:08 AM CDT	EF2	Rusk	11.9	500		1	$550,000
March 21	12:49 AM CDT	EF1	Harrison	6.6	200

March 22 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 22	5:35 AM CDT	EF0	Fort Bend	0.8	30		4	$100,000
March 22	7:21 AM CDT	EF0	Brazoria	0.1	30			$1,000

March 30 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
March 30	4:34 AM CDT	EF1	Rockwall	0.5	50	$500,000
March 30	6:25 AM CDT	EF1	Red River	3.0	100	$25,000
March 30	11:16 AM CDT	EF1	Sabine	0.9	100	$15,000
March 30	11:41 AM CDT	EF1	Newton	1.9	100	$150,000

April 4 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 4	9:32 PM CDT	EF1	Collin	0.3	188		$200,000
April 4	10:41 PM CDT	EF2	Johnson	9.7	150	1	$1.0 million
April 4	10:49 PM CDT	EF0	Johnson	1.7	75		$50,000
April 4	10:58 PM CDT	EF0	Johnson	4.9	200		$100,000
April 4	11:06 PM CDT	EF0	Johnson	2.8	50		$200,000
April 4	11:13 PM CDT	EF0	Ellis	1.4	30		$50,000

April 12 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 12	5:06 PM CDT	Unrated	Coryell	3.9	50
April 12	5:29 PM CDT	EF3	Williamson	16.6	770	23	$100,000
April 12	7:25 PM CDT	EF0	Bell	3.7	120

May 1 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 1	5:04 PM CDT	Unrated	Pecos	4.5	100
May 1	6:35 PM CDT	Unrated	Pecos	2.5	100
May 1	7:36 PM CDT	Unrated	Pecos	0.2	50
May 1	7:44 PM CDT	EF2	Scurry	0.3	150	$650,000
May 1	7:55 PM CDT	EF0	Hutchinson	0.0	25	$5,000

May 4 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 4	5:52 PM CDT	Unrated	Dickens	3.7	30
May 4	6:34 PM CDT	Unrated	King	8.4	100
May 4	7:00 PM CDT	Unrated	King	7.9	100
May 4	7:40 PM CDT	EF0	Foard	9.3	100
May 4	8:11 PM CDT	Unrated	Foard	1.0	50
May 4	8:25 PM CDT	EF3	Foard	23.1	600	$100,000

May 5 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
May 5	1:45 PM CDT	EF2	Rusk	8.6	1,000	1	$100,000
May 5	2:04 PM CDT	EF1	Rusk	8.3	500
May 5	2:25 PM CDT	EF1	Rusk	3.3	350		$175,000

May 23 9 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 23	6:50 PM CDT	Unrated	Cochran	1.0	50
May 23	7:03 PM CDT	EF2	Cochran	2.9	1,400
May 23	7:13 PM CDT	Unrated	Cochran	0.7	50
May 23	7:40 PM CDT	Unrated	Cochran	1.6	50
May 23	8:06 PM CDT	EF0	Hockley	1.9	200
May 23	8:14 PM CDT	Unrated	Cochran	0.1	50	$5,000
May 23	8:28 PM CDT	Unrated	Hockley	1.1	50
May 23	8:37 PM CDT	Unrated	Hockley	0.4	50
May 23	8:40 PM CDT	EF2	Hockley	7.5	1,420

May 24 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 24	3:52 PM CDT	EF1	Red River	7.4	100			$5.0 million
May 24	6:00 PM CDT	EF2	Glasscock	11.2	200			$83,000

May 25 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 25	5:21 AM CDT	EF1	Jefferson	1.0	50			$100,000

May 31 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 31	5:42 PM CDT	EF0	Collingsworth	1.8	125
May 31	5:54 PM CDT	EF0	Harmon to OK	2.4	180			$50,000

July 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 22	11:25 AM CDT	EF0	Jefferson	1.7	10

August 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 8	6:49 PM CDT	EF0	Moore	1.4	40

August 15 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 15	12:35 PM CDT	EF0	Frio	0.2	100			$50,000

August 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 22	10:26 AM CDT	EF1	Smith	3.8	200			$25,000

August 23 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 23	7:11 PM CDT	Unrated	Nueces	0.1	20

August 25 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 25	11:18 AM CDT	Unrated	San Patricio	0.1	20

October 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 13	3:23 PM CDT	Unrated	Nueces	0.2	20

October 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 24	8:46 PM CDT	EF1	Williamson	3.9	150			$500,000

November 4 9 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 4	4:16 PM CDT	EF4	Lamar to OK	44.7	1,700		11	$5.9 million
November 4	5:08 PM CDT	EF1	Rains	4.4	150			$20,000
November 4	5:15 PM CDT	EF2	Hopkins	2.9	160			$1.0 million
November 4	5:35 PM CDT	EF2	Henderson	15.1	150			$3.0 million
November 4	6:15 PM CDT	EF4	Red River to OK	60.2	1,056		13	$37 million
November 4	6:38 PM CDT	EF1	Camp	2.2	350
November 4	6:44 PM CDT	EF3	Morris	16.9	650	1	8	$5.0 million
November 4	7:17 PM CDT	EF3	Bowie	15.7	800			$7.0 million
November 4	7:37 PM CDT	EF2	Cass	19.7	700			$2.0 million

December 13 17 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
December 13	5:35 AM CST	EF2	Eastland	11.1	355
December 13	6:10 AM CST	EF0	Parker	1.1	50
December 13	6:31 AM CST	EF1	Palo Pinto	3.7	230
December 13	6:59 AM CST	EF2	Wise	9.7	370	2
December 13	7:00 AM CST	EF0	Parker	0.7	50
December 13	7:34 AM CST	EF1	Erath	0.7	44
December 13	7:44 AM CST	EF0	Cooke	0.4	150		$30,000
December 13	8:10 AM CST	EF0	Tarrant	0.8	25		$50,000
December 13	8:14 AM CST	EF1	Tarrant	0.2	40		$1,000
December 13	8:18 AM CST	EF0	Tarrant	0.3	25		$1,000
December 13	8:34 AM CST	EF1	Tarrant	1.9	40
December 13	8:42 AM CST	EF1	Tarrant	3.1	150	5
December 13	8:49 AM CST	EF1	Tarrant	0.8	100
December 13	9:47 AM CST	EF2	Collin	17.6	225	2
December 13	10:12 AM CST	EF1	Hunt	6.6	50
December 13	10:45 AM CST	EF2	Lamar	10.2	200
December 13	3:38 PM CST	EF2	Panola	9.2	460		$85,000

December 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
December 29	4:08 PM CST	EF1	Tyler	0.4	75			$15,000

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.