Tornadoes · United States · Texas

2023 tornadoes in Texas

78 tornadoes touched down in Texas in 2023, 38 percent below the average of the record for the state. They killed 8 people and injured 139.

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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 2023

January 24 8 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
January 24	1:38 PM CST	EF0	Fort Bend	14.6	100
January 24	2:07 PM CST	EF0	Brazoria	2.5	50
January 24	2:15 PM CST	EF3	Harris	23.3	1,000		$6.6 million
January 24	2:58 PM CST	EF0	Chambers	2.4	30
January 24	3:27 PM CST	EF2	Liberty	2.0	50		$150,000
January 24	4:05 PM CST	EF1	Jefferson	5.5	75		$15,000
January 24	4:23 PM CST	EF1	Orange	2.3	75		$25,000
January 24	4:28 PM CST	EF2	Orange to LA	25.2	500	2	$1.3 million

February 26 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 26	6:29 PM CST	EF0	Wheeler	0.2	25
February 26	6:41 PM CST	EF1	Wheeler	1.9	50

March 2 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
March 2	4:20 PM CST	EF1	Hopkins	8.2	75
March 2	5:00 PM CST	EF0	Franklin	5.4	100
March 2	5:05 PM CST	EF1	Marion	3.3	400	$25,000
March 2	5:34 PM CST	EF1	Cass	1.2	475	$25,000
March 2	10:51 PM CST	EF1	Nacogdoches	3.1	1,000

March 16 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries
March 16	4:47 PM CDT	EF1	Dallas	6.4	100
March 16	4:52 PM CDT	EF1	Dallas	0.7	100
March 16	7:58 PM CDT	EF1	Navarro	2.8	50	2

March 24 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 24	4:52 AM CDT	EF1	Parker	6.7	75		2
March 24	4:56 AM CDT	EF1	Parker	5.5	100		3

April 2 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
April 2	5:15 PM CDT	Unrated	Falls	0.9	25
April 2	5:36 PM CDT	EF0	Limestone	0.4	33
April 2	5:43 PM CDT	Unrated	Limestone	1.2	33
April 2	6:00 PM CDT	EF0	Limestone	0.7	33

April 5 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 5	8:44 AM CDT	EF0	Cass	0.2	50

April 20 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 20	7:05 PM CDT	EF0	Smith	0.7	65			$5,000
April 20	10:40 PM CDT	EF0	Comal	3.0	250			$250,000

April 25 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 25	9:17 PM CDT	Unrated	Floyd	0.2	30

April 26 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 26	4:58 PM CDT	Unrated	McLennan	0.0	25
April 26	5:26 PM CDT	Unrated	McLennan	0.0	25

April 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 28	2:50 PM CDT	EF1	Bell	14.8	1,400		2	$2.0 million

May 4 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 4	7:06 PM CDT	EF0	Clay	0.1	20

May 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 8	3:00 PM CDT	EF0	Hardin	6.1	75			$25,000

May 11 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 11	9:20 PM CDT	EF1	Palo Pinto	1.3	75

May 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 13	4:06 AM CDT	EF1	Cameron	0.5	200	1	11	$500,000

May 15 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 15	4:50 PM CDT	EF0	Frio	0.7	50			$100,000

May 18 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 18	10:02 PM CDT	EF0	Carson	0.1	25			$20,000

May 23 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 23	9:13 PM CDT	EF2	Jones	4.6	700		2

May 27 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 27	8:26 PM CDT	Unrated	Yoakum	0.7	30

May 28 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 28	5:09 PM CDT	Unrated	Swisher	0.4	30
May 28	7:48 PM CDT	Unrated	Sherman	0.9	20

June 2 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
June 2	1:29 PM CDT	Unrated	Pecos	4.4	25
June 2	1:29 PM CDT	Unrated	Gaines	0.3	50
June 2	1:57 PM CDT	EF1	Pecos	2.3	125
June 2	3:41 PM CDT	Unrated	Pecos	20.5	25
June 2	6:45 PM CDT	Unrated	Terrell	21.2	200

June 3 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 3	7:50 PM CDT	EF0	Potter	0.2	10

June 11 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 11	12:35 AM CDT	Unrated	Jones	0.4	50

June 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 13	4:50 PM CDT	Unrated	Dallam	1.4	35

June 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 14	12:43 PM CDT	EF2	Cass	8.9	500			$2.0 million

June 15 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 15	5:02 PM CDT	EF2	Ochiltree	17.4	200			$114,000
June 15	5:06 PM CDT	EF3	Ochiltree	6.3	880	3	100	$1.0 million
June 15	5:12 PM CDT	EF0	Ochiltree	12.3	50
June 15	6:29 PM CDT	EF1	Ellis to OK	4.8	200			$11,000
June 15	8:02 PM CDT	EF1	Clay	2.5	100			$8,000

June 16 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 16	1:15 AM CDT	EF1	Panola to LA	7.7	844			$100,000

June 17 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 17	6:18 PM CDT	Unrated	Stonewall	4.3	50
June 17	6:45 PM CDT	Unrated	Fisher	1.0	50

June 21 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries
June 21	6:18 PM CDT	Unrated	Armstrong	0.9	100
June 21	7:50 PM CDT	Unrated	Motley	0.2	30
June 21	7:51 PM CDT	EF3	Motley	9.1	600	4	15
June 21	8:36 PM CDT	Unrated	Dickens	0.1	30
June 21	8:37 PM CDT	Unrated	Motley	2.8	100
June 21	9:18 PM CDT	Unrated	Dickens	0.3	50

June 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 22	3:41 PM CDT	EF1	Hemphill	10.3	150			$85,000

July 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 7	5:25 PM CDT	Unrated	Sherman	0.2	20

August 15 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 15	2:35 PM CDT	Unrated	Cameron	0.0	10
August 15	2:50 PM CDT	Unrated	Willacy	0.1	10

August 22 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 22	11:05 AM CDT	EF0	Live Oak	0.9	700			$5,000
August 22	11:57 AM CDT	EF0	Jim Wells	0.2	30			$1,000

September 16 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 16	3:14 PM CDT	Unrated	Hidalgo	0.0	10

September 25 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 25	8:01 PM CDT	EF0	Jackson	0.7	20			$200,000

October 26 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
October 26	6:35 AM CDT	EF0	Wilson	6.0	50
October 26	8:01 AM CDT	EF0	Bexar	5.2	150
October 26	8:05 AM CDT	EF0	Caldwell	0.5	10
October 26	8:39 AM CDT	EF0	Guadalupe	2.0	100
October 26	9:12 AM CDT	EF0	Comal	0.3	30

October 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 28	4:54 PM CDT	Unrated	McLennan	0.0	3

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.