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Tornadoes in Jack County, Texas

30 tornadoes have crossed Jack County since 1950, 2 of them surveyed so far this year and still preliminary, 144th of the 254 counties in Texas with a tornado on record, an average of one every 2.5 years. They have killed 0 people and injured 18. None was rated F4 or above.

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The United States rated tornadoes on Ted Fujita’s F scale until 31 January 2007 and on the Enhanced Fujita scale after it. Both run from 0 to 5, and both rate the damage rather than measure the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

  1. F0 / EF040 to 72 mph on the F scale, 65 to 85 mph on the EF scale

    Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.

  2. F1 / EF173 to 112 mph on the F scale, 86 to 110 mph on the EF scale

    Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.

  3. F2 / EF2113 to 157 mph on the F scale, 111 to 135 mph on the EF scale

    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.

  4. F3 / EF3158 to 206 mph on the F scale, 136 to 165 mph on the EF scale

    Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.

  5. F4 / EF4207 to 260 mph on the F scale, 166 to 200 mph on the EF scale

    Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.

  6. F5 / EF5261 to 318 mph on the F scale, over 200 mph on the EF scale

    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.

  7. 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.

Now

Tornadoes
30
Deaths
0
Injuries
18
F4 and above
0
Worst on record
EF3, March 21, 2022

The strongest

  1. EF3 Jacksboro tornado, TexasMarch 21, 2022EF3, 34.5 mi (56 km)
  2. F3, Jack and Clay counties, TexasApril 6, 1955F3, 21.7 mi (35 km)
  3. F2, Young and Jack counties, TexasOctober 30, 1979F2, 29.1 mi (47 km)
  4. F2, Jack County, TexasApril 14, 1965F2, 2.0 mi (3 km)

Every year with a tornado

The 19 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in Jack County. Each year links to every tornado in Texas that year.

YearTornadoesDeathsInjuriesStrongest
20262EF1
20254EF1
202219EF3
20202EF0
20153EF0
20111EF0
20092EF1
20061F0
20041F1
20002F0
19972F1
19951F0
197925F2
19721F1
19681F1
19651F2
19641F0
19551F3
195414F1

Every tornado that crossed Jack County

30 tornadoes, newest first. The 2 at the top are this year's, from the surveying office rather than SPC's published database, and their ratings are marked as preliminary.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 25, 20267:43 PM CDTEF0Jack4.4250
April 25, 20267:52 PM CDTEF1Jack9.5500
April 19, 20256:38 PM CDTEF0Jack2.1100
April 19, 20256:31 PM CDTEF1Jack2.5250$150,000
April 19, 20256:24 PM CDTEF0Jack0.6200$20,000
April 19, 20256:11 PM CDTEF0Jack1.8300$75,000
March 21, 20223:35 PM CDTEF3Jacksboro tornado34.58809
March 18, 202010:21 PM CDTEF0Jack0.746
March 18, 20208:56 PM CDTEF0Jack1.855$25,000
May 19, 201511:04 PM CDTEF0Jack0.230$80,000
May 19, 20159:18 PM CDTEF0Jack4.280$150,000
May 19, 20156:20 PM CDTEF0Jack0.780
May 22, 20116:20 PM CDTEF0Jack0.050
June 12, 20095:50 PM CDTEF1Jack3.350$20,000
June 12, 20095:29 PM CDTEF1Jack1.7100$20,000
December 29, 20063:40 PM CSTF0Jack1.030
March 4, 20041:00 PM CSTF1Young24.0100$500,000
May 27, 20002:40 PM CDTF0Jack0.220
April 30, 20007:46 PM CDTF0Jack0.210
June 12, 199711:35 PM CDTF1Young11.0100$2,000
April 22, 19973:07 AM CDTF0Jack0.130
May 7, 19953:17 PM CDTF0Jack0.110
October 30, 19797:10 AM CSTF2Young29.1775$50,000 to $500,000
March 29, 19794:45 PM CSTF1Jack0.110
April 14, 197210:00 AM CSTF1Jack0.510$500 to $5,000
December 18, 196810:30 AM GMT-6F1Jack0.117$500 to $5,000
April 14, 19655:30 PM GMT-6F2Jack2.010$50,000 to $500,000
May 22, 19644:28 PM GMT-5F0Jack0.213
April 6, 19552:45 AM GMT-6F3Jack21.710$50,000 to $500,000
May 1, 19548:00 PM GMT-5F1Jack1.0304

Nearby

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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.