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Tornadoes in McCulloch County, Texas

30 tornadoes have crossed McCulloch County since 1950, 147th 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 0. 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
0
F4 and above
0
Worst on record
F3, May 30, 1976

The strongest

  1. F3, Kimble, Menard and McCulloch counties, TexasMay 6, 1969F3, 41.6 mi (67 km)
  2. F3, McCulloch County, TexasMay 30, 1976F3, 3.6 mi (6 km)
  3. F2, McCulloch County, TexasMay 30, 1971F2, 3.3 mi (5 km)
  4. F2, McCulloch County, TexasMarch 12, 1999F2, 2.0 mi (3 km)
  5. EF2, McCulloch County, TexasJanuary 15, 2017EF2, 2.0 mi (3 km)
  6. F2, McCulloch County, TexasMay 14, 1989F2, 1.0 mi (2 km)

Every year with a tornado

The 25 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in McCulloch County. Each year links to every tornado in Texas that year.

YearTornadoesDeathsInjuriesStrongest
20241EF1
20201EF1
20191Unrated
20181EF0
20171EF2
20161EF1
20082EF0
20073EF0
20031F0
20021F0
19991F2
19951F0
19941F0
19911F0
19891F2
19882F1
19822F0
19811F1
19761F3
19731F1
19711F2
19691F3
19661F1
19591F0
19551F0

Every tornado that crossed McCulloch County

30 tornadoes, newest first.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
March 15, 20249:07 AM CDTEF1McCulloch0.010
April 12, 20204:05 AM CDTEF1McCulloch5.1300
May 18, 201911:34 AM CDTUnratedMcCulloch0.150
October 13, 201810:17 AM CDTEF0McCulloch0.5200$150,000
January 15, 20177:00 PM CSTEF2McCulloch2.0450
March 8, 20167:10 PM CSTEF1Mason1.7185
May 14, 20086:16 PM CDTEF0McCulloch1.085$250,000
May 14, 20086:07 PM CDTEF0McCulloch0.150
May 9, 20076:12 PM CDTEF0Menard1.540
May 1, 20073:35 PM CDTEF0McCulloch1.830
May 1, 20073:05 PM CDTEF0McCulloch3.330
June 3, 200311:00 PM CDTF0McCulloch0.230$10,000
May 4, 200210:30 PM CDTF0McCulloch3.0150$20,000
March 12, 19992:15 PM CSTF2McCulloch2.00$100,000
May 31, 19957:15 PM CDTF0McCulloch0.110
May 29, 199410:00 PM CDTF0McCulloch0.110$50 to $500
May 3, 19912:49 PM CDTF0McCulloch0.210
May 14, 198910:30 PM CDTF2McCulloch1.0100
September 17, 198812:43 PM CDTF0McCulloch0.210
September 17, 198812:43 PM CDTF1McCulloch0.210$500 to $5,000
April 16, 198212:26 PM CSTF0McCulloch0.110
April 16, 198212:26 PM CSTF0McCulloch0.110
May 15, 198110:15 PM CDTF1McCulloch2.0100
May 30, 19768:15 PM CDTF3McCulloch3.6500$50,000 to $500,000
January 20, 19736:00 PM CSTF1McCulloch0.520$500 to $5,000
May 30, 19716:30 PM CDTF2McCulloch3.3200
May 6, 19691:00 PM GMT-5F3Kimble41.6200$5,000 to $50,000
April 17, 19665:15 PM GMT-6F1McCulloch7.71,760
June 3, 19595:00 PM GMT-5F0McCulloch0.110
May 6, 19557:30 PM GMT-5F0McCulloch0.110

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.