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Tornadoes in Montague County, Texas

56 tornadoes have crossed Montague County since 1950, 60th of the 254 counties in Texas with a tornado on record, an average of one every 1.4 years. They have killed 17 people and injured 159. 1 was rated F4 or EF4 and 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
56
Deaths
17
Injuries
159
F4 and above
1
Worst on record
EF4, February 10, 2009

The deadliest in Montague County

The strongest

Every year with a tornado

The 30 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in Montague County. Each year links to every tornado in Texas that year.

YearTornadoesDeathsInjuriesStrongest
20252EF0
20241780EF3
2022412EF3
20201EF1
201351EF1
20112EF0
20094846EF4
20001F0
19981F0
19973F1
19962F0
19952211F3
19944F1
19933F0
19881F0
19861F0
19811F1
198012F1
19791F1
197622F3
19752F0
19651F3
19641F2
19632F2
19601F0
19591F2
195822F3
195721F2
195511F1
195211F2

Every tornado that crossed Montague County

56 tornadoes, newest first.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 19, 20258:45 PM CDTEF0Montague0.3125$20,000
April 19, 20256:55 PM CDTEF0Montague4.8250$500,000
May 25, 20249:39 PM CDTEF3Montague47.31,400780$19 million
March 21, 20224:54 PM CDTEF1Montague18.7500
March 21, 20224:34 PM CDTEF1Montague5.24403
March 21, 20224:31 PM CDTEF1Montague2.1150
March 21, 20223:35 PM CDTEF3Jack34.58809
May 22, 20209:10 PM CDTEF1Montague1.4400$500,000
May 20, 20135:41 PM CDTEF0Montague0.950
May 15, 20137:18 PM CDTEF0Montague0.9150$40,000
May 15, 20136:51 PM CDTEF1Montague3.6240$125,000
May 15, 20136:50 PM CDTEF1Montague1.02001$100,000
May 15, 20135:33 PM CDTEF0Montague1.170$30,000
May 24, 20116:40 PM CDTEF0Montague0.030
May 24, 20115:46 PM CDTEF0Montague0.030
April 12, 20097:13 PM CDTEF0Montague0.125
March 26, 20097:20 PM CDTEF0Montague0.230
February 10, 20096:45 PM CSTEF4Jefferson to OK37.0880846$3.0 million
February 10, 20096:25 PM CSTEF0Montague0.435$20,000
March 28, 20005:24 PM CSTF0Montague0.110
June 18, 19989:57 PM CDTF0Montague0.130
May 25, 19978:39 PM CDTF0Montague0.123
May 25, 19978:34 PM CDTF0Montague0.123
May 25, 19977:24 PM CDTF1Montague0.530$10,000
April 21, 19968:30 PM CDTF0Montague0.120
April 21, 19968:25 PM CDTF0Montague0.120$10,000
July 4, 19957:42 PM CDTF0Montague0.110
May 7, 19954:10 PM CDTF3Montague26.0880211$500,000 to $5 million
April 26, 19943:30 PM CDTF1Montague5.0200$50,000 to $500,000
April 26, 19943:30 PM CDTF0Montague0.110
April 26, 19943:07 PM CDTF0Montague2.8100
April 26, 19942:40 PM CDTF0Montague0.110
May 8, 19939:00 PM CDTF0Montague0.110
May 8, 19937:00 PM CDTF0Montague0.110$500 to $5,000
May 8, 19936:45 PM CDTF0Montague0.110
October 1, 19884:25 PM CDTF0Montague0.210
May 14, 19868:42 PM CDTF0Montague0.210
May 29, 19818:30 PM CDTF1Montague2.073
April 2, 19803:45 PM CSTF1Montague0.1102$50,000 to $500,000
October 30, 19799:20 AM CSTF1Montague8.077$5,000 to $50,000
May 30, 197611:21 PM CDTF1Montague0.110
April 19, 19765:30 PM CSTF3Montague10.43732$50,000 to $500,000
July 4, 197512:45 PM CDTF0Montague0.110
May 27, 19755:58 PM CDTF0Montague0.110
April 14, 19653:00 PM GMT-6F3Montague1.0200
August 26, 196410:45 PM GMT-5F2Montague0.117$5,000 to $50,000
November 19, 196310:00 AM GMT-6F1Montague0.5100
September 6, 19632:30 PM GMT-5F2Montague0.117$5,000 to $50,000
June 12, 19606:20 PM GMT-5F0Montague34.517$500 to $5,000
November 3, 19599:00 PM GMT-6F2Montague0.533$5,000 to $50,000
April 20, 19581:00 AM GMT-6F1Montague2.74001$500 to $5,000
April 2, 19586:40 PM GMT-6F3Montague18.23001$5,000 to $50,000
April 25, 19576:30 PM GMT-6F1Montague3.410$500 to $5,000
April 2, 19573:25 PM GMT-6F2Montague2.0331$5,000 to $50,000
March 20, 19558:30 AM GMT-6F1Montague17.28001$5,000 to $50,000
April 3, 19526:00 PM GMT-6F2Grayson4.92001$5,000 to $50,000

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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.