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Tornadoes in Wise County, Texas
66 tornadoes have crossed Wise County since 1950, 2 of them surveyed so far this year and still preliminary, 38th of the 254 counties in Texas with a tornado on record, an average of one every 1.2 years. They have killed 3 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
- 66
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 18
- F4 and above
- 0
- Worst on record
- F3, April 2, 1957
The deadliest in Wise County
The strongest
- F3, Wise County, TexasApril 2, 1957
- EF2, Wise County, TexasDecember 13, 2022
- F2, Wise County, TexasOctober 12, 2001
- F2, Wise County, TexasApril 25, 1990
- F2, Wise County, TexasOctober 12, 2001
- F2, Wise County, TexasOctober 30, 1979
- EF2, Wise County, TexasApril 25, 2026
- F2, Wise County, TexasApril 13, 1996
- F2, Wise County, TexasApril 25, 1990
- F2, Wise County, TexasMay 29, 1975
Every year with a tornado
The 39 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in Wise County. Each year links to every tornado in Texas that year.
| Year | Tornadoes | Deaths | Injuries | Strongest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | EF2 | |
| 2025 | 2 | EF1 | ||
| 2023 | 1 | 3 | EF1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | EF2 | |
| 2020 | 3 | EF0 | ||
| 2015 | 7 | 1 | EF1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | EF0 | ||
| 2011 | 1 | EF0 | ||
| 2008 | 1 | EF0 | ||
| 2007 | 1 | 5 | EF0 | |
| 2006 | 2 | F1 | ||
| 2004 | 1 | F0 | ||
| 2001 | 2 | 2 | F2 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 2 | 3 | F1 |
| 1998 | 1 | F0 | ||
| 1997 | 1 | F0 | ||
| 1996 | 2 | F2 | ||
| 1995 | 2 | F0 | ||
| 1994 | 1 | F0 | ||
| 1992 | 2 | F0 | ||
| 1991 | 1 | F0 | ||
| 1990 | 4 | F2 | ||
| 1989 | 1 | F1 | ||
| 1987 | 1 | F1 | ||
| 1982 | 2 | F1 | ||
| 1979 | 2 | F2 | ||
| 1977 | 1 | F0 | ||
| 1976 | 3 | F1 | ||
| 1975 | 3 | F2 | ||
| 1974 | 1 | 1 | F1 | |
| 1973 | 1 | F2 | ||
| 1971 | 3 | F1 | ||
| 1968 | 1 | F0 | ||
| 1967 | 1 | F1 | ||
| 1965 | 1 | F2 | ||
| 1958 | 1 | F1 | ||
| 1957 | 1 | 1 | F3 | |
| 1956 | 1 | F1 | ||
| 1954 | 1 | F1 |
Every tornado that crossed Wise County
66 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.
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 25, 2026 | 9:03 PM CDT | EF2 | Wise | 1.7 | 650 | 1 | ||
| April 28, 2026 | 4:33 PM CDT | EF0 | Wise | 1.6 | 250 | |||
| April 19, 2025 | 6:38 PM CDT | EF0 | Jack | 2.1 | 100 | |||
| March 4, 2025 | 4:30 AM CST | EF1 | Wise | 3.2 | 250 | $750,000 | ||
| March 24, 2023 | 4:56 AM CDT | EF1 | Parker | 5.5 | 100 | 3 | ||
| December 13, 2022 | 6:59 AM CST | EF2 | Wise | 9.7 | 370 | 2 | ||
| March 21, 2022 | 4:47 PM CDT | EF0 | Wise | 6.1 | 150 | |||
| March 18, 2020 | 10:07 PM CDT | EF0 | Wise | 0.8 | 100 | $1,000 | ||
| March 18, 2020 | 9:20 PM CDT | EF0 | Wise | 4.0 | 575 | $70,000 | ||
| January 10, 2020 | 2:46 PM CST | EF0 | Wise | 0.4 | 75 | $10,000 | ||
| May 19, 2015 | 10:36 PM CDT | EF1 | Wise | 1.9 | 90 | $120,000 | ||
| May 19, 2015 | 9:54 PM CDT | EF1 | Wise | 2.5 | 110 | $300,000 | ||
| May 19, 2015 | 9:41 PM CDT | EF1 | Wise | 1.8 | 100 | $450,000 | ||
| May 19, 2015 | 9:39 PM CDT | EF0 | Wise | 2.0 | 80 | $80,000 | ||
| May 19, 2015 | 9:18 PM CDT | EF0 | Jack | 4.2 | 80 | $150,000 | ||
| May 7, 2015 | 9:00 PM CDT | EF0 | Wise | 0.3 | 50 | |||
| May 7, 2015 | 6:45 PM CDT | EF1 | Wise | 3.4 | 200 | 1 | $250,000 | |
| May 15, 2013 | 7:35 PM CDT | EF0 | Wise | 0.7 | 25 | |||
| May 24, 2011 | 7:38 PM CDT | EF0 | Wise | 0.0 | 30 | $2,000 | ||
| April 9, 2008 | 7:43 PM CDT | EF0 | Wise | 1.8 | 60 | |||
| June 25, 2007 | 12:15 AM CDT | EF0 | Wise | 4.0 | 40 | 5 | $50,000 | |
| April 28, 2006 | 9:45 PM CDT | F1 | Wise | 0.4 | 40 | $20,000 | ||
| April 28, 2006 | 9:38 PM CDT | F0 | Wise | 0.1 | 25 | |||
| March 4, 2004 | 2:25 PM CST | F0 | Wise | 0.2 | 100 | $10,000 | ||
| October 12, 2001 | 8:00 PM CDT | F2 | Wise | 9.0 | 590 | 1 | $750,000 | |
| October 12, 2001 | 7:50 PM CDT | F2 | Wise | 2.5 | 440 | 1 | $200,000 | |
| December 2, 1999 | 9:40 PM CST | F1 | Wise | 5.5 | 100 | 2 | 3 | $600,000 |
| May 8, 1998 | 8:31 PM CDT | F0 | Wise | 0.8 | 50 | $400,000 | ||
| May 8, 1997 | 9:35 PM CDT | F0 | Wise | 0.1 | 23 | |||
| April 13, 1996 | 9:30 PM CDT | F0 | Wise | 0.1 | 20 | |||
| April 13, 1996 | 9:18 PM CDT | F2 | Wise | 0.5 | 75 | $100,000 | ||
| July 31, 1995 | 8:57 PM CDT | F0 | Wise | 1.5 | 33 | $500 to $5,000 | ||
| May 7, 1995 | 3:25 PM CDT | F0 | Wise | 0.5 | 100 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| April 26, 1994 | 2:55 PM CDT | F0 | Wise | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| October 31, 1992 | 6:40 PM CST | F0 | Wise | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| April 28, 1992 | 8:05 PM CDT | F0 | Wise | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| June 2, 1991 | 12:20 PM CDT | F0 | Wise | 0.2 | 10 | |||
| May 29, 1990 | 12:15 AM CDT | F1 | Wise | 0.2 | 10 | |||
| April 25, 1990 | 6:05 PM CDT | F2 | Wise | 0.2 | 10 | |||
| April 25, 1990 | 5:50 PM CDT | F1 | Wise | 0.2 | 10 | |||
| April 25, 1990 | 5:20 PM CDT | F2 | Wise | 5.0 | 100 | |||
| June 7, 1989 | 3:40 PM CDT | F1 | Wise | 0.2 | 10 | |||
| December 6, 1987 | 11:45 AM CST | F1 | Wise | 0.2 | 10 | |||
| June 2, 1982 | 9:05 PM CDT | F0 | Wise | 0.3 | 50 | under $50 | ||
| May 12, 1982 | 7:50 AM CDT | F1 | Wise | 2.0 | 77 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| October 30, 1979 | 8:15 AM CST | F2 | Wise | 2.0 | 50 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| June 25, 1979 | 3:30 PM CDT | F1 | Wise | 1.0 | 50 | |||
| July 28, 1977 | 5:45 PM CDT | F0 | Wise | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| April 19, 1976 | 11:00 PM CST | F1 | Wise | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| April 15, 1976 | 8:15 PM CST | F1 | Wise | 8.8 | 50 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| April 15, 1976 | 8:15 PM CST | F1 | Wise | 8.9 | 50 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| September 18, 1975 | 7:00 PM CDT | F1 | Wise | 0.1 | 107 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| May 29, 1975 | 9:00 AM CDT | F2 | Wise | 0.1 | 10 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| May 13, 1975 | 8:45 PM CDT | F0 | Wise | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| April 21, 1974 | 3:00 PM CDT | F1 | Wise | 0.1 | 10 | 1 | $500 to $5,000 | |
| November 24, 1973 | 2:30 PM CST | F2 | Wise | 0.1 | 10 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| May 10, 1971 | 7:00 PM CDT | F0 | Wise | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| May 10, 1971 | 7:00 PM CDT | F0 | Wise | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| May 10, 1971 | 7:00 PM CDT | F1 | Wise | 0.1 | 10 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| May 7, 1968 | 4:20 PM GMT-5 | F0 | Wise | 2.0 | 17 | $50 to $500 | ||
| May 30, 1967 | 12:00 AM GMT-5 | F1 | Wise | 0.5 | 33 | |||
| May 12, 1965 | 2:30 PM GMT-5 | F2 | Wise | 0.1 | 17 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| April 28, 1958 | 5:50 PM GMT-5 | F1 | Wise | 0.5 | 300 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| April 2, 1957 | 6:15 PM GMT-6 | F3 | Wise | 0.1 | 10 | 1 | $50,000 to $500,000 | |
| August 29, 1956 | 7:30 PM GMT-5 | F1 | Wise | 8.7 | 33 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| September 29, 1954 | 5:30 PM GMT-6 | F1 | Wise | 2.0 | 17 | $500 to $5,000 |
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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.