Tornado History Map

Austin County, Texas tornado history

28 tornadoes recorded in or across Austin County from 1950 to 2024, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Austin County

The Storm Prediction Center records 28 tornadoes whose paths touched Austin County, Texas between 1950 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 11 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 5 June 1950. The most recent was on 19 June 2024.

  • 28tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 13injuries
  • 433per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Austin County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01657%
F1 / EF1621%
F2 / EF2311%
F3 / EF3311%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Austin County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 10 in 1980s.1950s21960s61970s21980s101990s62000s12020s1

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s6
1970s2
1980s10
1990s6
2000s1
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 11 in May.Jan2Feb0Mar1Apr2May11Jun3Jul1Aug2Sep2Oct2Nov1Dec1
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan2
Feb0
Mar1
Apr2
May11
Jun3
Jul1
Aug2
Sep2
Oct2
Nov1
Dec1

Records for Austin County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Texas tornado5 June 1950, F3, 6 injuries, 23.9 miles long
  • Most recent: Texas tornado19 June 2024, EF1, 1.9 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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