Burleson County, Texas tornado history

26 tornadoes recorded in or across Burleson County from 1957 to 2022, 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 Burleson County

The Storm Prediction Center records 26 tornadoes whose paths touched Burleson County, Texas between 1957 and 2022. They killed 2 people and injured 21. The busiest month is March, with 5 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 10 March 2000. The most recent was on 21 March 2022.

  • 26tornadoes
  • 2deaths
  • 21injuries
  • 394per 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 Burleson County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0935%
F1 / EF1623%
F2 / EF2935%
F3 / EF328%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Burleson County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in 1990s.1950s31960s11970s11980s51990s82000s22010s32020s3

The 2020s only run to 2022, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s3
1960s1
1970s1
1980s5
1990s8
2000s2
2010s3
2020s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in Mar.Jan3Feb2Mar5Apr3May5Jun1Jul0Aug0Sep4Oct2Nov1Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan3
Feb2
Mar5
Apr3
May5
Jun1
Jul0
Aug0
Sep4
Oct2
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Burleson County

  • Deadliest: Texas tornado15 November 1987, F2, 2 deaths, 12 injuries, 10 miles long
  • Strongest: Texas tornado10 March 2000, F3, 2 injuries, 21 miles long
  • Longest path: Texas tornado26 April 1957, F2, 40.5 miles long
  • Most recent: Texas tornado21 March 2022, EF0, 0.3 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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