Tornado History Map

Caldwell County, Texas tornado history

27 tornadoes recorded in or across Caldwell County from 1954 to 2023, 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 Caldwell County

The Storm Prediction Center records 27 tornadoes whose paths touched Caldwell County, Texas between 1954 and 2023. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is August, with 5 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 10 August 1980. The most recent was on 26 October 2023.

  • 27tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 23injuries
  • 496per 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 Caldwell County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01141%
F1 / EF1830%
F2 / EF2830%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Caldwell County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 1960s.1950s21960s51970s51980s51990s22000s42010s12020s3

The 2020s only run to 2023, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s5
1970s5
1980s5
1990s2
2000s4
2010s1
2020s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in Aug.Jan0Feb1Mar2Apr4May4Jun2Jul1Aug5Sep2Oct2Nov2Dec2
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb1
Mar2
Apr4
May4
Jun2
Jul1
Aug5
Sep2
Oct2
Nov2
Dec2

Records for Caldwell County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Texas tornado10 August 1980, F2, 20 injuries, 47.7 miles long
  • Most recent: Texas tornado26 October 2023, EF0, 0.5 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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