DeWitt County, Texas tornado history

16 tornadoes recorded in or across DeWitt County from 1960 to 2009, 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 DeWitt County

The Storm Prediction Center records 16 tornadoes whose paths touched DeWitt County, Texas between 1960 and 2009. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 4 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 11 April 1969. The most recent was on 27 April 2009.

  • 16tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 176per 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 DeWitt County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01063%
F1 / EF1531%
F2 / EF216%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

DeWitt County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 1960s.1960s51970s41980s11990s32000s3

The 2000s only run to 2009, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1960s5
1970s4
1980s1
1990s3
2000s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr3May4Jun1Jul1Aug2Sep3Oct0Nov2Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr3
May4
Jun1
Jul1
Aug2
Sep3
Oct0
Nov2
Dec0

Records for DeWitt County

  • Strongest: Texas tornado11 April 1969, F2, 1 mile long
  • Longest path: Texas tornado23 August 1970, F1, 1.5 miles long
  • Most recent: Texas tornado27 April 2009, EF0, 0.1 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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