Tornado History Map

Erath County, Texas tornado history

48 tornadoes recorded in or across Erath County from 1950 to 2025, 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 Erath County

The Storm Prediction Center records 48 tornadoes whose paths touched Erath County, Texas between 1950 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 16 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 12 May 1982. The most recent was on 19 April 2025.

  • 48tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 2injuries
  • 443per 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 Erath County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF02450%
F1 / EF11838%
F2 / EF2510%
F3 / EF312%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Erath County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 13 in 1980s.1950s11960s41970s41980s131990s92000s92010s62020s2

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s4
1970s4
1980s13
1990s9
2000s9
2010s6
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 16 in Apr.Jan0Feb2Mar5Apr16May12Jun6Jul0Aug0Sep1Oct2Nov0Dec4
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb2
Mar5
Apr16
May12
Jun6
Jul0
Aug0
Sep1
Oct2
Nov0
Dec4

Records for Erath County

  • Strongest: Texas tornado12 May 1982, F3, 2 injuries, 9 miles long
  • Longest path: Texas tornado19 April 1976, F2, 11.1 miles long
  • Most recent: Texas tornado19 April 2025, EF1, 6.8 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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