Freestone County, Texas tornado history

18 tornadoes recorded in or across Freestone County from 1957 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 Freestone County

The Storm Prediction Center records 18 tornadoes whose paths touched Freestone County, Texas between 1957 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 11 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 13 October 1981. The most recent was on 24 December 2024.

  • 18tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 1injury
  • 205per 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 Freestone County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01478%
F1 / EF116%
F2 / EF2211%
F3 / EF316%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Freestone County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in 1990s.1950s31960s11980s11990s42000s22010s42020s3

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

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PeriodCount
1950s3
1960s1
1980s1
1990s4
2000s2
2010s4
2020s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 11 in Apr.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr11May1Jun0Jul0Aug0Sep0Oct2Nov1Dec2
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr11
May1
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct2
Nov1
Dec2

Records for Freestone County

  • Strongest: Texas tornado13 October 1981, F3, 1 injury, 7.2 miles long
  • Longest path: Texas tornado13 April 1967, F2, 8.6 miles long
  • Most recent: Texas tornado24 December 2024, 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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