Tornado History Map

Gillespie County, Texas tornado history

18 tornadoes recorded in or across Gillespie County from 1962 to 2020, 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 Gillespie County

The Storm Prediction Center records 18 tornadoes whose paths touched Gillespie County, Texas between 1962 and 2020. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 11 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 11 May 1999. The most recent was on 12 April 2020.

  • 18tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 5injuries
  • 170per 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 Gillespie County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0528%
F1 / EF1739%
F2 / EF2422%
F3 / EF3211%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Gillespie County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in 1970s.1960s31970s61980s11990s22000s42010s12020s1

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

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PeriodCount
1960s3
1970s6
1980s1
1990s2
2000s4
2010s1
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 11 in May.Jan1Feb0Mar0Apr2May11Jun0Jul0Aug1Sep0Oct1Nov2Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May11
Jun0
Jul0
Aug1
Sep0
Oct1
Nov2
Dec0

Records for Gillespie County

  • Strongest: Texas tornado11 May 1999, F3, 3.5 miles long
  • Longest path: Texas tornado23 May 1976, F1, 13.7 miles long
  • Most recent: Texas tornado12 April 2020, EF1, 11.6 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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