Tornado History Map

Hopkins County, Texas tornado history

39 tornadoes recorded in or across Hopkins County from 1955 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 Hopkins County

The Storm Prediction Center records 39 tornadoes whose paths touched Hopkins County, Texas between 1955 and 2023. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 10 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 14 May 1969. The most recent was on 2 March 2023.

  • 39tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 6injuries
  • 508per 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 Hopkins County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01436%
F1 / EF11128%
F2 / EF21333%
F3 / EF313%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Hopkins County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 9 in 2010s.1950s11960s81970s71980s41990s42000s32010s92020s3

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

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s8
1970s7
1980s4
1990s4
2000s3
2010s9
2020s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 10 in Apr.Jan4Feb2Mar8Apr10May4Jun2Jul0Aug1Sep0Oct4Nov2Dec2
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PeriodCount
Jan4
Feb2
Mar8
Apr10
May4
Jun2
Jul0
Aug1
Sep0
Oct4
Nov2
Dec2

Records for Hopkins County

  • Strongest: Texas tornado14 May 1969, F3, 0.5 miles long
  • Longest path: Texas tornado6 April 1955, F2, 9.8 miles long
  • Most recent: Texas tornado2 March 2023, EF1, 8.2 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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