Johnson County, Texas tornado history

110 tornadoes recorded in or across Johnson County from 1951 to 2022, 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 Johnson County

The Storm Prediction Center records 110 tornadoes whose paths touched Johnson County, Texas between 1951 and 2022. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 45 tornadoes. The strongest was an F4 on 26 May 1976. The most recent was on 4 April 2022.

  • 110tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 36injuries
  • 1,518per 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 Johnson County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF04339%
F1 / EF13935%
F2 / EF22220%
F3 / EF355%
F4 / EF41<1%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Johnson County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 28 in 1970s.1950s61960s161970s281980s81990s112000s162010s192020s6

The 2020s only run to 2022, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s6
1960s16
1970s28
1980s8
1990s11
2000s16
2010s19
2020s6
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 45 in Apr.Jan2Feb1Mar6Apr45May20Jun7Jul0Aug3Sep5Oct9Nov4Dec8
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PeriodCount
Jan2
Feb1
Mar6
Apr45
May20
Jun7
Jul0
Aug3
Sep5
Oct9
Nov4
Dec8

Records for Johnson County

Notable tornadoes in Johnson County

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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