Tornado History Map

Kent County, Texas tornado history

24 tornadoes recorded in or across Kent County from 1956 to 2018, 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 Kent County

The Storm Prediction Center records 24 tornadoes whose paths touched Kent County, Texas between 1956 and 2018. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 11 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 24 April 1991. The most recent was on 1 June 2018.

  • 24tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 266per 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 Kent County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01979%
F1 / EF128%
F2 / EF228%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating14%

Kent County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 10 in 2000s.1950s11960s21970s31980s21990s42000s102010s2

The 2010s only run to 2018, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s2
1970s3
1980s2
1990s4
2000s10
2010s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 11 in Jun.Jan0Feb1Mar1Apr5May5Jun11Jul1Aug0Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb1
Mar1
Apr5
May5
Jun11
Jul1
Aug0
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Kent County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Texas tornado24 April 1991, F2, 12.1 miles long
  • Most recent: Texas tornado1 June 2018, Unknown rating, 0 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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