Tornado History Map

King County, Texas tornado history

26 tornadoes recorded in or across King County from 1955 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 King County

The Storm Prediction Center records 26 tornadoes whose paths touched King County, Texas between 1955 and 2022. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 11 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 28 May 1987. The most recent was on 4 May 2022.

  • 26tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 285per 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 King County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01454%
F1 / EF1415%
F2 / EF2519%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating312%

King County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in 1990s.1950s21960s51970s11980s31990s82000s32010s22020s2

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

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s5
1970s1
1980s3
1990s8
2000s3
2010s2
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 11 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr7May11Jun4Jul0Aug0Sep3Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr7
May11
Jun4
Jul0
Aug0
Sep3
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for King County

  • Strongest: Texas tornado28 May 1987, F2, 13 miles long
  • Longest path: Texas tornado3 May 1961, F1, 38.3 miles long
  • Most recent: Texas tornado4 May 2022, Unknown rating, 7.9 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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