Tornado History Map

Kleberg County, Texas tornado history

30 tornadoes recorded in or across Kleberg County from 1959 to 2016, 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 Kleberg County

The Storm Prediction Center records 30 tornadoes whose paths touched Kleberg County, Texas between 1959 and 2016. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is September, with 9 tornadoes. The strongest was an F1 on 30 May 1970. The most recent was on 31 May 2016.

  • 30tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 340per 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 Kleberg County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF02377%
F1 / EF1723%
F2 / EF200%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Kleberg County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 9 in 2010s.1950s11960s71970s41980s31990s52000s12010s9

The 2010s only run to 2016, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s7
1970s4
1980s3
1990s5
2000s1
2010s9
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 9 in Sep.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr4May7Jun2Jul2Aug4Sep9Oct2Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr4
May7
Jun2
Jul2
Aug4
Sep9
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Kleberg County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Texas tornado30 May 1970, F1, 13.1 miles long
  • Most recent: Texas tornado31 May 2016, EF0, 0.4 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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