Tornado History Map

Scurry County, Texas tornado history

43 tornadoes recorded in or across Scurry 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 Scurry County

The Storm Prediction Center records 43 tornadoes whose paths touched Scurry County, Texas between 1955 and 2022. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 21 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 24 May 1968. The most recent was on 1 May 2022.

  • 43tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 475per 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 Scurry County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF02660%
F1 / EF11228%
F2 / EF225%
F3 / EF337%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Scurry County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 14 in 1960s.1950s21960s141970s41980s41990s82000s52010s32020s3

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
1960s14
1970s4
1980s4
1990s8
2000s5
2010s3
2020s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 21 in May.Jan1Feb0Mar0Apr12May21Jun4Jul1Aug2Sep0Oct2Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr12
May21
Jun4
Jul1
Aug2
Sep0
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Scurry County

  • Strongest: Texas tornado24 May 1968, F3, 4.1 miles long
  • Longest path: Texas tornado26 April 1963, F2, 19 miles long
  • Most recent: Texas tornado1 May 2022, EF2, 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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