Shackelford County, Texas tornado history

30 tornadoes recorded in or across Shackelford County from 1955 to 2025, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

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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 Shackelford County

The Storm Prediction Center records 30 tornadoes whose paths touched Shackelford County, Texas between 1955 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 17 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 25 May 1976. The most recent was on 18 May 2025.

  • 30tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 7injuries
  • 328per 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 Shackelford County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01653%
F1 / EF1413%
F2 / EF2723%
F3 / EF3310%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Shackelford County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 11 in 2000s.1950s11960s11970s11980s41990s82000s112010s22020s2

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s1
1970s1
1980s4
1990s8
2000s11
2010s2
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 17 in May.Jan0Feb1Mar3Apr6May17Jun1Jul0Aug1Sep1Oct0Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb1
Mar3
Apr6
May17
Jun1
Jul0
Aug1
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Shackelford County

  • Strongest: Texas tornado25 May 1976, F3, 1 injury, 20.3 miles long
  • Longest path: Texas tornado5 April 1955, F2, 6 injuries, 43.7 miles long
  • Most recent: Texas tornado18 May 2025, EF2, 0.8 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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