Tornado History Map

Terry County, Texas tornado history

39 tornadoes recorded in or across Terry County from 1957 to 2019, 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 Terry County

The Storm Prediction Center records 39 tornadoes whose paths touched Terry County, Texas between 1957 and 2019. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 13 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 29 May 1963. The most recent was on 23 May 2019.

  • 39tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 1injury
  • 439per 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 Terry County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF02051%
F1 / EF1923%
F2 / EF2718%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating38%

Terry County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 12 in 1960s.1950s21960s121970s81980s41990s32000s62010s4

The 2010s only run to 2019, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s12
1970s8
1980s4
1990s3
2000s6
2010s4
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 13 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar2Apr2May11Jun13Jul3Aug7Sep0Oct1Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr2
May11
Jun13
Jul3
Aug7
Sep0
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Terry County

  • Strongest: Texas tornado29 May 1963, F2, 1 injury, 10.3 miles long
  • Longest path: Texas tornado28 March 1958, F1, 11.9 miles long
  • Most recent: Texas tornado23 May 2019, Unknown rating, 0.1 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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