Tornado History Map

Ward County, Texas tornado history

18 tornadoes recorded in or across Ward County from 1960 to 2020, 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 Ward County

The Storm Prediction Center records 18 tornadoes whose paths touched Ward County, Texas between 1960 and 2020. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 7 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 19 April 1977. The most recent was on 13 March 2020.

  • 18tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 18injuries
  • 215per 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 Ward County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01372%
F1 / EF1211%
F2 / EF2211%
F3 / EF316%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Ward County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in 1970s.1960s21970s71980s31990s32000s22020s1

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

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PeriodCount
1960s2
1970s7
1980s3
1990s3
2000s2
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in Apr.Jan0Feb0Mar2Apr7May5Jun0Jul0Aug1Sep1Oct2Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr7
May5
Jun0
Jul0
Aug1
Sep1
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Ward County

  • Strongest: Texas tornado19 April 1977, F3, 18 injuries, 4.3 miles long
  • Longest path: Texas tornado25 May 1987, F2, 11 miles long
  • Most recent: Texas tornado13 March 2020, EF1, 0.5 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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