Tornado History Map

Wise County, Texas tornado history

68 tornadoes recorded in or across Wise County from 1954 to 2025, 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 Wise County

The Storm Prediction Center records 68 tornadoes whose paths touched Wise County, Texas between 1954 and 2025. They killed 2 people and injured 18. The busiest month is May, with 23 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 2 April 1957. The most recent was on 19 April 2025.

  • 68tornadoes
  • 2deaths
  • 18injuries
  • 752per 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 Wise County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF03247%
F1 / EF12537%
F2 / EF21015%
F3 / EF311%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Wise County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 16 in 1990s.1950s41960s41970s141980s51990s162000s72010s102020s8

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

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PeriodCount
1950s4
1960s4
1970s14
1980s5
1990s16
2000s7
2010s10
2020s8
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 23 in May.Jan1Feb0Mar7Apr17May23Jun6Jul3Aug1Sep2Oct4Nov1Dec3
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb0
Mar7
Apr17
May23
Jun6
Jul3
Aug1
Sep2
Oct4
Nov1
Dec3

Records for Wise County

  • Deadliest: Texas tornado2 December 1999, F1, 2 deaths, 3 injuries, 5.5 miles long
  • Strongest: Texas tornado2 April 1957, F3, 1 injury, 0.1 miles long
  • Longest path: Texas tornado12 June 1960, F0, 34.5 miles long
  • Most recent: Texas tornado19 April 2025, EF0, 2.1 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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