Tornado History Map

Brown County, Texas tornado history

39 tornadoes recorded in or across Brown County from 1955 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 Brown County

The Storm Prediction Center records 39 tornadoes whose paths touched Brown County, Texas between 1955 and 2019. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 16 tornadoes. The strongest was an F5 on 19 April 1976. The most recent was on 13 March 2019.

  • 39tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 13injuries
  • 413per 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 Brown County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01231%
F1 / EF12359%
F2 / EF238%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF513%
Unknown rating00%

Brown County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 9 in 2010s.1950s31960s31970s61980s61990s82000s42010s9

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

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PeriodCount
1950s3
1960s3
1970s6
1980s6
1990s8
2000s4
2010s9
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 16 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar2Apr8May16Jun7Jul1Aug2Sep0Oct2Nov0Dec1
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr8
May16
Jun7
Jul1
Aug2
Sep0
Oct2
Nov0
Dec1

Records for Brown County

  • Strongest: Brownwood, Texas tornado19 April 1976, F5, 11 injuries, 10.5 miles long
  • Longest path: Texas tornado26 April 1970, F2, 14.2 miles long
  • Most recent: Texas tornado13 March 2019, EF1, 1.4 miles long

Notable tornadoes in Brown County

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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