Tornado History Map

Childress County, Texas tornado history

31 tornadoes recorded in or across Childress County from 1951 to 2014, 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 Childress County

The Storm Prediction Center records 31 tornadoes whose paths touched Childress County, Texas between 1951 and 2014. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 12 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 25 May 1987. The most recent was on 20 April 2014.

  • 31tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 2injuries
  • 445per 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 Childress County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01755%
F1 / EF11135%
F2 / EF2310%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Childress County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 12 in 1990s.1950s21960s21970s31980s41990s122000s62010s2

The 2010s only run to 2014, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s2
1970s3
1980s4
1990s12
2000s6
2010s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 12 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr7May12Jun11Jul0Aug0Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr7
May12
Jun11
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Childress County

  • Strongest: Texas tornado25 May 1987, F2, 6 miles long
  • Longest path: Texas tornado20 May 1974, F1, 11.8 miles long
  • Most recent: Texas tornado20 April 2014, EF0, 0.2 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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