Tornado History Map

Comanche County, Texas tornado history

43 tornadoes recorded in or across Comanche County from 1950 to 2015, 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 Comanche County

The Storm Prediction Center records 43 tornadoes whose paths touched Comanche County, Texas between 1950 and 2015. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 20 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 12 May 1982. The most recent was on 26 April 2015.

  • 43tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 21injuries
  • 459per 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 Comanche County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01842%
F1 / EF11637%
F2 / EF2614%
F3 / EF337%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Comanche County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 16 in 1980s.1950s51960s11970s71980s161990s82000s12010s5

The 2010s only run to 2015, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s5
1960s1
1970s7
1980s16
1990s8
2000s1
2010s5
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 20 in Apr.Jan0Feb1Mar1Apr20May12Jun6Jul0Aug0Sep1Oct2Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb1
Mar1
Apr20
May12
Jun6
Jul0
Aug0
Sep1
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Comanche County

  • Strongest: Texas tornado12 May 1982, F3, 3 injuries, 13 miles long
  • Longest path: Texas tornado10 April 1979, F2, 3 injuries, 24 miles long
  • Most recent: Texas tornado26 April 2015, EF0, 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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