Tornado History Map

Delta County, Texas tornado history

10 tornadoes recorded in or across Delta County from 1954 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 Delta County

The Storm Prediction Center records 10 tornadoes whose paths touched Delta County, Texas between 1954 and 2020. They killed 3 people and injured 14. The busiest month is April, with 4 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 22 April 1964. The most recent was on 10 January 2020.

  • 10tornadoes
  • 3deaths
  • 14injuries
  • 389per 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 Delta County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0220%
F1 / EF1220%
F2 / EF2550%
F3 / EF3110%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Delta County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in 1950s.1950s41960s11970s11980s12000s12020s2

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

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PeriodCount
1950s4
1960s1
1970s1
1980s1
2000s1
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in Apr.Jan2Feb0Mar0Apr4May2Jun1Jul0Aug0Sep0Oct1Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan2
Feb0
Mar0
Apr4
May2
Jun1
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Delta County

  • Deadliest: Texas tornado2 April 1957, F2, 1 death, 2 injuries, 0.1 miles long
  • Strongest: Texas tornado22 April 1964, F3, 2 injuries, 5.9 miles long
  • Longest path: Texas tornado24 May 1957, F2, 70.1 miles long
  • Most recent: Texas tornado10 January 2020, EF0, 0.1 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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