Tornado History Map

Hartley County, Texas tornado history

38 tornadoes recorded in or across Hartley County from 1950 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 Hartley County

The Storm Prediction Center records 38 tornadoes whose paths touched Hartley County, Texas between 1950 and 2019. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 23 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 12 May 1989. The most recent was on 26 May 2019.

  • 38tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 260per 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 Hartley County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF02976%
F1 / EF1616%
F2 / EF238%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Hartley County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in 1960s.1950s31960s71970s51980s41990s62000s72010s6

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
1960s7
1970s5
1980s4
1990s6
2000s7
2010s6
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 23 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr1May23Jun8Jul3Aug3Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May23
Jun8
Jul3
Aug3
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Hartley County

  • Strongest: Texas tornado12 May 1989, F2, 7 miles long
  • Longest path: Texas tornado19 June 1950, F0, 15.8 miles long
  • Most recent: Texas tornado26 May 2019, EF0, 5.2 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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