Tornado History Map

Hunt County, Texas tornado history

64 tornadoes recorded in or across Hunt County from 1954 to 2024, 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 Hunt County

The Storm Prediction Center records 64 tornadoes whose paths touched Hunt County, Texas between 1954 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 19 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 5 May 1978. The most recent was on 25 May 2024.

  • 64tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 39injuries
  • 762per 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 Hunt County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF02742%
F1 / EF12133%
F2 / EF21117%
F3 / EF358%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Hunt County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 16 in 1990s.1950s41960s111970s131980s71990s162000s52010s62020s2

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s4
1960s11
1970s13
1980s7
1990s16
2000s5
2010s6
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 19 in May.Jan1Feb3Mar4Apr18May19Jun4Jul3Aug1Sep1Oct4Nov3Dec3
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PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb3
Mar4
Apr18
May19
Jun4
Jul3
Aug1
Sep1
Oct4
Nov3
Dec3

Records for Hunt County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Texas tornado5 May 1978, F3, 29.9 miles long
  • Most recent: Texas tornado25 May 2024, EF1, 1.1 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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