Tornado History Map

Lynn County, Texas tornado history

49 tornadoes recorded in or across Lynn County from 1955 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 Lynn County

The Storm Prediction Center records 49 tornadoes whose paths touched Lynn County, Texas between 1955 and 2019. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 18 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 24 May 1957. The most recent was on 5 May 2019.

  • 49tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 1injury
  • 549per 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 Lynn County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF03265%
F1 / EF11327%
F2 / EF236%
F3 / EF312%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Lynn County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 13 in 1980s.1950s41960s71970s41980s131990s112000s62010s4

The 2010s only run to 2019, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s4
1960s7
1970s4
1980s13
1990s11
2000s6
2010s4
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 18 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar2Apr6May18Jun13Jul5Aug4Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec1
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr6
May18
Jun13
Jul5
Aug4
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec1

Records for Lynn County

  • Strongest: Texas tornado24 May 1957, F3, 1 injury, 37.3 miles long
  • Longest path: Texas tornado8 June 1968, F1, 42.8 miles long
  • Most recent: Texas tornado5 May 2019, EF1, 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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