Marion County, Texas tornado history

26 tornadoes recorded in or across Marion County from 1961 to 2023, 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 Marion County

The Storm Prediction Center records 26 tornadoes whose paths touched Marion County, Texas between 1961 and 2023. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 8 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 6 May 2003. The most recent was on 2 March 2023.

  • 26tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 24injuries
  • 683per 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 Marion County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0623%
F1 / EF11038%
F2 / EF21038%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Marion County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in 1960s.1960s61970s21980s61990s42000s22010s42020s2

The 2020s only run to 2023, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1960s6
1970s2
1980s6
1990s4
2000s2
2010s4
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in May.Jan2Feb2Mar3Apr7May8Jun1Jul0Aug0Sep0Oct0Nov2Dec1
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan2
Feb2
Mar3
Apr7
May8
Jun1
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct0
Nov2
Dec1

Records for Marion County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Texas tornado6 May 2003, F2, 5 injuries, 54.4 miles long
  • Most recent: Texas tornado2 March 2023, EF1, 3.3 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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