Tornado History Map

Mitchell County, Texas tornado history

59 tornadoes recorded in or across Mitchell County from 1955 to 2017, 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 Mitchell County

The Storm Prediction Center records 59 tornadoes whose paths touched Mitchell County, Texas between 1955 and 2017. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 24 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 27 May 1982. The most recent was on 28 March 2017.

  • 59tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 5injuries
  • 648per 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 Mitchell County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF04475%
F1 / EF11220%
F2 / EF235%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Mitchell County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 19 in 2000s.1950s21960s61970s61980s121990s82000s192010s6

The 2010s only run to 2017, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s6
1970s6
1980s12
1990s8
2000s19
2010s6
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 24 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar9Apr10May24Jun9Jul1Aug3Sep1Oct2Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar9
Apr10
May24
Jun9
Jul1
Aug3
Sep1
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Mitchell County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Texas tornado27 May 1982, F2, 23 miles long
  • Most recent: Texas tornado28 March 2017, EF0, 4.5 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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