Moore County, Texas tornado history

66 tornadoes recorded in or across Moore County from 1959 to 2022, 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 Moore County

The Storm Prediction Center records 66 tornadoes whose paths touched Moore County, Texas between 1959 and 2022. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 30 tornadoes. The strongest was an F4 on 18 March 1982. The most recent was on 8 August 2022.

  • 66tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 33injuries
  • 734per 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 Moore County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF04467%
F1 / EF1812%
F2 / EF2914%
F3 / EF312%
F4 / EF435%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating12%

Moore County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 13 in 1980s.1950s21960s81970s101980s131990s122000s112010s92020s1

The 2020s only run to 2022, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s8
1970s10
1980s13
1990s12
2000s11
2010s9
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 30 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar2Apr11May15Jun30Jul2Aug2Sep4Oct0Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr11
May15
Jun30
Jul2
Aug2
Sep4
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Moore County

Notable tornadoes in Moore County

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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