Tornado History Map

Rains County, Texas tornado history

17 tornadoes recorded in or across Rains County from 1954 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 Rains County

The Storm Prediction Center records 17 tornadoes whose paths touched Rains County, Texas between 1954 and 2022. They killed 3 people and injured 24. The busiest month is April, with 5 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF3 on 29 April 2017. The most recent was on 4 November 2022.

  • 17tornadoes
  • 3deaths
  • 24injuries
  • 741per 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 Rains County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0635%
F1 / EF1635%
F2 / EF2318%
F3 / EF3212%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Rains County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 9 in 1990s.1950s11970s21980s21990s92010s22020s1

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

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1970s2
1980s2
1990s9
2010s2
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in Apr.Jan0Feb0Mar2Apr5May2Jun2Jul0Aug0Sep0Oct1Nov3Dec2
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr5
May2
Jun2
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct1
Nov3
Dec2

Records for Rains County

Notable tornadoes in Rains 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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