Tornado History Map

Runnels County, Texas tornado history

60 tornadoes recorded in or across Runnels County from 1954 to 2024, 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 Runnels County

The Storm Prediction Center records 60 tornadoes whose paths touched Runnels County, Texas between 1954 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 24 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 14 March 1982. The most recent was on 7 November 2024.

  • 60tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 17injuries
  • 571per 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 Runnels County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF02237%
F1 / EF11627%
F2 / EF21525%
F3 / EF358%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating23%

Runnels County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 17 in 1970s.1950s51960s41970s171980s101990s92000s82010s52020s2

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s5
1960s4
1970s17
1980s10
1990s9
2000s8
2010s5
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 24 in May.Jan0Feb2Mar6Apr15May24Jun3Jul2Aug3Sep4Oct0Nov1Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb2
Mar6
Apr15
May24
Jun3
Jul2
Aug3
Sep4
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Runnels County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Texas tornado14 March 1982, F3, 14 injuries, 40.5 miles long
  • Most recent: Texas tornado7 November 2024, Unknown rating, 0.7 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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