San Jacinto County, Texas tornado history

24 tornadoes recorded in or across San Jacinto County from 1952 to 2013, 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 San Jacinto County

The Storm Prediction Center records 24 tornadoes whose paths touched San Jacinto County, Texas between 1952 and 2013. They killed 2 people and injured 21. The busiest month is December, with 5 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 10 February 1981. The most recent was on 18 February 2013.

  • 24tornadoes
  • 2deaths
  • 21injuries
  • 422per 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 San Jacinto County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01250%
F1 / EF1625%
F2 / EF2625%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

San Jacinto County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in 2000s.1950s11970s31980s51990s52000s82010s2

The 2010s only run to 2013, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1970s3
1980s5
1990s5
2000s8
2010s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in Dec.Jan0Feb3Mar0Apr1May3Jun2Jul3Aug0Sep0Oct3Nov4Dec5
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb3
Mar0
Apr1
May3
Jun2
Jul3
Aug0
Sep0
Oct3
Nov4
Dec5

Records for San Jacinto County

  • Deadliest and Strongest: Texas tornado10 February 1981, F2, 1 death, 8 injuries, 19.9 miles long
  • Longest path: Texas tornado4 June 1973, F2, 26.4 miles long
  • Most recent: Texas tornado18 February 2013, EF1, 0.6 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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