Tornado History Map

Taylor County, Texas tornado history

77 tornadoes recorded in or across Taylor County from 1951 to 2020, 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 Taylor County

The Storm Prediction Center records 77 tornadoes whose paths touched Taylor County, Texas between 1951 and 2020. They killed 1 person and injured 35. The busiest month is May, with 26 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 14 March 1982. The most recent was on 19 March 2020.

  • 77tornadoes
  • 1death
  • 35injuries
  • 841per 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 Taylor County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF04255%
F1 / EF12026%
F2 / EF21114%
F3 / EF345%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Taylor County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 17 in 1970s.1950s101960s111970s171980s111990s82000s142010s42020s2

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

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PeriodCount
1950s10
1960s11
1970s17
1980s11
1990s8
2000s14
2010s4
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 26 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar15Apr13May26Jun15Jul5Aug1Sep1Oct1Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar15
Apr13
May26
Jun15
Jul5
Aug1
Sep1
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Taylor County

  • Deadliest: Texas tornado28 April 1985, F2, 1 death, 4 miles long
  • Strongest and Longest path: Texas tornado14 March 1982, F3, 14 injuries, 40.5 miles long
  • Most recent: Texas tornado19 March 2020, EF1, 0.2 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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