Upshur County, Texas tornado history

31 tornadoes recorded in or across Upshur County from 1957 to 2025, 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 Upshur County

The Storm Prediction Center records 31 tornadoes whose paths touched Upshur County, Texas between 1957 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 11 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 1 April 1988. The most recent was on 4 April 2025.

  • 31tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 34injuries
  • 532per 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 Upshur County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0619%
F1 / EF11445%
F2 / EF2929%
F3 / EF326%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Upshur County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in 2010s.1950s21960s21970s71980s61990s22000s12010s82020s3

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s2
1970s7
1980s6
1990s2
2000s1
2010s8
2020s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 11 in Apr.Jan1Feb1Mar2Apr11May6Jun1Jul0Aug2Sep1Oct1Nov2Dec3
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PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb1
Mar2
Apr11
May6
Jun1
Jul0
Aug2
Sep1
Oct1
Nov2
Dec3

Records for Upshur County

  • Strongest: Texas tornado1 April 1988, F3, 9 injuries, 13 miles long
  • Longest path: Texas tornado6 May 2003, F2, 5 injuries, 54.4 miles long
  • Most recent: Texas tornado4 April 2025, EF1, 1.1 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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