Tornado History Map

Zavala County, Texas tornado history

10 tornadoes recorded in or across Zavala County from 1956 to 2015, 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 Zavala County

The Storm Prediction Center records 10 tornadoes whose paths touched Zavala County, Texas between 1956 and 2015. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 4 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 23 May 1966. The most recent was on 24 April 2015.

  • 10tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 1injury
  • 77per 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 Zavala County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0440%
F1 / EF1440%
F2 / EF2220%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Zavala County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 3 in 1970s.1950s11960s21970s31980s11990s12000s12010s1

The 2010s only run to 2015, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s2
1970s3
1980s1
1990s1
2000s1
2010s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar2Apr1May4Jun0Jul0Aug0Sep0Oct2Nov1Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr1
May4
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct2
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Zavala County

  • Strongest: Texas tornado23 May 1966, F2, 16 miles long
  • Longest path: Texas tornado15 May 1980, F1, 99.8 miles long
  • Most recent: Texas tornado24 April 2015, EF0, 1.3 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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