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Critical Fire Weather Conditions For Parts of the West & Plains; Strong Cold Front Over Central U.S.

Dry and gusty conditions will continue to bring critical fire weather conditions to portions of the Plains and Western U.S. Meanwhile, a cold front will gradually advance eastward over the central and eastern states. Showers and thunderstorms - some locally heavy - are likely ahead of the front. Much cooler and below normal temperatures are expected behind the front. Read More >

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County Name (Click for individual County Tornado Climatology Page)
Anderson Bell Bosque Collin Comanche Cooke
Coryell Dallas Delta Denton Eastland Ellis
Erath Falls Fannin Freestone Grayson Hamilton
Henderson Hill Hood Hopkins Hunt Jack
Johnson Kaufman Lamar Lampasas Leon Limestone
McLennan Milam Mills Montague Navarro Palo Pinto
Parker Rains Robertson Rockwall Somervell Stephens
Tarrant Van Zandt Wise Young


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North & Central Texas 1880-2020 Tabular Tornado Data

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North & Central TX 1950-2020 Tornado Table
North & Central TX 1950s Tornado Table
  Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total
1950 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
1951 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1952 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 8
1953 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
1954 0 1 1 3 10 3 0 1 4 1 0 0 24
1955 0 0 5 7 6 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 25
1956 0 1 4 1 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 13
1957 0 0 0 24 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 32
1958 2 0 1 6 0 3 1 5 0 0 3 0 21
1959 0 0 4 0 3 2 1 0 2 4 3 0 19
 
North & Central TX 1960s Tornado Table
  Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total
1960 2 0 0 1 16 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 23
1961 0 0 11 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 20
1962 0 0 4 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 13
1963 0 0 2 3 3 1 1 3 3 0 2 0 18
1964 0 0 0 5 1 0 2 3 1 0 2 0 14
1965 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 10
1966 0 1 0 5 10 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 20
1967 0 0 5 5 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 20
1968 1 0 1 5 11 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 26
1969 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 12
 
North & Central TX 1970s Tornado Table
  Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total
1970 0 0 1 12 0 3 0 1 1 7 0 0 25
1971 0 6 6 12 8 2 3 1 0 2 1 21 62
1972 0 0 4 2 3 0 0 2 2 6 4 0 23
1973 2 0 8 3 13 3 0 0 0 1 4 2 36
1974 0 0 0 8 4 3 0 0 0 11 0 0 26
1975 0 0 5 2 12 5 3 0 1 1 0 0 29
1976 0 0 1 20 31 3 2 0 3 2 0 0 62
1977 0 0 2 9 2 2 1 2 7 0 0 0 25
1978 0 0 0 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
1979 0 2 6 6 17 4 1 2 0 10 0 0 48
 
North & Central TX 1980s Tornado Table
  Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total
1980 0 0 0 8 5 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 20
1981 0 0 1 1 19 3 1 0 0 15 3 0 43
1982 0 0 2 8 25 5 1 0 0 0 3 0 44
1983 0 0 3 1 2 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 15
1984 0 7 6 3 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 23
1985 0 0 1 7 11 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 21
1986 0 2 3 9 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 23
1987 0 0 4 0 4 9 1 0 1 0 6 2 27
1988 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 2 4 3 0 15
1989 1 0 2 1 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 21
 
North & Central TX 1990s Tornado Table
  Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total
1990 1 1 3 29 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39
1991 0 0 0 14 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 20
1992 0 0 1 1 8 0 0 0 1 5 2 0 18
1993 0 1 0 3 18 2 0 0 12 11 0 0 47
1994 0 0 1 41 14 2 1 0 0 8 6 0 73
1995 0 0 1 19 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 29
1996 9 0 0 22 2 1 1 0 8 7 1 0 51
1997 1 3 1 2 21 8 0 0 1 1 0 0 38
1998 6 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 20
1999 0 0 2 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 14
 
North & Central TX 2000s Tornado Table
  Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total
2000 0 2 10 7 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 29
2001 0 0 0 4 6 1 0 0 3 8 0 0 22
2002 0 0 9 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 23
2003 0 0 2 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11
2004 0 0 9 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 17
2005 0 0 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
2006 0 0 3 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 41
2007 1 0 7 10 3 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 28
2008 0 0 4 20 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 32
2009 0 3 2 5 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
 
North & Central TX 2010s Tornado Table
  Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total
2010 5 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 8 3 0 0 22
2011 0 0 1 25 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 41
2012 0 0 0 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
2013 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 24
2014 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
2015 0 0 0 19 42 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 76
2016 0 0 11 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
2017 6 0 3 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
2018 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 12
2019 0 0 3 8 14 5 0 0 0 10 0 0 40

 

North & Central TX 2020s Tornado Table
  Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total
2020 6 0 7 4 3 0 0 - - - - - 20

 

 

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