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Rockwall County Tornado Climatology Page
1950-2018

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Rockwall County Graphical Tornado Data

Tornadoes in Rockwall Co. by Year

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Tornadoes in Rockwall Co.
by Rating

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Tornadoes in Rockwall Co.
by Intensity

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Tornadoes in Rockwall Co.
by Month

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Tornadoes in Rockwall Co.
by Time of Day

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Rockwall County Tabular Tornado Output

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Rockwall County Monthly Tornado Table 1950-2018
Rockwall County 1950s Tornado Table
	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May.	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Total
1950	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1951	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1953	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
1959	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1

Rockwall County 1960s Tornado Table
	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May.	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Total
1960	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1968	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Rockwall County 1970s Tornado Table
	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May.	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Total
1970	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1971	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1973	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1974	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
1977	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Rockwall County 1980s Tornado Table
	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May.	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Total
1980	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1985	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Rockwall County 1990s Tornado Table
	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May.	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Total
1990	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1994	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1996	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Rockwall County 2000s Tornado Table
	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May.	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Total
2000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2008	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Rockwall County 2010s Tornado Table
	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May.	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Total
2010	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
2011	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2013	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	0

Rockwall Co. Strong & Violent Tornado Table
(Sorted by Rating)

Date	Fujita Rating (F/EF)
12/26/2015	EF3
10/04/1959	F3
04/03/2012	EF2
05/23/1976	F2
04/18/1970	F2

Rockwall Co. Strong & Violent Tornado Table
(Sorted by Date)

Date	Fujita Rating (F/EF)
12/26/2015	EF3
04/03/2012	EF2
05/23/1976	F2
04/18/1970	F2
10/04/1959	F3

Rockwall Co. Top Months with MOST confirmed Tornadoes

Month/Year	Number of Confirmed Tornadoes
05/1976	2
03/1984	1
04/1970	1
04/1995	1
04/2007	1

Rockwall Co. Top Days with MOST confirmed Tornadoes

Date	Number of Confirmed Tornadoes
------	No days with more than one tornado reported

Rockwall County Tornado Climatology

Rockwall County Graphical Tornado Data

Tornadoes in Rockwall Co. by Year

Tornadoes in Rockwall Co. by Rating

Tornadoes in Rockwall Co. by Intensity

Tornadoes in Rockwall Co. by Month

Tornadoes in Rockwall Co. by Time of Day

Rockwall County Tabular Tornado Output

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Rockwall Co. Strong & Violent Tornado Table (Sorted by Rating)

Rockwall Co. Strong & Violent Tornado Table (Sorted by Date)

Rockwall Co. Top Months with MOST confirmed Tornadoes

Rockwall Co. Top Days with MOST confirmed Tornadoes

Tornadoes in Rockwall Co.
by Rating

Tornadoes in Rockwall Co.
by Intensity

Tornadoes in Rockwall Co.
by Month

Tornadoes in Rockwall Co.
by Time of Day

Rockwall Co. Strong & Violent Tornado Table
(Sorted by Rating)

Rockwall Co. Strong & Violent Tornado Table
(Sorted by Date)