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Clay County, TX Tornadoes (1900-Present)

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Tornado Track Map for Clay County, TX
 
Clay County, TX Tornadoes Prior to 1950
# Date Time
(CST)		 Path
Length
(miles)		 Path
Width
(yards)		 F-Scale Killed Injured County Path
  03/27/1939             Clay Unspecified path
  05/18/1946 1700   325   4 svrl Clay/ Montague/ Denton Unspecified path
Clay County, TX Tornadoes (1950-Present*)
# Date Time
(CST)		 Path
Length
(miles)		 Path
Width
(yards)		 F-Scale Killed Injured County Path
1 08/11/1953 1900 0.1 880 F2 0 0 Wichita/ Clay Wichita Falls and Suburban Areas
2 05/01/1954 2115 n/a 67 F2 0 0 Clay/ Montague near Buffalo Springs - near Bowie
3 04/05/1955 0830 0.1 10 F2 0 0 Clay near Henrietta
4 04/06/1955 0245 22 10 F3 0 0 Jack/ Clay near Antelope - near Newport
5 08/08/1956 1600 2 50 F2 0 0 Clay Byers (west side)
6 04/02/1958 1755 16 333 F3 1 14 Wichita/ Clay Wichita Falls - near 'Deandale'
7 04/03/1964 1553 1.5 23 F1 0 0 Clay Near Red River NE of Byers
8 05/20/1967 1140 0.5 33 F0 0 0 Clay 6 SE Henrietta
9 05/16/1968 1435 0.1 17 F1 0 0 Clay between Henrietta and Bellevue
10 09/27/1970 1100 0.5 17 F0 0 0 Clay 7 N Petrolia
11 08/08/1972 2015 1 67 F1 0 0 Clay 3 E Byers
12 08/13/1972 1915 0.3 20 F1 0 0 Clay Prairie Flower Community
13 04/10/1979 1750 47 1320 F4 42 1740 Archer TX/ Wichita TX/ Clay TX/ Jefferson OK 3 ENE Holliday TX- Wichita Falls TX- 4 E Byers TX- NNE of Waurika OK [All fatalities and injuries were in Texas]
14 05/14/1986 1830 20 250 F3 0 4 Archer/ Clay 5 SE Archer City- Windthorst- 15 S Henrietta
15 05/27/1990 1630-1631 0.2 10 F1 0 0 Clay 15 S Henrietta
16 05/27/1990 1635-1640 2 50 F1 0 0 Clay 1 SW - 3 S Bluegrove
17 05/08/1993 1608 0.1 20 F0 0 0 Clay 13 NE Henrietta (8 SW Ryan OK)
18 05/08/1993 1620 0.1 20 F0 0 0 Clay N of Stanfield
19 05/08/1993 1742-1806 8 90 F1 0 0 Archer/ Clay 2 ESE Scotland- 5 W Bluegrove
20 04/19/1995 1843 0.1 20 F0 0 0 Clay 2 SSE Joy
21 05/08/1997 1915 0.1 23 F0 0 0 Clay 10 W Bluegrove (on FM172 bridge south of Lake Arrowhead)
22 05/08/1997 1955 0.1 23 F0 0 0 Clay 5 S Deer Creek
23 06/16/1997 2050-2105 7 100 F1 0 0 Clay 6 SW - 2 N Charlie
24 04/26/1998 1635 0.2 50 F1 0 2 Clay Bellevue
25 07/12/2000 1620-1621 0.3 30 F0 0 0 Clay 7 N Henrietta
26 05/30/2001 1745 0.3 25 F0 0 0 Clay 6 N Jolly
27 04/30/2004 1302-1305 1 100 F0 0 0 Clay 3 S - 3 SSE Petrolia
28 04/24/2006 1923-1941 6 200 F1 0 0 Cotton OK/ Clay TX 4.8 SSW Randlett OK - 4 WNW Charlie TX
29 08/18/2007 1853-1857 1 100 EF1 0 0 Clay 1 NNE - 2 NNE Thornberry
30 05/19/2015 1721-1725 1 200 EF0 0 0 Clay 4 S Ryan OK
31 05/19/2015 1745 0.2 30 EF0 0 0 Clay 4 S Joy
32 04/30/2019 1534-1536 1.5 40 EF? 0 0 Clay 5 NW - 6 NW Dean
33 04/30/2019 1536-1556 10 300 EF1 0 0 Clay Charlie
34 05/22/2020 1823-1835 2.5 150 EF? 0 0 Clay 5 NE Shannon - 2.5 S Joy
35 05/22/2020 1827-1835 2.3 50 EF1 0 0 Clay 4 SW - 3.5 S Charlie
36 05/04/2023 1806-1806 0.1 20 EF0 0 0 Clay Bellevue (northwest side)
37 06/15/2023 1905-1906 0.5 50 EF1 0 0 Clay 5 SE Henrietta
38 05/25/2024 1616-1624 3.4 200 EF1 0 0 Archer/ Clay Windthorst (east portion) - 3 NE Windthorst
39 05/25/2024 1633-1641 3.4 100 EF1 0 0 Clay 7 SSW - 4 SSW Bluegrove
40 11/04/2024 0033-0046 8 250 EF1 0 0 Clay 1.5 NE - 7 NE Byars
 

Records taken from the Storm Prediction Center archive data, "Storm Data", and data from the National Weather Service office in Norman. Data modified as described in NOAA Tech Memo NWS SR-209 (Speheger, D., 2001: "Corrections to the Historic Tornado Database").

Historic data, especially before 1950, are likely incomplete.

 
 
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