F4/EF4 June Texas Tornado History
Pampa, TX F4 Tornado – June 8, 1995
An estimated F4 tornado (part of a family of twisters) on June 8, 1995 moved 3 miles hitting parts of Pampa, TX. 17 homes and 30 businesses were destroyed.
December F2/EF2 Texas Tornado History
Kosse-Groesbeck, TX F2 Tornado – December 29, 2006
A large winter outbreak occurred across the state of Texas on December 29, 2006. Officially, the SPC Database lists 27 tornadoes. The max rating was F2 and there were four tornadoes given that rating. We look at one of the F2 twisters in this summary.
December F4/EF4 Texas Tornado History
Sunnyvale-Garland-Rowlett, TX EF4 Tornado – December 26, 2015
A very strong storm system produced 12 tornadoes across parts of North and Central Texas on December 26, 2015. The strongest that day was rated EF-4. There were 10 fatalities, 9 of which were in vehicles.
December F3/EF3 Texas Tornado History
NE Houston, TX F3 Tornado – December 13, 1977
A total of 6 tornadoes occurred on December 13, 1977 across portions of Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. In this summary, we look at an F3 that hit in NE Harris and SW Liberty Counties in TX. Path length was 25 miles. Per Thomas Grazulis, the path ran parallel to and north of US-90.
December F3/EF3 Texas Tornado History
Angelina County, TX F3 Tornado – December 12, 1928
This summary looks back at an estimated F3 tornado from December 12, 1928. It crossed through parts of Angelina County, TX. Information for this event came from the following resources. Thomas Grazulis in Significant Tornadoes and Newspaper articles via newspapers.com
December F3/EF3 Texas Tornado History
Seguin, TX F3 Tornado – December 1, 1953
There was one tornado confirmed on December 1, 1953. It hit south of Seguin, TX. Per the Climatological Data National Summary (CDNS), 7 homes were destroyed and another 7 were damaged.
F4/EF4 November Texas Tornado History
Channelview, TX F4 Tornado – November 21, 1992
The state of Texas had a total of 14 tornadoes during the massive November 21-23, 1992 tornado outbreak. 12 of the 14 where in the Houston County Warning area. This summary digs into the strongest that occurred in this area. It was an F4 that hit Channelview.
F4/EF4 November Texas Tornado History
Orange, TX F4 Tornado – November 7, 1957
It is considered one of the worst outbreaks to occur across Southeast Texas/Southwest Louisiana. At least 14 tornadoes hit this area on November 7, 1957. The Orange, TX F4 tornado is the topic of this summary. It was the strongest of the outbreak. 180 homes were destroyed. 115 of these were in the Riverside Housing Project. 9 ships and 3 barges were torn from their moorings.
F3/EF3 October Texas Tornado History
Baytown, TX F3 Tornado – October 28, 1974
This tornado hit the south end of the Baytown tunnel at rush hour. A tunnel guard described the event, “It was just like a big vacuum cleaner.” At least a dozen cars were picked up at the end of the tunnel.
F2/EF2 F3/EF3 October Texas Tornado History
Harrison County, TX F3 (F2?) Tornado – October 22, 1972
The SPC Database lists 3 tornadoes on October 22, 1972. We look at one of those in this summary. It was given a rating of F3. Thomas Grazulis in Significant Tornadoes believes the damage was more in the F2 range. That was just one discrepancy with this event.