92
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
19
Direct injuries
$26.5M
Property damage
Tornado in Carson County, Texas: 92 recorded events between 1951 and 2025. The strongest on record measured F4. That places the county #72 nationally and #12 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Tornado in Carson County, Texas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for tornado in Carson County is the 1990s, when 29 of the county's 92 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Carson County archive, tornado makes up 10.1% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #72 for this hazard and #12 within Texas, putting it in the 97.5 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for tornado in Carson County with 33 recorded events, while Jan is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Tornado tracks
Paths crossing this county
| Date | Scale | Path length | Max width | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970-04-17 | EF4 | 130.0 mi | 880 yd | Crossed in |
| 1992-06-27 | EF4 | 20.0 mi | 1,583 yd | Crossed in |
| 2001-05-29 | EF3 | 10.0 mi | 440 yd | Touched down here |
| 1971-10-17 | EF3 | 2.3 mi | 100 yd | Touched down here |
| 1951-06-06 | EF3 | 10.4 mi | 100 yd | Touched down here |
| 2016-06-13 | EF2 | 5.0 mi | 100 yd | Crossed in |
| 2015-11-16 | EF2 | 10.4 mi | 175 yd | Touched down here |
| 2007-04-21 | EF2 | 12.4 mi | 440 yd | Touched down here |
| 1992-06-27 | EF2 | 4.0 mi | 150 yd | Crossed in |
| 1990-06-08 | EF2 | 2.6 mi | 300 yd | Touched down here |
Significant events
Deadliest on record
| Date | Location | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 1951 | F3 | 0 | 12 | $250K | |
| Apr 30, 1973 | F2 | 0 | 3 | $250K | |
| Jul 2, 1987 | F2 | 0 | 2 | $25K | |
| Oct 18, 1971 | F3 | 0 | 2 | $0 |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2025 | WHITE DEER | EFU | $0 |
| May 19, 2023 | PANTEX | EF0 | $20K |
| Jun 19, 2020 | GROOM | EF0 | $0 |
| Jun 19, 2020 | GROOM | EF0 | $0 |
| Mar 30, 2020 | MASTERSON | EFU | $0 |
| Apr 17, 2019 | PANTEX | EFU | $0 |
| Jun 12, 2018 | PANHANDLE | EF0 | $0 |
| Jun 14, 2016 | MASTERSON | EF2 | $0 |
| Nov 17, 2015 | GROOM | EF2 | $0 |
| Nov 17, 2015 | GROOM | EF0 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Carson County
- Hail 617
- Thunderstorm Wind 168
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
The tornado destroyed an office building associated with a grain elevator…unroofed and severely damaged a nearby home…and tossed a pickup truck and suburban about fifty and one hundred yards respectively. Several cattle and one horse were reported killed or injured from the tornado. As many as fifty power poles and transmission lines were brought down from the storm. The tornado path and width were estimated and an official damage survey was made on the tornado.
This tornado formed nine miles east northeast of Claude at 2035 CST and entered Carson county at 2037 CST one and a half miles southwest of Groom. The tornado tracked north and traveled about another ten miles before dissipating at 2110 CST ten miles east of Panhandle. In Carson county…the tornado plowed through a storage area for tractors and other farm equipment. Tractors…turbines…vehicles…cotton presser box cars similar to railroad cars were moved and thrown about in the tornado for considerable distances. Power poles were also damaged. No injuries were reported.
An official storm damage survey was made on the estimated path length and width. Extensive damage occurred to homes…mobile homes…farm equipment and storage buildings in the Carson and Hutchinson county tornado. This tornado touched down in the Antelope Creek area one mile south of State Highway 136…moved north-northeast for about one and a half miles and lifted north of State Highway 136 in Hutchinson county.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many tornado events are on record in Carson County, Texas?
92 tornado events are recorded in Carson County between 1951 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest tornado recorded in Carson County?
The strongest tornado on record in Carson County measured F4.
Where does the tornado data for Carson County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Tornado in Carson County, Texas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/texas/carson-county/tornado/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.