44
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$165K
Property damage
Tornado in Dickens County, Texas: 44 recorded events between 1961 and 2025. The strongest on record measured F3. That places the county #513 nationally and #90 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Tornado in Dickens County, Texas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for tornado in Dickens County is the 2010s, when 9 of the county's 44 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 Dickens County archive, tornado makes up 13.0% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #513 for this hazard and #90 within Texas, putting it in the 82.4 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for tornado in Dickens County with 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989-06-06 | EF3 | 30.0 mi | 900 yd | Crossed in |
| 1960-05-24 | EF3 | 3.3 mi | 17 yd | Touched down here |
| 2017-03-28 | EF1 | 0.7 mi | 50 yd | Touched down here |
| 2013-05-23 | EF1 | 1.9 mi | 300 yd | Touched down here |
| 1996-05-25 | EF1 | 17.0 mi | 20 yd | Touched down here |
| 1980-03-27 | EF1 | 13.9 mi | 50 yd | Touched down here |
| 1980-03-27 | EF1 | 1.0 mi | 20 yd | Touched down here |
| 1977-05-18 | EF1 | 0.5 mi | 20 yd | Touched down here |
| 1977-05-18 | EF1 | 2.0 mi | 20 yd | Touched down here |
| 1976-04-14 | EF1 | 2.0 mi | 30 yd | Touched down here |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2025 | AFTON | EFU | $0 |
| Jun 22, 2023 | DICKENS | EFU | $0 |
| Jun 22, 2023 | AFTON | EFU | $0 |
| May 4, 2022 | AFTON | EFU | $0 |
| May 20, 2019 | DICKENS | EFU | $0 |
| May 20, 2019 | MC ADOO | EFU | $0 |
| Dec 26, 2018 | AFTON | EF0 | $30K |
| Mar 28, 2017 | AFTON | EFU | $0 |
| Mar 28, 2017 | DICKENS | EF1 | $75K |
| Mar 28, 2017 | SPUR MUNI ARPT | EFU | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Dickens County
- Hail 200
- Thunderstorm Wind 81
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Meteorologists with NWS Lubbock and the Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet conducted a storm damage survey in far east-central Dickens County during the morning of March 29. This team surveyed tornado damage at the Pitchfork Ranch located about 11 miles west of Guthrie, TX along U.S. Highway 82.||The most significant damage observed at the Pitchfork Ranch consisted of about 300 square feet of metal roofing removed from a well-constructed building. Many of the underlying support trusses to the roof were also separated from the building. Various trees were blown over and strewn about. A large twin gravity box was also toppled. The damage to the roof was consistent with maximum winds of around 100 miles per hour. Debris in the area revealed a convergent pattern indicative of a tornado, which was also supported by strong rotation in the area as observed by radar.||Available damage indicators surrounding the Pitchfork Ranch were very sparse and an accurate assessment of the duration and path of this EF-1 tornado was not feasible.
An emergency manager relayed a public report of three heavily damaged silos with minor property damage to other outdoor structures about 2 miles east-northeast of Afton. Since debris was cleaned up by the following morning, a storm survey was not possible. Once NWS personnel talked with the affected property owner who corroborated other reports of a tall funnel cloud around this time, it was deemed that a tornado was responsible for the damage. Despite no radar indication of mesocyclones with most of these non-supercell storms, other funnel clouds (and possible tornadoes) were documented on social media from similar storms later this afternoon. This tornado's event time was estimated from radar.
A law enforcement officer observed a brief tornado over open range land in extreme southeastern Dickens County shortly after 21:30 CST. The tornado was associated with a small radar reflectivity derived supercell structure that evolved on the southern flank of the previously tornadic storm near Girard (Kent County). No damage was reported.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many tornado events are on record in Dickens County, Texas?
44 tornado events are recorded in Dickens County between 1961 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest tornado recorded in Dickens County?
The strongest tornado on record in Dickens County measured F3.
Where does the tornado data for Dickens 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 Dickens County, Texas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/texas/dickens-county/tornado/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.