61
Recorded events
1
Direct deaths
3
Direct injuries
$940K
Property damage
Tornado in Floyd County, Texas: 61 recorded events between 1954 and 2025. The strongest on record measured F4. That places the county #235 nationally and #44 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Tornado in Floyd County, Texas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for tornado in Floyd County is the 2000s, when 18 of the county's 61 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 Floyd County archive, tornado makes up 13.2% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #235 for this hazard and #44 within Texas, putting it in the 91.9 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for tornado in Floyd County with 18 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 | 96.6 mi | 880 yd | Crossed in |
| 2005-06-09 | EF3 | 15.0 mi | 900 yd | Crossed in |
| 2005-05-12 | EF2 | 1.5 mi | 1,000 yd | Touched down here |
| 1995-06-05 | EF2 | 13.0 mi | 350 yd | Touched down here |
| 1961-05-03 | EF2 | 2.7 mi | 100 yd | Touched down here |
| 2009-04-29 | EF1 | 4.0 mi | 125 yd | Touched down here |
| 2001-06-05 | EF1 | 0.3 mi | 75 yd | Touched down here |
| 1989-05-15 | EF1 | 3.0 mi | 110 yd | Touched down here |
| 1989-05-15 | EF1 | 5.5 mi | 80 yd | Crossed in |
| 1983-05-20 | EF1 | 2.0 mi | 1,760 yd | Touched down here |
Significant events
Deadliest on record
| Date | Location | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 1957 | F0 | 1 | 0 | $0 | |
| Jun 2, 1954 | F3 | 0 | 3 | $0 |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2025 | FLOMOT | EFU | $0 |
| Apr 25, 2025 | LONE STAR | EFU | $0 |
| Apr 26, 2023 | DOUGHERTY | EFU | $0 |
| Mar 28, 2017 | DOUGHERTY | EFU | $0 |
| Apr 23, 2015 | AIKEN | EF0 | $0 |
| May 23, 2013 | DOUGHERTY | EF0 | $0 |
| May 23, 2013 | SOUTH PLAINS | EF0 | $0 |
| May 23, 2013 | MUNCY | EF0 | $0 |
| May 24, 2009 | DOUGHERTY | EF0 | $0 |
| Apr 29, 2009 | DOUGHERTY | EF0 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Floyd County
- Hail 262
- Thunderstorm Wind 114
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Numerous storm chasers documented a long-lived tornado in northeastern Floyd County during the 17:00 CST hour of the 29th. The tornado initially developed at 17:11 CST northwest of Cedar Hill, and quickly evolved from its initial appearance as a thin rope to a fat cone-shaped vortex. The tornado tracked east-southeastward across Farm to Market Road 97 just west of Cedar Hill, where it downed four utility poles as it crossed that highway. At least a couple of the wooden poles were snapped just above ground level. The tornado continued east-southeastward as a satellite tornado developed north of the main tornado. Both tornadoes remained over open range land and no damages were reported. Video and photographs provided by several storm chasers suggest that the visible condensation funnel disappeared at 17:21 CST, but then reformed briefly as a thin rope-shaped vortex at 17:23 CST before the tornado dissipated.
Area residents and an off-duty National Weather Service employee observed a tornado that intermittently touched down just north of South Plains. The tornado caused light roof damage to an abandoned farm house, but otherwise remained over open farm land.
F2 Tornado South Plains.Several power poles were snapped in half or blown over. The telephone poles surveyed were blown over in a variety of patterns, south to north direction, southwest to northeast direction, and a west to east direction. In addition, several center pivots were either blown over or twisted and two vehicles were flipped over in a field from a south to north direction. The Tornado produced the most damage shortly before and after crossing State Highway 207.This tornado was the parent or main tornado involved in what is known as a multi-vortex tornado. At times, this tornado was greater than one-half mile in width. Large tornadoes sometimes undergo a process where the flow inside the tornado becomes disrupted, but does not dissipate. The result is a turbulent circulation, or vortex, where smaller and typically weaker tornadoes develop and rotate around the parent or much broader circulation. The following South Plains tornado was one of these smaller and weaker tornadoes associated with this multi-vortex tornado.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many tornado events are on record in Floyd County, Texas?
61 tornado events are recorded in Floyd County between 1954 and 2025, causing 1 direct deaths.
What is the strongest tornado recorded in Floyd County?
The strongest tornado on record in Floyd County measured F4.
Where does the tornado data for Floyd 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 Floyd County, Texas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/texas/floyd-county/tornado/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.