45
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
$566K
Property damage
Tornado in Lynn County, Texas: 45 recorded events between 1957 and 2019. The strongest on record measured F3. That places the county #479 nationally and #84 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Tornado in Lynn County, Texas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for tornado in Lynn County is the 1980s, when 13 of the county's 45 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 Lynn County archive, tornado makes up 9.9% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #479 for this hazard and #84 within Texas, putting it in the 83.2 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for tornado in Lynn County with 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957-05-24 | EF3 | 37.3 mi | 200 yd | Touched down here |
| 2019-05-05 | EF2 | 17.2 mi | 2,112 yd | Touched down here |
| 1970-05-12 | EF2 | 6.8 mi | 17 yd | Touched down here |
| 1969-05-05 | EF2 | 4.7 mi | 10 yd | Touched down here |
| 2019-05-05 | EF1 | 5.0 mi | 880 yd | Touched down here |
| 1997-04-10 | EF1 | 0.2 mi | 80 yd | Touched down here |
| 1981-06-03 | EF1 | 1.0 mi | 30 yd | Touched down here |
| 1980-06-07 | EF1 | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | Touched down here |
| 1980-06-20 | EF1 | 0.3 mi | 50 yd | Touched down here |
| 1980-06-20 | EF1 | 0.3 mi | 50 yd | Touched down here |
Significant events
Deadliest on record
| Date | Location | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 1957 | F3 | 0 | 1 | $250K |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2019 | DRAW | EF1 | $0 |
| May 5, 2019 | NEW HOME ARPT | EF2 | $36K |
| Jun 14, 2010 | WILSON | EF0 | $0 |
| Jun 2, 2010 | NEW HOME | EF0 | $0 |
| Jul 21, 2009 | LAKEVIEW | EF0 | $0 |
| Aug 2, 2007 | NEW HOME | EF0 | $0 |
| Aug 7, 2006 | WILSON | F0 | $0 |
| May 29, 2006 | TAHOKA | F0 | $0 |
| May 5, 2006 | NEW HOME | F0 | $0 |
| Apr 20, 2002 | TAHOKA | F0 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Lynn County
- Hail 250
- Thunderstorm Wind 114
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A National Weather Service meteorologist observed a short-lived landspout tornado over an open field north of New Home. The landspout tornado formed during the initiation stage of a thunderstorm which eventually showed Doppler radar-based evidence of large hail. No damage was reported.
Amateur radio storm spotters reported a tornado 2 miles south of Highway 380 on Farm-to-Market Road 3112. The tornado was produced by an antimesocyclone, which was located on the north flank of a left-split storm. The tornado, which rotated clockwise in direction, seemed to develop as the storm interacted with a frontal boundary.
Veteran storm chasers and VORTEX II photographed a brief and weak tornado in open farmland southwest of Wilson. The tornado developed beneath a broad high-precipitation mesocyclone and on the nose of intense rear flank outflow. One storm chaser reported that airborne gravel and crop debris hit his car as he drove near the tornado. Although widespread wind damages resulted from the parent supercell thunderstorm's outflow, no damages were attributed to the tornado.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many tornado events are on record in Lynn County, Texas?
45 tornado events are recorded in Lynn County between 1957 and 2019, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest tornado recorded in Lynn County?
The strongest tornado on record in Lynn County measured F3.
Where does the tornado data for Lynn 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 Lynn County, Texas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/texas/lynn-county/tornado/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.