Dallas County tornado history

108 tornadoes touched Dallas County, Texas between 1950 and 2025 — about 1.4 a year. The strongest was rated EF4 (Dec 26, 2015). Tornadoes here killed 24 and injured 949 people.

108tornadoes since 1950

EF4strongest rating

24killed · 949 injured

45.9 milongest path · 1969

(E)F0(E)F1(E)F2(E)F3(E)F4(E)F5· dots = start point only

By rating

(E)F045

(E)F135

(E)F217

(E)F39

(E)F42

(E)F50

By month

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Peak month: May.

By decade

’50’60’70’80’90’00’10’20

Strongest tornadoes

Date	Rating	Path	Width	Injured	Killed
Dec 26, 2015	EF4	13 mi	550 yd	468	10
Apr 25, 1994	F4	6 mi	800 yd	48	3
Apr 2, 1957	F3	17.2 mi	100 yd	200	10
Oct 12, 1969	F3	45.9 mi	200 yd	2	0
Oct 4, 1959	F3	27.6 mi	67 yd	5	0
Oct 20, 2019	EF3	15.8 mi	1,300 yd	0	0
Dec 13, 1984	F3	10 mi	500 yd	28	0
Dec 26, 2015	EF3	8.5 mi	125 yd	46	0
Mar 28, 2000	F3	8 mi	300 yd	0	0
May 26, 1976	F3	4.5 mi	150 yd	1	0
Jun 12, 1957	F3	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 9, 1993	F2	12 mi	100 yd	63	1

Most recent tornadoes

Date	Rating	Path	Width
Mar 4, 2025	EF1	0.4 mi	85 yd
Mar 16, 2023	EF1	6.4 mi	100 yd
Mar 16, 2023	EF1	0.7 mi	100 yd
May 16, 2021	EF0	0.3 mi	30 yd
May 16, 2021	EF1	0.6 mi	90 yd
Jan 10, 2020	EF0	1.1 mi	175 yd
Oct 20, 2019	EF3	15.8 mi	1,300 yd
Oct 20, 2019	EF2	2.5 mi	265 yd
Oct 20, 2019	EF1	5.8 mi	500 yd
Jun 16, 2019	EF0	0.1 mi	50 yd
Mar 9, 2019	EF0	1.7 mi	100 yd
Jan 15, 2017	EF0	0.3 mi	80 yd

Deadliest: Apr 2, 1957, F3, 10 killed.

Nearby counties

Rockwall County, TX19 Ellis County, TX64 Tarrant County, TX113 Kaufman County, TX39 Collin County, TX56 Denton County, TX59 Johnson County, TX107 Hunt County, TX61

Questions

How many tornadoes has Dallas County, Texas had?

108 tornadoes touched Dallas County, Texas between 1950 and 2025 in the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database — about 1.4 per year.

What was the strongest tornado in Dallas County?

The strongest rating recorded was EF4 on Dec 26, 2015, with a 13-mile path and 10 deaths.

When is tornado season in Dallas County?

Most of its tornadoes happened in May (25 of 108). Tornadoes can occur in any month, so keep alerts on year-round.

Right now: live tornado warnings map · alerts for your location. Dates link to that day’s full storm reports where available (2004 onward).