Tornado events in Armstrong County, Texas The tornado events on record, by date and by year

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NCEI has 48 tornado events on record for Armstrong County, Texas, from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest tornado event on record is on 21 Jun 2023.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 9 tornado events on record for the county.

The NWS collects event reports from a variety of sources, which include (but are not limited to): county, state, and federal emergency management officials, local law enforcement officials, SKYWARN spotters, NWS damage surveys, newspaper clipping services, the insurance industry, and the general public, among others.
The National Weather Service reports property and crop damage estimates using available data at the time of event reporting. These values should therefore be considered broad estimates. Damage amounts are not adjusted for inflation.
The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Date of the data: NCEI storm events through 30 Jun 2026. Event types on this page: Tornado.

Newest tornado events on record

Jun 21 2023

TornadoEF unrated

12 miles WSW of GOODNIGHT

Mar 13 2021

TornadoEF0

11 miles SSW of WASHBURN. Damage estimate: $30 thousand

TornadoEF1

11 miles SSW of WASHBURN. Damage estimate: $20 thousand

TornadoEF unrated

7 miles NNW of GOODNIGHT

Jun 22 2019

TornadoEF0

6 miles E of GOODNIGHT

TornadoEF0

4 miles ESE of GOODNIGHT

May 23 2019

TornadoEF0

2 miles N of WASHBURN

May 7 2019

TornadoEF0

6 miles ESE of WAYSIDE

May 10 2017

TornadoEF1

6 miles E of GOODNIGHT

Nov 16 2015

TornadoEF0

6 miles WSW of GOODNIGHT

Apr 22 2010

TornadoEF1

3 miles S of GOODNIGHT. Damage estimate: $3 thousand

TornadoEF0

5 miles NE of GOODNIGHT

Jun 14 2008

TornadoEF0

1 mile SE of CLAUDE. Damage estimate: $11 thousand

Apr 21 2007

TornadoEF0

10 miles E of CLAUDE

TornadoEF1

2 miles S of WAYSIDE. Damage estimate: $4 thousand

TornadoEF0

9 miles ENE of CLAUDE

Jun 11 2005

TornadoF0

3 miles E of WAYSIDE

TornadoF0

1 mile SE of WAYSIDE

TornadoF0

2 miles ESE of WAYSIDE

TornadoF0

6 miles ENE of WAYSIDE

May 5 2002

TornadoF0

15 miles SSE of GOODNIGHT

TornadoF0

5 miles SW of WAYSIDE

TornadoF0

1 mile SW of WAYSIDE

TornadoF0

2 miles NE of WAYSIDE

Jun 18 1996

TornadoF0

At CLAUDE

A place is the text of the NCEI record: a distance and a direction from a reference place. The site does not show a place text that names a private property or reads as a person. A tornado before February 2007 has a rating on the Fujita scale (F). A later tornado has a rating on the Enhanced Fujita scale (EF).

Tornado events by year

Tornado events on record for Armstrong County by year, 1950 to 2026
Decade	Year that ends in 0	Year that ends in 1	Year that ends in 2	Year that ends in 3	Year that ends in 4	Year that ends in 5	Year that ends in 6	Year that ends in 7	Year that ends in 8	Year that ends in 9	All
1950s	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	3
1960s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1970s	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	7
1980s	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	8
1990s	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	5
2000s	0	0	4	0	0	4	0	3	1	0	12
2010s	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	8
2020s	0	3	0	1	0	0	0 (part of the year)				4

A darker cell has a larger count. The number is in each cell.

Tornado events are on record from 1950. The year 2026 has the events through 30 Jun 2026 only.

By month, all years

Jan0 events
Feb0 events
Mar3 events
Apr7 events
May18 events
Jun14 events
Jul4 events
Aug1 event
Sep0 events
Oct0 events
Nov1 event
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Tornado events on record for Armstrong County by rating
Rating	Wind estimate of the scale	Events
EF0 or F0	65 to 85 mph (EF0)	32
EF1 or F1	86 to 110 mph (EF1)	9
EF2 or F2	111 to 135 mph (EF2)	4
EF3 or F3	136 to 165 mph (EF3)	0
EF4 or F4	166 to 200 mph (EF4)	0
EF5 or F5	more than 200 mph (EF5)	0
Unrated	no rating on record	3

Tornadoes may contain multiple segments. A tornado that crosses a county line or state line is considered a separate segment.

The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

The Enhanced F-scale still is a set of wind estimates (not measurements) based on damage.

The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NWS Storm Prediction Center, Enhanced Fujita Tornado Damage Scale, copied on 2 Oct 2026.

The wind estimates are those of the Enhanced Fujita scale.

Beside the other counties

Tornado events on record: Armstrong County beside the total of the counties of Texas and of the United States
Measure	Armstrong	All counties of Texas	All counties of the United States
Tornado events, 1950 to 2026	48	10,090	81,254
Events for each 100 square miles	5.3	3.9	2.3
Events for each 10,000 residents	261.0	3.4	2.4

The columns for the state and the United States total the counties. They count the events of each county in the same way as the county column. A forecast zone with another name than a county counts for the state only.

More tornado events on record

Tornado events on record for Armstrong County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
31 May 1996	Tornado	F0	none	County
23 Jul 1995	Tornado	F1	none	County
23 Jul 1995	Tornado	not recorded	none	County
26 May 1995	Tornado	F0	none	County
1 Jul 1987	Tornado	F2	$25 thousand	County
25 May 1987	Tornado	F2	none	County
12 Jul 1986	Tornado	F0	none	County
14 May 1986	Tornado	F0	none	County
10 Jun 1984	Tornado	F1	$3 thousand	County
10 Jun 1984	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	County
17 May 1982	Tornado	F0	$30	County
11 May 1982	Tornado	F0	$30	County
17 May 1977	Tornado	F0	none	County
17 May 1977	Tornado	F1	$30	County
17 May 1977	Tornado	F1	$30	County
28 May 1975	Tornado	F0	$3 thousand	County
7 Aug 1974	Tornado	F0	none	County
13 Apr 1973	Tornado	F2	$25 thousand	County
13 Apr 1973	Tornado	F2	none	County
9 Jun 1968	Tornado	F0	none	County
25 May 1959	Tornado	F0	none	County
16 Jun 1955	Tornado	F0	none	County
16 Jun 1955	Tornado	F0	none	County

The table has all other events on record. A damage figure is an estimate in the NCEI record.

Official channels

NCEI Storm Events Database (opens in a new tab)Search the full NCEI record by state, county and date.
National Weather Service: Amarillo, TX (opens in a new tab)The forecast office that issues the weather warnings for the county.
FEMA Flood Map Service Center: Search By Address (opens in a new tab)Search an address to see its flood map. This site has no flood-zone data.

These links open the pages of the agencies. The site checked the links on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

County Hazards. "Tornado events on record for Armstrong County, Texas". https://countyhazards.com/county/tx/armstrong/tornado/. Data: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database through 30 Jun 2026. Page made on 2 Oct 2026.

Questions

Which month has the most tornado events on record for Armstrong County?: May has 18 of the 48 tornado events on record from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many tornado events are on record for Texas?: NCEI has 10,090 tornado events on record for Texas from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Armstrong County compare with the other counties of Texas?: The counties of Texas have 3.9 tornado events for each 100 square miles. Armstrong County has 5.3.
Which tornado ratings are on record for Armstrong County?: 41 tornado events have a rating of EF0, F0, EF1 or F1. 4 events have a higher rating. 3 events have no rating.