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

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NCEI has 109 tornado events on record for Dallas County, Texas, from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest tornado event on record is on 4 Mar 2025.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 12 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

Mar 4 2025

TornadoEF1

1 mile E of SOWERS. Damage estimate: $1.0 million

Mar 16 2023

TornadoEF1

2 miles NE of SOWERS

TornadoEF1

1 mile SW of LIGGETT

May 16 2021

TornadoEF1

1 mile WSW of BOUCHARD. Damage estimate: $50 thousand

TornadoEF0

2 miles NW of HIGHLAND PARK. Damage estimate: $2 thousand

Jan 10 2020

TornadoEF0

3 miles NW of GRIBBLE. Damage estimate: $15 thousand

Oct 20 2019

TornadoEF1

2 miles N of ROWLETT. Damage estimate: $10 million

TornadoEF2

3 miles WSW of GARLAND. Damage estimate: $400 million

TornadoEF3

1 mile SSE of GRIBBLE. Damage estimate: $1.6 billion

Jun 16 2019

TornadoEF0

2 miles E of FARMERS BRANCH. Damage estimate: $20 thousand

Mar 9 2019

TornadoEF0

2 miles SW of MESQUITE. Damage estimate: $10 thousand

Jan 15 2017

TornadoEF0

1 mile SE of GRAND PRAIRIE ARPT. Damage estimate: $120 thousand

Dec 26 2015

TornadoEF4

2 miles SSE of NEW HOPE. Damage estimate: $26 million

TornadoEF3

1 mile E of DE SOTO CARROLL ARPT. Damage estimate: $1.4 million

May 24 2015

TornadoEF1

2 miles W of GRIBBLE. Damage estimate: $600 thousand

TornadoEF1

2 miles NNW of (DAL)LOVE FLD DALLAS. Damage estimate: $100 thousand

May 8 2014

TornadoEF0

1 mile NE of ARCADIA PARK. Damage estimate: $80 thousand

Apr 3 2012

TornadoEF2

3 miles E of DE SOTO CARROLL ARPT. Damage estimate: $400 million

TornadoEF0

2 miles SSW of NEW HOPE. Damage estimate: $300 thousand

TornadoEF0

2 miles E of COPPELL. Damage estimate: $150 thousand

TornadoEF0

3 miles N of SOWERS. Damage estimate: $100 thousand

TornadoEF0

1 mile NW of SAYENE. Damage estimate: $4 thousand

May 24 2011

TornadoEF1

1 mile N of SOWERS. Damage estimate: $150 thousand

TornadoEF0

2 miles S of ELAM

Sep 8 2010

TornadoEF2

1 mile WNW of EAGLE FORD. Damage estimate: $750 thousand

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 Dallas 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	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	7
1960s	2	1	0	3	0	0	1	1	2	2	12
1970s	1	7	2	1	2	2	3	1	0	4	23
1980s	0	2	3	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	10
1990s	1	0	1	1	8	3	9	0	0	0	23
2000s	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	8
2010s	2	2	5	0	1	4	0	1	0	5	20
2020s	1	2	0	2	0	1	0 (part of the year)				6

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

Jan10 events
Feb1 event
Mar13 events
Apr23 events
May25 events
Jun5 events
Jul2 events
Aug1 event
Sep4 events
Oct14 events
Nov2 events
Dec9 events

Magnitudes on record

Tornado events on record for Dallas County by rating
Rating	Wind estimate of the scale	Events
EF0 or F0	65 to 85 mph (EF0)	42
EF1 or F1	86 to 110 mph (EF1)	35
EF2 or F2	111 to 135 mph (EF2)	17
EF3 or F3	136 to 165 mph (EF3)	9
EF4 or F4	166 to 200 mph (EF4)	2
EF5 or F5	more than 200 mph (EF5)	0
Unrated	no rating on record	4

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: Dallas County beside the total of the counties of Texas and of the United States
Measure	Dallas	All counties of Texas	All counties of the United States
Tornado events, 1950 to 2026	109	10,090	81,254
Events for each 100 square miles	12.5	3.9	2.3
Events for each 10,000 residents	0.4	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 Dallas County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	Deaths	Injuries	On record for
8 Sep 2010	Tornado	EF1	$200 thousand	0	0	County
10 Apr 2008	Tornado	EF1	$1.0 million	0	0	County
26 Jun 2007	Tornado	EF0	$60 thousand	0	0	County
13 Apr 2007	Tornado	EF0	$50 thousand	0	0	County
25 Apr 2005	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
5 Apr 2003	Tornado	F0	$1 thousand	0	0	County
5 Sep 2001	Tornado	F1	$125 thousand	0	0	County
28 Mar 2000	Tornado	F2	none	0	0	County
28 Mar 2000	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
21 Oct 1996	Tornado	F1	$3.0 million	0	7	County
21 Oct 1996	Tornado	F0	$120 thousand	0	1	County
17 Jan 1996	Tornado	F1	$750 thousand	0	1	County
17 Jan 1996	Tornado	F2	$750 thousand	0	0	County
17 Jan 1996	Tornado	F1	none	0	0	County
17 Jan 1996	Tornado	F1	none	0	0	County
17 Jan 1996	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
17 Jan 1996	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
17 Jan 1996	Tornado	F1	none	0	0	County
19 Apr 1995	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
19 Apr 1995	Tornado	F1	$6.0 million	0	8	County
25 Mar 1995	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
21 Oct 1994	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
21 Oct 1994	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
21 Oct 1994	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
21 Oct 1994	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
29 Apr 1994	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
25 Apr 1994	Tornado	F0	$50 thousand	0	0	County
25 Apr 1994	Tornado	F2	$50 million	0	7	County
25 Apr 1994	Tornado	F4	$500 thousand	3	48	County
9 May 1993	Tornado	F1	$5.0 million	0	1	County
7 Oct 1992	Tornado	F0	$3 thousand	0	0	County
19 Jan 1990	Tornado	F2	$2.5 million	0	1	County
16 Mar 1987	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
13 May 1985	Tornado	F2	$2.5 million	0	16	County
13 Dec 1984	Tornado	F3	$25 million	0	0	County
13 Dec 1984	Tornado	F3	$25 million	0	28	County
23 Mar 1984	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	0	County
11 May 1982	Tornado	F1	$250 thousand	0	1	County
16 Apr 1982	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
14 Mar 1982	Tornado	F1	$250 thousand	0	0	County
13 Oct 1981	Tornado	F1	none	0	0	County
8 May 1981	Tornado	F2	$25 thousand	0	0	County
3 May 1979	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	0	County
3 May 1979	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	0	County
3 May 1979	Tornado	F2	$25 million	0	5	County
3 May 1979	Tornado	F0	$250	0	0	County
20 Apr 1977	Tornado	F2	$25 thousand	0	0	County
4 Jul 1976	Tornado	not recorded	$3 thousand	0	0	County
26 May 1976	Tornado	F3	$2.5 million	0	1	County
26 Mar 1976	Tornado	F1	$250	0	0	County
25 Jul 1975	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
8 Jun 1975	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
12 Jun 1974	Tornado	not recorded	none	0	0	County
11 Apr 1974	Tornado	F2	$250 thousand	0	0	County
1 May 1973	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	0	County
12 Nov 1972	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	0	County
12 Nov 1972	Tornado	F1	$250 thousand	0	0	County
14 Dec 1971	Tornado	F1	$2.5 million	0	1	County
14 Dec 1971	Tornado	F1	$250 thousand	0	0	County
14 Dec 1971	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	1	County
14 Dec 1971	Tornado	F2	$2.5 million	0	4	County
14 Dec 1971	Tornado	F1	$2.5 million	0	4	County
19 Oct 1971	Tornado	F1	$250 thousand	0	2	County
18 Feb 1971	Tornado	F1	$3 thousand	0	0	County
25 Apr 1970	Tornado	F2	$2.5 million	0	12	County
12 Oct 1969	Tornado	F3	$3 thousand	0	2	County
8 May 1969	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
25 May 1968	Tornado	F0	$25 thousand	0	1	County
13 May 1968	Tornado	F1	$250	0	0	County
26 Mar 1967	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
23 May 1966	Tornado	F2	$25 thousand	0	0	County
5 Sep 1963	Tornado	not recorded	none	0	0	County
29 May 1963	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
27 May 1963	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
11 Apr 1961	Tornado	F2	$25 thousand	0	3	County
5 May 1960	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
5 May 1960	Tornado	F0	$3 thousand	0	0	County
4 Oct 1959	Tornado	F3	$250 thousand	0	0	County
12 Aug 1958	Tornado	F2	$3 thousand	0	0	County
12 Jun 1957	Tornado	F3	$3 thousand	0	0	County
20 Apr 1957	Tornado	not recorded	$30	0	0	County
3 Apr 1957	Tornado	F0	$250	0	0	County
2 Apr 1957	Tornado	F3	$2.5 million	10	200	County
2 Mar 1952	Tornado	F0	$3 thousand	0	0	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: Fort Worth/Dallas, 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 Dallas County, Texas". https://countyhazards.com/county/tx/dallas/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 Dallas County?: May has 25 of the 109 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 Dallas County compare with the other counties of Texas?: The counties of Texas have 3.9 tornado events for each 100 square miles. Dallas County has 12.5.
Which tornado ratings are on record for Dallas County?: 77 tornado events have a rating of EF0, F0, EF1 or F1. 28 events have a higher rating. 4 events have no rating.