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

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NCEI has 43 tornado events on record for Lipscomb County, Texas, from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest tornado event on record is on 15 Jun 2023.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 8 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 15 2023

TornadoEF0

3 miles S of HIGGINS. Damage estimate: $1 thousand

May 23 2019

TornadoEF2

17 miles WSW of LIPSCOMB

TornadoEF2

4 miles N of FOLLETT

TornadoEF0

10 miles WSW of LIPSCOMB

May 7 2019

TornadoEF0

7 miles W of LIPSCOMB

Apr 17 2019

TornadoEF0

11 miles WSW of HIGGINS

TornadoEF unrated

5 miles SW of HIGGINS

Mar 18 2018

TornadoEF1

12 miles S of LIPSCOMB

Nov 16 2015

TornadoEF0

9 miles S of BOOKER

TornadoEF1

12 miles S of LIPSCOMB

Jun 22 2014

TornadoEF0

7 miles NNW of LIPSCOMB

TornadoEF0

5 miles W of DARROUZETT

Jun 11 2011

TornadoEF0

6 miles WNW of FOLLETT. Damage estimate: $5 thousand

TornadoEF0

6 miles WNW of DARROUZETT. Damage estimate: $15 thousand

Jun 13 2010

TornadoEF0

15 miles WSW of LIPSCOMB

May 23 2007

TornadoEF2

8 miles S of DARROUZETT. Damage estimate: $36 thousand

TornadoEF1

3 miles SW of LIPSCOMB. Damage estimate: $13 thousand

TornadoEF2

19 miles S of BOOKER. Damage estimate: $23 thousand

TornadoEF0

6 miles SW of DARROUZETT

TornadoEF0

16 miles SW of LIPSCOMB. Damage estimate: $6 thousand

Mar 28 2007

TornadoEF0

5 miles E of BOOKER

May 23 2002

TornadoF0

2 miles SW of FOLLETT

Feb 24 2000

TornadoF1

10 miles NE of LIPSCOMB. Damage estimate: $500 thousand

Mar 25 1995

TornadoF1

At Lipscomb

Jun 29 1994

TornadoF0

At Higgins

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 Lipscomb 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	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960s	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	6
1970s	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	4
1980s	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	7
1990s	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3
2000s	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	8
2010s	1	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	6	14
2020s	0	0	0	1	0	0	0 (part of the year)				1

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
Feb1 event
Mar5 events
Apr4 events
May15 events
Jun14 events
Jul2 events
Aug0 events
Sep0 events
Oct0 events
Nov2 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Tornado events on record for Lipscomb County by rating
Rating	Wind estimate of the scale	Events
EF0 or F0	65 to 85 mph (EF0)	21
EF1 or F1	86 to 110 mph (EF1)	11
EF2 or F2	111 to 135 mph (EF2)	7
EF3 or F3	136 to 165 mph (EF3)	2
EF4 or F4	166 to 200 mph (EF4)	0
EF5 or F5	more than 200 mph (EF5)	0
Unrated	no rating on record	2

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: Lipscomb County beside the total of the counties of Texas and of the United States
Measure	Lipscomb	All counties of Texas	All counties of the United States
Tornado events, 1950 to 2026	43	10,090	81,254
Events for each 100 square miles	4.6	3.9	2.3
Events for each 10,000 residents	146.7	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 Lipscomb County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
24 Apr 1990	Tornado	F1	$3 thousand	County
6 Jun 1989	Tornado	F1	none	County
6 Jun 1989	Tornado	F1	none	County
2 Jun 1987	Tornado	F2	$25 thousand	County
2 Jun 1987	Tornado	F2	$25 thousand	County
22 Mar 1987	Tornado	F3	$250 thousand	County
7 May 1986	Tornado	F0	$25 thousand	County
14 Jun 1982	Tornado	F0	$30	County
3 May 1978	Tornado	F0	$250 thousand	County
30 Apr 1978	Tornado	F3	$25 thousand	County
22 May 1977	Tornado	F1	$30	County
27 Mar 1975	Tornado	F1	none	County
23 Jun 1969	Tornado	F0	none	County
9 Jun 1967	Tornado	F1	$3 thousand	County
19 Jul 1966	Tornado	F0	none	County
19 Jul 1966	Tornado	F0	none	County
27 May 1962	Tornado	not recorded	none	County
27 May 1962	Tornado	F2	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 Lipscomb County, Texas". https://countyhazards.com/county/tx/lipscomb/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 Lipscomb County?: May has 15 of the 43 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 Lipscomb County compare with the other counties of Texas?: The counties of Texas have 3.9 tornado events for each 100 square miles. Lipscomb County has 4.6.
Which tornado ratings are on record for Lipscomb County?: 32 tornado events have a rating of EF0, F0, EF1 or F1. 9 events have a higher rating. 2 events have no rating.