Fort Worth, TX Tornado History — 211 Tornadoes Since 1950
How many tornadoes has Fort Worth, TX had?
Fort Worth has had 211 tornadoes on record within 25 miles since 1950, including 6 violent (EF3+) tornadoes.
When was the most recent tornado near Fort Worth?
The most recent tornado within 25 miles of Fort Worth was an EF1 on March 4, 2025.
When is tornado season in Fort Worth?
April is historically the peak month for tornadoes near Fort Worth, with 69 on record. Spring through early summer (April–June) generally sees the highest activity across most of the central and southern United States.
At a Glance
Recent Tornado Activity Near Fort Worth
The last 20 years of confirmed tornadoes within 25 miles — 65 total, averaging 3.3 per year over this window.
Preliminary tornado reports near Fort Worth since December 29, 2025
These is a preliminary report, not confirmed tornadoes. It has not yet been through an NWS damage survey, and is not counted in the confirmed totals above.
Preliminary reports are revised, merged, and sometimes withdrawn — historically about 23% are consolidated downward once surveys complete. Ratings are omitted until a survey assigns one.
Confirmed records above are complete through December 29, 2025. NOAA publishes the confirmed archive annually, so tornadoes after that date appear here first and move into the totals above once finalized.
Within 25 miles of Fort Worth. Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center preliminary storm reports, updated daily.
Tornadoes by Decade
Tornadoes by Enhanced Fujita Rating
F0–F5 ratings (pre-2007) are grouped with their EF equivalents. The Enhanced Fujita scale replaced the original Fujita scale in February 2007.
Tornadoes by Month
Casualties on Record Near Fort Worth
3 fatalities have been recorded within 25 miles of Fort Worth since 1950, across 2 events. 181 injuries have been reported across all events. 2000 was the deadliest year on record.
The deadliest single event was a F3 on March 28, 2000, which caused 2 fatalities along a 4.0-mile track.
Notable Tornadoes Near Fort Worth
About Tornadoes in Fort Worth
This overview was written August 10, 2026. The tornado counts and notable-event figures elsewhere on this page reflect the latest data and may differ from this summary.
Humid Gulf of Mexico air flowing north across North Texas meets drier, elevated air spilling off the plateau country to the west almost directly above Fort Worth, and when a sharpening dryline or a spring cold front squeezes those airmasses together, rotating thunderstorms can organize quickly over Tarrant County. The city's history shows what follows. An F2 tornado tracked across the area on June 16, 1951, carving a path close to 14.5 miles long. An F3 injured 12 people on May 5, 1960, and another F3 struck on March 26, 1961. On March 29, 2000, two F3 tornadoes moved through the Fort Worth area, one of them killing 2 people and injuring 80 near the urban core. Later entries carry Enhanced Fujita ratings: an EF1 tornado killed 1 person on April 13, 2007, and an EF2 injured 7 people and caused roughly 200 million dollars in damage on April 3, 2012.
Geography does much of the work. Fort Worth sits where the wooded ridges of the Cross Timbers give way eastward to open blackland prairie, low-relief ground that lets moist inflow feed storms maturing along the dryline farther west. Spring systems ejecting from the Rockies spread vigorous upper-level winds across this corridor, layering shear atop the humid boundary layer. The NOAA Storm Prediction Center archive behind the event list elsewhere on this page shows that activity clusters in spring, though the F1 tornado of September 13, 1993, which injured 2 people, proves the season has soft edges.