Tyler, TX Tornado History — 140 Tornadoes Since 1950
How many tornadoes has Tyler, TX had?
Tyler has had 140 tornadoes on record within 25 miles since 1950, including 12 violent (EF3+) tornadoes.
When was the most recent tornado near Tyler?
The most recent tornado within 25 miles of Tyler was an EF1 on November 20, 2025.
When is tornado season in Tyler?
April is historically the peak month for tornadoes near Tyler, with 39 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 Tyler
The last 20 years of confirmed tornadoes within 25 miles — 38 total, averaging 1.9 per year over this window.
Preliminary tornado reports near Tyler 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Preliminary reports are revised, merged, and sometimes withdrawn — historically about 23% are consolidated downward once surveys complete.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 Tyler. 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 Tyler
6 fatalities have been recorded within 25 miles of Tyler since 1950, across 2 events. 184 injuries have been reported across all events. 1987 was the deadliest year on record.
The deadliest single event was a F3 on November 15, 1987, which caused 4 fatalities along a 33.0-mile track.
Notable Tornadoes Near Tyler
About Tornadoes in Tyler
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 air is the raw material of tornado weather in Tyler: it pools over the piney hills of East Texas ahead of advancing cold fronts, loading the atmosphere with instability. When jet-stream winds aloft add shear to that moisture, thunderstorms organizing along a frontal boundary can begin to rotate. Spring frontal clashes are the classic setup, but sharp autumn and winter systems keep the threat alive well beyond the usual season.
The local past bears this out. An F3 tornado on May 3, 1958 tracked 59.2 miles through the countryside near Tyler. On November 15, 1987, another F3 carved a 33-mile path as wide as 500 yards, killing 4 people and injuring 81 during a late-autumn severe weather episode. And on May 11, 2015, an EF3 struck the area, killing 2 people and injuring 43 along a damage swath about 700 yards across.
The record kept by the NOAA Storm Prediction Center reads like a family album for East Texas: entries from the 1950s and 1960s belong to grandparents' memories, the 1980s and 1990s to their children, and the 2010s and 2020s to residents watching radar on their phones. An EF1 on March 19, 2008 traveled 20.51 miles through the area, and another EF1 touched down on November 21, 2025 — each generation adding pages to a story Tyler has been living since the 1950s.