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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Plantersville, TX

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

33 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Plantersville, Texas since 1851, 2 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Beryl in 2024. Since 1950, 99 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 5 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
2

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
31

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
99

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
5

5 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Plantersville

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Plantersville, Texas, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2024BerylJul 88 miTropical storm (64 mph)Category 5
2021NicholasSep 1471 miTropical storm (49 mph)Category 1
2008IkeSep 1339 miCategory 2 (98 mph)Category 4
2008EdouardAug 566 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
2003GraceAug 3172 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1989JerryOct 1656 miTropical storm (47 mph)Category 1
1989ChantalAug 119 miTropical storm (48 mph)Category 1
1989AllisonJun 2730 miTropical storm (44 mph)Tropical storm
1983AliciaAug 18overheadTropical storm (59 mph)Category 3
1980DanielleSep 665 miTropical storm (43 mph)Tropical storm
1973DeliaSep 643 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1970FeliceSep 166 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1963CindySep 1858 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1959DebraJul 2545 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
1949Unnamed 1949 stormOct 441 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 2
1947Unnamed 1947 stormAug 2520 miTropical storm (39 mph)Category 1
1945Unnamed 1945 stormAug 2821 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 3
1943Unnamed 1943 stormJul 2810 miTropical storm (47 mph)Category 2
1942Unnamed 1942 stormAug 2125 miTropical storm (47 mph)Category 1
1941Unnamed 1941 stormSep 2425 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1932Unnamed 1932 stormAug 1446 miTropical storm (70 mph)Category 4
1921Unnamed 1921 stormJun 2312 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 1733 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 4
1900Unnamed 1900 stormSep 922 miCategory 2 (97 mph)Category 4
1897Unnamed 1897 stormSep 136 miTropical storm (56 mph)Category 1
1891Unnamed 1891 stormJul 643 miTropical storm (70 mph)Category 1
1888Unnamed 1888 stormJul 617 miTropical storm (45 mph)Tropical storm
1888Unnamed 1888 stormJun 1847 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1882Unnamed 1882 stormSep 1566 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1875Unnamed 1875 stormSep 1713 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 3
1871Unnamed 1871 stormJun 1045 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1871Unnamed 1871 stormJun 47 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1854Unnamed 1854 stormSep 209 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Plantersville: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Plantersville

By decade

  • 2020s5
  • 2010s10
  • 2000s17
  • 1990s23
  • 1980s17
  • 1970s10
  • 1960s8(3 EF3+)
  • 1950s9(2 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Plantersville, Texas
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Sep 20, 1967F322 mi19.9 mi0 / 0
Sep 20, 1967F322 mi19.9 mi0 / 0
Sep 22, 1965F39 mi0.8 mi0 / 0
Oct 14, 1957F314 mi1 mi0 / 0
Jun 5, 1950F322 mi23.9 mi0 / 6
Dec 2, 1953F220 mi0.1 mi2 / 5
May 20, 1983F222 mi7 mi1 / 5
May 26, 2016EF210 mi1.28 mi0 / 0
Dec 12, 2015EF224 mi2.24 mi0 / 0
Feb 5, 1986F223 mi2.5 mi0 / 0
Nov 19, 1983F224 mi1.1 mi0 / 0
May 9, 1981F210 mi5.1 mi0 / 2

The strongest 12 of 99, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Plantersville while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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