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Severe Thunderstorms in the East Sunday; Excessive Heat Lingers in the Southern U.S. and Returning to California

Scattered damaging winds from severe thunderstorms will be possible across parts of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States Sunday. Excessive heat will continue over the southern U.S. Sunday before another round of heat arrives Monday through the central and southern U.S. spreading into the East by Independence Day. California will see excessive heat starting Tuesday. Read More >

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Tornado Track Map for Knox County, TX
 
Knox County, TX Tornadoes Prior to 1950
# Date Time
(CST)
Path
Length
(miles)
Path
Width
(yards)
F-Scale Killed Injured County Path
  05/20/1944 2015   880   0   Knox Near Knox City
  03/25/1949 0710       0   Knox Benjamin
Knox County, TX Tornadoes (1950-Present*)
# Date Time
(CST)
Path
Length
(miles)
Path
Width
(yards)
F-Scale Killed Injured County Path
1 03/13/1953 1400 14 50 F4 17 25 Haskell/ Knox near Judd... O'Brien and Knox City
2 08/11/1953 1745 5 17 F0 0 0 Knox near Knox City
3 06/01/1954 2030 1.9 133 F2 0 0 Knox near Vera
4 05/19/1955 1500 32 33 F1 0 0 King/ Knox between Guthrie and Benjamin
5 05/25/1955 2330 12 300 F2 0 0 Knox 9 W Knox City
6 05/27/1956 1630 13 17 F0 0 0 Knox/ Haskell near Judd and Knox City
7 05/27/1956 1630 10 17 F0 0 0 Knox/ Haskell near Judd and Knox City
8 08/20/1958 1645 1 50 F2 0 1 Knox near Vera
9 05/31/1960 2345 0.3 17 F0 0 0 Knox Near Goree
10 08/02/1962 1130 1 20 F0 0 0 Knox 7 NW Munday
11 08/02/1962 2114 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Knox 5 NE Knox City
12 04/20/1967 1230 1 100 F0 0 0 Knox 3 N Munday
13 05/29/1968 2200 0.5 17 F0 0 0 Knox Near Munday
14 08/22/1969 1550 0.3 67 F2 0 0 Knox Rhineland
15 05/04/1971 1725 2 50 F2 0 0 Knox 1.5 S Munday
16 08/27/1974 1300 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Knox 8 W Knox City
17 06/23/1976 2030 0.8 440 F2 0 0 Knox 5 SW Munday
18 05/07/1980 1636 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Knox 3 E Vera
19 05/13/1989 1329 0.2 10 F1 0 0 Knox 2 N Knox City
20 05/14/1990 1810-1835 7 50 F1 0 0 Knox 8 W - 1 W Knox City
21 03/29/1993 1700 0.1 20 F0 0 0 Knox 2 E Truscott
22 08/24/1999 1645-1646 0.5 15 F0 0 0 Knox near Vera
23 04/15/2003 1952-1954 2 100 F1 0 0 Knox 2 NW - 3 NNW Knox City
24 04/23/2003 1324-1325 0.5 50 F0 0 0 Knox 8 SSW - 7.5 SSW Truscott
25 05/13/2005 1732-1746 4 150 F1 0 0 Knox 4 SE Truscott - 4 SSW Gilliland
26 05/13/2005 1809-1850 16 1000 F3 0 0 Knox/ Baylor 4 W Vera - 3.3 SW Bomarton
27 04/22/2015 2050 0.2 30 EF0 0 0 Knox 6 NW Knox City
28 04/27/2021 1449-1505 8 400 EF3 0 0 Knox 6 W - 3 NNE Truscott
 

Records taken from the Storm Prediction Center archive data, "Storm Data", and data from the National Weather Service office in Norman. Data modified as described in NOAA Tech Memo NWS SR-209 (Speheger, D., 2001: "Corrections to the Historic Tornado Database").

Historic data, especially before 1950, are likely incomplete.