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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Bogata, TX

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

4 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Bogata, Texas since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ike in 2008. Since 1950, 84 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 8 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
4

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
84

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
8

14 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Bogata

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Bogata, Texas, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2008IkeSep 1316 miTropical storm (41 mph)Category 4
1947Unnamed 1947 stormSep 2053 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 4
1918Unnamed 1918 stormAug 714 miTropical storm (41 mph)Category 3
1902Unnamed 1902 stormJun 2857 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Bogata: 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 Bogata

By decade

  • 2020s8(1 EF3+)
  • 2010s10
  • 2000s6
  • 1990s16(1 EF3+)
  • 1980s19(2 EF3+)
  • 1970s13
  • 1960s9(4 EF3+)
  • 1950s3
Strongest tornadoes near Bogata, Texas
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Apr 2, 1982F415 mi23 mi10 / 170
Nov 4, 2022EF44 mi60.23 mi0 / 13
May 4, 1999F316 mi71.5 mi1 / 22
Apr 2, 1982F315 mi52 mi1 / 4
Apr 27, 1969F318 mi2 mi0 / 0
Sep 12, 1961F39 mi0.5 mi0 / 0
Mar 26, 1961F314 mi13 mi0 / 1
Mar 26, 1961F321 mi0.1 mi0 / 9
Oct 18, 1984F221 mi5 mi1 / 2
Jun 2, 1954F225 mi5.9 mi1 / 8
Apr 13, 2015EF222 mi0.06 mi0 / 0
Apr 26, 1991F212 mi0.2 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 84, 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 Bogata 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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