NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Seymour, TX
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Seymour, Texas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 59 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 5 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 59
- EF3 or stronger
- 5
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Seymour
The strongest of the 59 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F4 on April 2, 1980; its path came within 6 miles. Of the 59, 5 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 20 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 27. The most recent tornado was on June 8, 2025. Of the 753 Texas cities on this site, 84% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Seymour. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 107 times since 1959, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Seymour has more hail reports within 10 miles than 66% of the 753 Texas cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Seymour
By decade
- 2020s9(1 EF3+)
- 2010s7
- 2000s4(1 EF3+)
- 1990s4
- 1980s13(2 EF3+)
- 1970s6(1 EF3+)
- 1960s7
- 1950s9
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 1980 | F4 | 6 mi | 8.4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 29, 2025 | EF3 | 4 mi | 3.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 13, 2005 | F3 | 14 mi | 16.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 16, 1982 | F3 | 24 mi | 15 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 17, 1976 | F3 | 23 mi | 14.7 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Apr 29, 2025 | EF2 | 6 mi | 11.75 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 27, 2024 | EF2 | 24 mi | 12.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 10, 1979 | F2 | 2 mi | 10.4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 15, 1976 | F2 | 11 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 6, 1971 | F2 | 8 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 4, 1971 | F2 | 23 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 22, 1969 | F2 | 20 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 59, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Seymour
The Storm Prediction Center has 107 hail reports within 10 miles of Seymour since 1959, made on 74 separate days. Of these, 69 were 1 inch across or larger, and 13 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3 inches (tea cup size), fell on May 15, 1999. The most recent report is from September 22, 2025. May has the most reports, 36.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Seymour
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Seymour 3NW, TX, 3 miles north of Seymour at 1,311 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 97°F and low of 72°F; January is the coolest, at 55°F and 28°F. May and June are the wettest at 3.8 inches of precipitation on average and January and December the driest at 1.2 inches; the year adds up to 28.9 inches over 41 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 101 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 69 nights a year. Snowfall averages 1.8 inches a year, most of it in January and November. That 28.9 inches is more than at 103 of the 312 Texas stations used on this site (33%). Electra, 31 miles northeast, has its own station (Lake Kemp, TX): 25.2 inches a year, 3.7 less than here, and the same July average high, 97°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 55 | 28 | 1.2 | 3 | 0.8 |
| Feb | 59 | 32 | 1.5 | 3 | 0.2 |
| Mar | 68 | 40 | 1.9 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Apr | 77 | 48 | 1.8 | 3 | 0.0 |
| May | 84 | 59 | 3.8 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 93 | 68 | 3.8 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 97 | 72 | 2.9 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 97 | 71 | 2.9 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 88 | 63 | 3.2 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 78 | 51 | 2.8 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 65 | 38 | 1.9 | 3 | 0.8 |
| Dec | 56 | 29 | 1.2 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Year | 76 | 50 | 28.9 | 41 | 1.8 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Seymour 3NW, TX (1,311 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Seymour
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 71 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Seymour: 61 thunderstorm wind reports and 10 flash floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $343,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 106 mph, on April 29, 2025. August has had the most flash floods, 4 of 10. Of the 745 Texas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 201 have had fewer than Seymour.
March 4, 2004: thunderstorm wind 1 mile from the centre of Seymour — $200,000 damage.
NWS: “Windows were blown out and garage doors blown in. Power lines, telephone poles and a few trees were also downed.”
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Baylor County, which includes Seymour, has been named in 19 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1979, 12 of them major disasters (by incident: 4 fires, 4 severe storms, 3 hurricanes, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on May 17, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Baylor County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for strong wind; Relatively Low for tornadoes and hail; Very Low for hurricanes, inland flooding, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $4.2 million a year, the 209th highest of 254 Texas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $1.2 million (28%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
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