Tornado Risk in Foard County, TX
How likely is a tornado in Foard County, TX?
22 tornado tracks have crossed Foard County since 1976 by NOAA's count, roughly one every 3.5 years - the Moderate band on this site's scale. That is the 53rd percentile nationally for tornado frequency. Texas has 254 counties in this dataset; Foard County ranks 180 of them by frequency.
The number that matters more than frequency
No violent (EF4-5) tornado has been recorded in Foard County in NOAA's 76-year database. Of its 22 recorded tracks, 15 were weak (EF0-1) and 5 significant (EF2-3).
Shelter and safe-room economics
Texas does not currently have a confirmed state rebate layered on top of FEMA's 75% Hazard Mitigation cost-share, so a Foard County homeowner should expect the full national range: $2,890-$13,280, $7,645 typical.
Power after the storm, not just shelter during it
1,053 people live in Foard County, and a tornado outbreak's power loss usually reaches far more of Texas than the tracks themselves touch. A portable battery unit is the faster, no-fuel way to bridge that outage.
Wind damage may need its own endorsement
Texas is one of a handful of states where insurers can write wind/hail damage out of a standard homeowners policy - tornado damage may not be fully covered without a separate wind endorsement. Worth confirming directly on a Foard County policy rather than assuming it is included.
What Foard County's figure does not tell you
Foard County's figure is county-wide, not address-specific. Foard County covers about 704 square miles, so a single touch here counts the same as a single touch in a county a fraction of that size. NOAA also documents that older records undercount weaker tornadoes from before Doppler radar became standard. Foard County has about 1,053 residents.