2020 Katy-Cypress-Egypt, Texas Tornado (Dixie)

On the afternoon of Sunday, January 26, 2020, a large violent EF4 tornado ripped across areas in and around the Houston, Texas area, with peak winds estimated at 190 mph, killing 23 people and injuring 77 others. The tornado was part of a larger weather system that had produced several other tornadoes across the Southern and Eastern U.S. between January 26-28.

The tornado touched down just east of Orchard at 21:45 UTC, and stayed on the ground for 1 hour and 38 minutes over a 57-mile path, destroying portions of the Houston suburbs of Katy, Cypress, and Egypt, before lifting in Conroe. The tornado was 3/4 of a mile wide at its peak. This is only the second violent tornado to affect the Houston metro area since reliable records were kept. The first being a tornado from November 21, 1992, which affected the northeast suburbs of Houston.