Storms in Texas in 1990

1,395 events in 126 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas in 1990, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.

Texas in 1990 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The year

Events: 1,395
Deaths: 3
Injuries: 119
Damage: $123 million
Episodes: 126

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Hail	708	1	28
Thunderstorm Wind	524	0	0
Tornado	163	2	91	$123 million

Every episode, month by month

January 1990

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May 1990

June 1990

July 1990

August 1990

September 1990

October 1990

November 1990

Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, November 8, 199050 kt wind · 2 events

December 1990

Every year in Texas Every state in 1990 Tornadoes in Texas in 1990 Warnings in Texas in 1990 1989 1991

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.