Texas

Storms in Texas in 1996

3,966 events in 3,186 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas in 1996, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Texas in 1996 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
3,966
Deaths
33
Injuries
102
Damage
$1.1 billion
Episodes
3,186

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail1,604149$351 million
Thunderstorm Wind966016$38 million
Drought54300$633 million
Flash Flood33464$6.3 million
Tornado138022$9.5 million
Winter Storm8700$1.6 million
High Wind7432$11 million
Heavy Snow6900$1.0 million
Lightning3367$4.4 million
Flood2511$60 million
Ice Storm2511$30,000
Winter Weather1300
Coastal Flood1300$1.7 million
Cold/Wind Chill950$1.3 million
Heavy Rain700$275,000
Wildfire600
Funnel Cloud600
Freezing Fog600
Waterspout400
Heat4100

Every episode, month by month

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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.