Storms in Texas in 1998

4,092 events in 858 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas in 1998, 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 1998 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: 4,092
Deaths: 121
Injuries: 6,442
Damage: $2.5 billion
Episodes: 858

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	1,236	0	10	$14 million
Thunderstorm Wind	944	1	4	$92 million
Drought	691	0	0	$1.3 billion
Flash Flood	586	40	4,515	$188 million
Tornado	123	3	48	$72 million
Ice Storm	97	6	0
Heavy Rain	93	0	0
Heat	73	66	6	$394,000
Flood	70	1	1,850	$463 million
Tropical Storm	35	3	0	$294 million
Heavy Snow	34	0	0
Lightning	33	1	9	$93,000
High Wind	23	0	0	$258,000
Winter Storm	21	0	0	$135,000
Blizzard	20	0	0
Funnel Cloud	11	0	0
Dense Fog	1	0	0
Hurricane (Typhoon)	1	0	0	$10,000

Every episode, month by month

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December 1998

Every year in Texas Every state in 1998 Tornadoes in Texas in 1998 Warnings in Texas in 1998 1997 1999

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.