Texas

Storms in Texas in 2011

5,582 events in 836 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas in 2011, 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 2011 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
5,582
Deaths
101
Injuries
1,068
Damage
$3.0 billion
Episodes
836

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
Drought1,84500$2.4 billion
Hail1,301312$9.2 million
Thunderstorm Wind80501$1.4 million
Wildfire4571168$539 million
High Wind22900$83,000
Excessive Heat14116193$200,000
Winter Weather13740$591,000
Tornado110311$30 million
Winter Storm9549$2.6 million
Frost/Freeze8700$11 million
Heavy Snow61113$1.4 million
Ice Storm61639$5.4 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill5000$5.0 million
Flash Flood4201$2.0 million
Lightning4000$794,000
Heat2037708
Strong Wind1911$56,000
Dust Storm1900
Funnel Cloud1900
Heavy Rain1600
Blizzard1005
Rip Current686
Flood500
Dense Fog361$45,000
Coastal Flood100$10,000
Cold/Wind Chill100
Dust Devil100
High Surf110

Every episode, month by month

January 2011

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November 2011

December 2011

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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.