California

Storm History: Tulare County, California

548 episodes, 1,809 events since 1966

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Tulare County, California: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
1,809
Deaths
12
Injuries
21
Damage
$201 million
Episodes
548

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Dense Fog352410$855,000
Drought20900
Flash Flood19120$11 million
Flood18020$22 million
High Wind14800$6,000
Frost/Freeze11800
Debris Flow11413$38,000
Excessive Heat9500
Heat8600
Heavy Snow7000$1,000
Tornado5301$1.9 million
Winter Storm3600$22 million
Wildfire3000$66 million
Hail2400$26 million
Heavy Rain2200$49 million
Winter Weather2200$5,000
Thunderstorm Wind1700$343,000
Lightning1627$40,000
Dust Storm1300$10,000
Funnel Cloud800
Avalanche410$30,000
Strong Wind100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Tulare County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Tulare CountyEvery warning in Tulare County since 1986Every county in California

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.