Texas Storm History: Every Flood, Storm and Heat Wave Since 1950

The worst in Texas on the map

The deadliest and costliest episodes on record here, 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

The record

Events: 165,670
Deaths: 2,507
Injuries: 25,567
Damage: $125 billion

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.

Every year

Tap a year for every episode 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.

Deaths each year

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Hail	55,544	7	319	$14 billion
Thunderstorm Wind	36,939	107	937	$3.1 billion
Drought	18,588	0	0	$13 billion
Flash Flood	13,876	548	5,094	$49 billion
Tornado	10,090	595	9,633	$7.2 billion
High Wind	5,942	7	39	$61 million
Heat	4,750	418	1,128	$550,000
Winter Weather	3,139	102	648	$27 million
Winter Storm	2,230	49	601	$188 million
Excessive Heat	1,898	80	1,601	$200,000
Flood	1,844	47	1,860	$2.0 billion
Wildfire	1,491	39	193	$1.2 billion
Heavy Snow	1,465	7	35	$58 million
Cold/Wind Chill	1,083	75	10	$103 million
Lightning	1,001	82	291	$103 million
Ice Storm	936	33	399	$220 million
Heavy Rain	844	32	48	$62 million
Frost/Freeze	800	1	3	$476 million
Funnel Cloud	729	0	0
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	457	75	8	$157 million
Strong Wind	341	15	23	$4.4 million
Tropical Storm	322	31	5	$9.6 billion
Dust Storm	274	9	36	$11 million
Dense Fog	224	14	106	$6.7 million
Blizzard	165	2	7	$47 million
Storm Surge/Tide	134	13	0	$9.9 billion
Coastal Flood	112	0	0	$3.7 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)	85	39	2,512	$14 billion
Astronomical Low Tide	83	0	0
Rip Current	74	73	13
Sleet	70	2	8	$761,000
Freezing Fog	55	0	0
Tropical Depression	35	0	0	$507,000
Waterspout	22	0	0	$75,000
High Surf	13	5	9
Dust Devil	9	0	0	$48,000
Debris Flow	3	0	0
Dense Smoke	1	0	0
Seiche	1	0	0
Sneakerwave	1	0	1	$100,000

The deadliest

The costliest

Counties

Every storm event filed in each county, including the zone-filed ones that covered it.

Counties and zones as filed

The places filed most often, as the offices named them.

County or zone	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Tarrant	2,906	35	304	$2.3 billion
Dallas	2,034	50	886	$5.3 billion
Harris	1,949	110	436	$11 billion
Denton	1,603	12	26	$975 million
Potter	1,516	2	8	$486 million
Randall	1,504	4	17	$302 million
Bexar	1,451	58	753	$1.6 billion
Lubbock	1,343	29	527	$1.6 billion
Collin	1,307	12	223	$2.2 billion
Tom Green	1,306	17	267	$230 million
Wichita	1,303	53	1,851	$311 million
Travis	1,207	34	204	$1.2 billion
Taylor	1,098	2	52	$472 million
McLennan	1,094	120	649	$74 million
Grayson	1,081	11	87	$68 million
Smith	1,058	5	39	$36 million
Parker	1,001	3	24	$30 million
Midland	999	2	8	$188 million
Pecos	993	2	27	$52 million
Bell	976	16	92	$232 million
Wise	965	4	37	$24 million
Ellis	929	3	150	$81 million
Williamson	924	36	84	$461 million
Hutchinson	919	4	20	$34 million
Carson	914	0	24	$29 million
Harrison	911	0	17	$76 million
Johnson	909	4	45	$254 million
Nueces	867	6	60	$142 million
Gray	856	3	74	$45 million
Bowie	855	2	57	$300 million
Ector	819	1	12	$307 million
Rusk	790	4	17	$18 million
Guadalupe Mountains of Culberson County zone	762	0	0	$1.1 million
Jones	728	3	25	$40 million
Hale	728	9	158	$384 million
Cooke	720	11	115	$112 million
Val Verde	700	9	192	$71 million
Palo Pinto	698	2	21	$18 million
Galveston	682	22	255	$10 billion
Brown	681	4	22	$64 million
Hunt	674	5	47	$14 million
Cass	658	0	11	$8.8 million
Archer	658	0	17	$6.2 million
Moore	657	0	19	$31 million
Clay	656	1	44	$7.3 million
Hockley	656	0	27	$198 million
Jefferson	654	17	168	$3.4 billion
Gregg	634	3	9	$43 million
Fannin	621	1	18	$17 million
Montague	621	1	28	$16 million
Howard	611	2	52	$56 million
Donley	610	17	48	$9.8 million
Kaufman	607	1	16	$114 million
Deaf Smith	604	0	24	$2.3 million
Ochiltree	601	5	131	$14 million
Hill	596	13	176	$15 million
Wilbarger	594	14	105	$35 million
Nacogdoches	591	6	39	$19 million
Young	589	2	116	$1.2 billion
Montgomery	586	11	32	$7.2 billion
Cherokee	579	3	113	$41 million
Hidalgo	577	5	30	$678 million
Haskell	575	14	33	$11 million
Lamar	574	11	245	$45 million
Wheeler	571	1	27	$18 million
Anderson	568	12	93	$38 million
Angelina	567	5	45	$32 million
Scurry	558	1	7	$26 million
Cameron	556	1	20	$399 million
Navarro	553	7	21	$1.0 billion
Brazoria	552	3	77	$2.0 billion
Erath	550	3	3	$36 million
Lipscomb	548	0	3	$2.5 million
Lamb	534	0	11	$89 million
Panola	531	1	18	$8.2 million
Runnels	527	1	6	$26 million
Wood	524	3	18	$67 million
Henderson	519	2	38	$19 million
Brewster	519	1	6	$19 million
Burnet	516	8	48	$203 million
Coleman	514	3	20	$19 million
Armstrong	511	0	0	$1.2 million
Eastland	509	2	10	$8.9 million
Hopkins	508	1	16	$39 million
Hansford	503	0	17	$8.3 million
Hartley	500	0	6	$496,000
McCulloch	499	0	0	$7.9 million
Shelby	498	4	74	$14 million
Gaines	491	0	32	$51 million
Hood	482	7	78	$162 million
Van Zandt	482	10	131	$56 million
Hall	480	1	6	$14 million
Knox	474	5	6	$5.0 million
Bosque	470	5	5	$8.0 million
Floyd	470	1	4	$106 million
Potter zone	470	13	159	$171 million
Nolan	468	2	104	$48 million
Swisher	466	4	12	$58 million
Red River	466	0	14	$36 million
Oldham	466	0	3	$1.0 million
Hardeman	464	0	2	$1.1 million
Lynn	464	0	5	$312 million
Comanche	463	1	20	$90 million
Coryell	462	16	6	$6.2 million
Castro	459	3	45	$24 million
Hays	458	16	141	$372 million
Callahan	455	5	12	$14 million
Brazos	455	1	8	$30 million
El Paso	452	7	43	$674 million
Fort Bend	450	10	79	$8.0 billion
Childress	447	0	11	$39 million
Upshur	431	2	29	$17 million
Mitchell	430	0	9	$14 million
Victoria	423	1	6	$36 million
Comal	422	6	829	$71 million
Uvalde	420	3	71	$7.3 million
Jack	418	0	13	$5.9 million
Webb	418	3	0	$70 million
Limestone	417	2	35	$34 million
Hemphill	416	3	12	$4.7 million
Kerr	412	119	18	$204 million
Reeves	409	30	143	$9.4 million
Collingsworth	407	0	6	$2.7 million
Gillespie	407	4	14	$11 million
Crosby	405	1	5	$16 million
Hamilton	399	0	11	$16 million
Jasper	399	6	23	$161 million
Llano	397	2	20	$79 million
Stephens	394	1	6	$9.6 million
Fisher	390	0	1	$8.2 million
Bastrop	386	2	111	$12 million
Lubbock zone	382	14	159	$3.1 billion
Parmer	381	1	20	$40 million
Dawson	377	0	10	$40 million
Medina	377	6	104	$69 million
Guadalupe	371	8	546	$37 million
Cottle	371	1	14	$7.0 million
San Patricio	369	2	43	$58 million
Brooks zone	369	2	1	$3.4 million
Baylor	368	0	2	$4.2 million
Jim Wells	368	0	6	$10 million
Houston	366	4	64	$11 million
Garza	364	0	2	$56 million
Starr zone	361	0	0	$51 million
Liberty	358	1	42	$120 million
Throckmorton	355	3	11	$3.3 million
Dallam	355	0	3	$3.2 million
Jim Hogg zone	353	0	0	$216,000
Hartley zone	352	6	3	$222 million
Briscoe	350	25	84	$3.2 million

Every year

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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.