Texas

Storm History: Anderson County, Texas

472 episodes, 737 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Anderson County, Texas: 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
737
Deaths
13
Injuries
98
Damage
$58 million
Episodes
472

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
Tornado238990$34 million
Hail19000$811,000
Flash Flood8531$2.3 million
Drought6600$2.1 million
Thunderstorm Wind4300$619,000
Heat2800
Excessive Heat2100
Wildfire1401$1.5 million
Winter Storm1100$16 million
Flood900$15,000
Heavy Snow712$307,000
Winter Weather500$15,000
Heavy Rain500
Ice Storm402$5,000
Lightning302$263,000
Cold/Wind Chill300
Tropical Storm200$103,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Strong Wind100$5,000

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 Anderson County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Anderson CountyEvery warning in Anderson County since 1986Every county in Texas

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.