Texas

Storm History: Andrews County, Texas

268 episodes, 404 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Andrews 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
404
Deaths
1
Injuries
15
Damage
$285 million
Episodes
268

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
Tornado131010$7.4 million
Hail11700$5.4 million
Flash Flood7700$322,000
Thunderstorm Wind1601$159,000
High Wind1600$67,000
Drought1600$272 million
Heavy Snow700
Winter Storm503
Ice Storm500
Wildfire511$220,000
Dust Storm400
Winter Weather300
Blizzard100
Excessive Heat100

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 Andrews County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Andrews CountyEvery warning in Andrews 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.