Texas

Storm History: Armstrong County, Texas

513 episodes, 779 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Armstrong 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
779
Deaths
2
Injuries
0
Damage
$213 million
Episodes
513

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
Tornado24100$815,000
Hail18400$275,000
Drought6700$212 million
High Wind5910
Flash Flood4200$54,000
Wildfire3600$15,000
Thunderstorm Wind2900$61,000
Flood2100$5,000
Winter Storm1700
Cold/Wind Chill1500
Winter Weather1400
Heavy Snow1200
Dense Fog1000
Blizzard800$660,000
Dust Storm700
Heavy Rain500
Ice Storm300$32,000
Freezing Fog200
Frost/Freeze200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill210
Sleet100
Strong Wind100$5,000
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 Armstrong County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Armstrong CountyEvery warning in Armstrong 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.