Storm History: Austin County, Texas
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Austin 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
- 270
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 7
- Damage
- $23 million
- Episodes
- 198
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
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 96 | 1 | 7 | $12 million |
| Hail | 56 | 1 | 0 | $2.5 million |
| Flash Flood | 45 | 2 | 0 | $281,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 24 | 0 | 0 | $189,000 |
| Drought | 14 | 0 | 0 | $8.3 million |
| Heat | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 5 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Winter Storm | 5 | 0 | 0 | $15,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| Flood | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Winter Weather | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Drought, August 1, 1998
- Tornado, May 20, 1983
- Tornado, June 5, 1950
- Tornado, January 31, 1983
- Tornado, April 17, 2016
- Hail, April 5, 1994
- Hail, May 23, 2017
- Tornado, June 19, 2024
- Tornado, May 1, 2000
- Tornado, August 25, 2017
- Tornado, November 12, 2000
- Tornado, November 5, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2004
- Flash Flood, November 17, 2007
- Tornado, May 13, 1994
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 2000
- Tornado, September 20, 1967
- Tornado, May 18, 1993
- Tornado, January 12, 1995
- Tornado, February 10, 1998
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flash Flood, May 9, 2019
- Hail, April 18, 2020
- Hail, April 19, 2015
- Hail, March 15, 2024
- Hail, April 24, 2003
- Hail, December 12, 2002
- Hail, February 15, 1993
- Hail, May 8, 1985
- Flash Flood, March 12, 2007
- Hail, April 5, 1994
- Hail, June 25, 1990
- Hail, May 23, 2017
- Flash Flood, April 16, 2015
- Hail, April 25, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2015
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, June 5, 1950
- Tornado, September 20, 1967
- Tornado, May 21, 1979
- Tornado, May 9, 1981
- Tornado, January 31, 1983
- Tornado, May 13, 1994
- Tornado, May 29, 1994
- Tornado, March 30, 2002
- Tornado, December 28, 2024
- Tornado, June 5, 1955
- Tornado, April 21, 1958
- Tornado, March 16, 1961
- Tornado, April 14, 1966
- Tornado, April 18, 1979
- Tornado, April 23, 1981
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 14, 2026
- Tornado, October 25, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2025
- Tornado, December 28, 2024
- Tornado, June 19, 2024
- Tornado, May 16, 2024
- Hail, March 15, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 2, 2024
- Flash Flood, January 23, 2024
- Hail, January 8, 2024
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Flash Flood, September 15, 2023
- Heat, September 5, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 23, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 5, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 12, 2023
- Excessive Heat, June 24, 2023
- Excessive Heat, June 16, 2023
- Flash Flood, April 6, 2023
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Ice Storm, February 3, 2022
- Funnel Cloud, August 3, 2021
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 2021
- Hail, April 18, 2020
- Tornado, January 10, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 9, 2019
- Tornado, May 3, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 22, 2018
- Tornado, August 25, 2017
- Hail, May 23, 2017
- Flood, May 21, 2016
- Tornado, April 17, 2016
- Tropical Storm, June 15, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2015
- Hail, April 27, 2015
- Hail, April 25, 2015
- Hail, April 19, 2015
- Flash Flood, April 16, 2015
- Funnel Cloud, September 18, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 3, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2014
- Winter Weather, December 7, 2013
- Flash Flood, October 13, 2013
- Flood, May 10, 2013
- Hail, March 19, 2013
- Hail, August 10, 2012
- Flash Flood, February 18, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 29, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 2011
- Funnel Cloud, July 20, 2011
- Ice Storm, February 3, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 23, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 29, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 24, 2009
- Heat, June 24, 2009
- Tornado, April 27, 2009
- Hail, June 26, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 14, 2008
- Hail, March 18, 2008
- Flash Flood, November 17, 2007
- Hail, June 3, 2007
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2007
- Flash Flood, April 30, 2007
- Tornado, April 25, 2007
- Flash Flood, March 12, 2007
- Ice Storm, January 16, 2007
- Flash Flood, January 13, 2007
- Hail, December 21, 2006
- Tornado, April 21, 2006
- Hail, March 29, 2006
- Hail, October 31, 2005
- Tornado, November 23, 2004
- Tornado, November 22, 2004
- Funnel Cloud, October 7, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2004
- Hail, June 4, 2004
- Flash Flood, April 25, 2004
- Tornado, April 10, 2004
- Hail, August 8, 2003
- Tornado, June 13, 2003
- Hail, April 24, 2003
- Flash Flood, March 13, 2003
- Tornado, December 23, 2002
- Hail, December 12, 2002
- Flash Flood, November 4, 2002
- Hail, October 19, 2002
- Tornado, March 30, 2002
- Tornado, October 12, 2001
- Hail, September 21, 2001
- Funnel Cloud, September 4, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2001
- Hail, March 14, 2001
- Hail, February 26, 2001
- Tornado, November 12, 2000
- Tornado, November 5, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 2000
- Drought, September 1, 2000
- Heat, September 1, 2000
- Heat, August 29, 2000
- Drought, August 1, 2000
- Hail, July 23, 2000
- Heat, July 6, 2000
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2000
- Tornado, May 1, 2000
- Heat, August 1, 1999
- Heat, June 26, 1999
- Tornado, May 2, 1999
- Hail, February 27, 1999
- Winter Storm, December 23, 1998
- Flash Flood, November 14, 1998
- Flash Flood, November 13, 1998
- Flash Flood, November 12, 1998
- Tornado, October 18, 1998
- Tornado, October 17, 1998
- Tropical Storm, September 7, 1998
- Drought, August 1, 1998
- Drought, July 1, 1998
- Tornado, June 5, 1998
- Drought, June 1, 1998
- Drought, May 1, 1998
- Flash Flood, February 25, 1998
- Tornado, February 16, 1998
- Tornado, February 10, 1998
- Hail, December 23, 1997
- Tornado, October 23, 1997
- Flash Flood, October 13, 1997
- Hail, June 17, 1997
- Flash Flood, June 6, 1997
- Tornado, May 21, 1997
- Strong Wind, April 11, 1997
- Flash Flood, February 20, 1997
- Ice Storm, January 12, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 20, 1996
- Hail, September 20, 1996
- Flash Flood, September 20, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 20, 1996
- Hail, August 12, 1996
- Drought, June 1, 1996
- Drought, May 1, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 29, 1996
- Hail, April 5, 1996
- Hail, April 5, 1996
- Drought, April 1, 1996
- Hail, November 2, 1995
- Tornado, March 13, 1995
- Tornado, March 7, 1995
- Hail, January 22, 1995
- Tornado, January 12, 1995
- Tornado, October 8, 1994
- Tornado, May 29, 1994
- Tornado, May 13, 1994
- Hail, April 5, 1994
- Tornado, May 18, 1993
- Tornado, May 9, 1993
- Tornado, May 1, 1993
- Hail, February 15, 1993
- Tornado, July 31, 1992
- Tornado, June 30, 1992
- Tornado, May 20, 1992
- Tornado, January 18, 1991
- Hail, June 25, 1990
- Hail, March 29, 1990
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 19, 1987
- Hail, September 10, 1987
- Hail, February 14, 1987
- Tornado, November 11, 1985
- Hail, May 8, 1985
- Tornado, May 21, 1983
- Tornado, May 20, 1983
- Tornado, January 31, 1983
- Tornado, August 31, 1981
- Hail, May 14, 1981
- Tornado, May 9, 1981
- Tornado, April 23, 1981
- Tornado, August 29, 1980
- Tornado, May 15, 1980
- Tornado, May 21, 1979
- Tornado, April 18, 1979
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 1977
- Tornado, December 23, 1973
- Tornado, October 30, 1969
- Tornado, May 10, 1968
- Tornado, September 20, 1967
- Tornado, April 14, 1966
- Tornado, April 24, 1962
- Tornado, March 16, 1961
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 29, 1960
- Tornado, April 21, 1958
- Tornado, June 5, 1955
- Tornado, June 5, 1950
More
Tornadoes in Austin CountyEvery warning in Austin 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.