Texas

Storm History: Bowie County, Texas

646 episodes, 1,046 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Bowie 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
1,046
Deaths
3
Injuries
62
Damage
$302 million
Episodes
646

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
Tornado324252$145 million
Hail31301$123 million
Thunderstorm Wind11701$722,000
Flash Flood9103$1.7 million
Heat5600
Drought5300
Winter Weather2313
Excessive Heat2200
Winter Storm1200$1.0 million
Flood700$30 million
Cold/Wind Chill700$200,000
Ice Storm600
Wildfire502$720,000
Funnel Cloud400
Lightning300$41,000
Strong Wind100$25,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)100$250,000
Heavy Snow100

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 Bowie County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Bowie CountyEvery warning in Bowie 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.