Storm History: Briscoe County, Texas
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Briscoe 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
- 619
- Deaths
- 25
- Injuries
- 85
- Damage
- $175 million
- Episodes
- 473
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 | 185 | 25 | 84 | $2.4 million |
| Drought | 102 | 0 | 0 | $172 million |
| Hail | 77 | 0 | 0 | $258,000 |
| High Wind | 54 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 48 | 0 | 0 | $43,000 |
| Flash Flood | 44 | 0 | 0 | $469,000 |
| Winter Storm | 25 | 0 | 0 | $500,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 17 | 0 | 0 | $60,000 |
| Winter Weather | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 14 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Dust Storm | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 7 | 0 | 0 | $37,000 |
| Ice Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 5 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Debris Flow | 2 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Drought, July 1, 2006
- Drought, August 1, 2006
- Drought, September 1, 2006
- Tornado, June 21, 2004
- Drought, May 1, 1996
- Drought, June 1, 1996
- Winter Storm, January 29, 1999
- Tornado, May 29, 2001
- Tornado, May 15, 1957
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2004
- Tornado, June 13, 2009
- Hail, August 30, 2004
- Tornado, June 5, 2001
- Tornado, March 28, 2007
- Flash Flood, May 31, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 29, 1997
- Heavy Snow, December 4, 1999
- Tornado, June 5, 1995
- Hail, October 7, 1996
- Blizzard, December 26, 2015
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Tornado, June 2, 2024
- Tornado, May 25, 2025
- Tornado, April 24, 2025
- Flood, May 27, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2005
- Hail, May 31, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2005
- Flash Flood, April 23, 2025
- Tornado, May 3, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 31, 2022
- Tornado, June 6, 2025
- Tornado, May 23, 2020
- Tornado, May 1, 2024
- Hail, June 11, 2023
- Hail, June 1, 2022
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, May 15, 1957
- Tornado, April 17, 1970
- Tornado, April 18, 1957
- Tornado, June 4, 1965
- Tornado, May 25, 1976
- Tornado, May 16, 1982
- Tornado, May 1, 1984
- Tornado, May 31, 1990
- Tornado, May 23, 2016
- Tornado, May 3, 1961
- Tornado, June 7, 1962
- Tornado, May 31, 1968
- Tornado, May 30, 1971
- Tornado, May 20, 1977
- Tornado, July 14, 1987
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, June 25, 2026
- Hail, May 23, 2026
- Tornado, May 22, 2026
- High Wind, March 15, 2026
- Wildfire, February 17, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 20, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2025
- Tornado, June 6, 2025
- Tornado, May 25, 2025
- Tornado, April 24, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 23, 2025
- Heavy Snow, April 5, 2025
- Dust Storm, March 18, 2025
- Dust Storm, March 14, 2025
- Heavy Snow, March 8, 2025
- Dust Storm, March 4, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 9, 2025
- Tornado, June 2, 2024
- Hail, May 29, 2024
- Tornado, May 3, 2024
- Tornado, May 1, 2024
- Hail, April 8, 2024
- High Wind, April 6, 2024
- High Wind, March 24, 2024
- High Wind, March 7, 2024
- High Wind, February 27, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2024
- Blizzard, January 8, 2024
- Hail, June 11, 2023
- Hail, June 9, 2023
- Wildfire, April 4, 2023
- High Wind, March 31, 2023
- Dust Storm, February 26, 2023
- High Wind, February 22, 2023
- High Wind, February 14, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2023
- High Wind, January 15, 2023
- High Wind, January 11, 2023
- High Wind, December 29, 2022
- High Wind, December 28, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2022
- Hail, June 1, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, May 31, 2022
- Tornado, May 4, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- Hail, April 22, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- High Wind, March 29, 2022
- High Wind, March 21, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2022
- Drought, February 1, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 26, 2022
- High Wind, January 14, 2022
- High Wind, January 1, 2022
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- High Wind, October 27, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2021
- High Wind, March 17, 2021
- Tornado, March 13, 2021
- Drought, March 1, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 16, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2021
- Drought, February 1, 2021
- Dust Storm, January 30, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2021
- Winter Weather, December 13, 2020
- Ice Storm, October 25, 2020
- Drought, October 1, 2020
- Drought, September 1, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2020
- Drought, August 1, 2020
- Excessive Heat, July 9, 2020
- Drought, July 1, 2020
- Flood, June 4, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2020
- Hail, May 24, 2020
- Tornado, May 23, 2020
- Hail, May 11, 2020
- High Wind, May 7, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2020
- High Wind, November 30, 2019
- High Wind, November 26, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 28, 2019
- Hail, June 5, 2019
- Tornado, May 25, 2019
- High Wind, May 21, 2019
- Hail, May 8, 2019
- Tornado, May 7, 2019
- High Wind, April 10, 2019
- High Wind, March 13, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 9, 2019
- High Wind, February 23, 2019
- High Wind, February 14, 2019
- High Wind, December 13, 2018
- Tornado, October 8, 2018
- Drought, September 1, 2018
- Drought, August 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2018
- Drought, July 1, 2018
- Drought, June 1, 2018
- Hail, May 15, 2018
- Drought, May 1, 2018
- Drought, April 1, 2018
- Drought, March 1, 2018
- Drought, January 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 6, 2017
- Flash Flood, October 4, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2017
- Excessive Heat, June 17, 2017
- Hail, June 13, 2017
- Debris Flow, April 16, 2017
- Wildfire, February 28, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2017
- Tornado, August 29, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2016
- Hail, June 15, 2016
- Tornado, May 23, 2016
- Tornado, April 28, 2016
- High Wind, March 23, 2016
- Blizzard, December 26, 2015
- Ice Storm, November 26, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 8, 2015
- Flood, May 27, 2015
- Tornado, May 16, 2015
- Tornado, April 22, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 4, 2015
- Drought, March 1, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2015
- Drought, February 1, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2015
- Ice Storm, January 2, 2015
- Drought, January 1, 2015
- Winter Weather, December 30, 2014
- Drought, December 1, 2014
- Heavy Snow, November 16, 2014
- Drought, November 1, 2014
- Drought, October 1, 2014
- Drought, September 1, 2014
- Drought, August 1, 2014
- Drought, July 1, 2014
- Flood, June 19, 2014
- Flood, June 7, 2014
- Flood, June 6, 2014
- Drought, June 1, 2014
- Drought, May 1, 2014
- High Wind, April 27, 2014
- Tornado, April 20, 2014
- Drought, April 1, 2014
- Drought, March 1, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 2, 2014
- Drought, February 1, 2014
- Drought, January 1, 2014
- Winter Weather, December 8, 2013
- Drought, December 1, 2013
- Ice Storm, November 22, 2013
- Drought, November 1, 2013
- Drought, October 1, 2013
- Drought, September 1, 2013
- Drought, August 1, 2013
- Drought, July 1, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2013
- Hail, June 16, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2013
- Drought, June 1, 2013
- Tornado, May 29, 2013
- Hail, May 9, 2013
- Drought, May 1, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Tornado, April 1, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 17, 2013
- Blizzard, February 24, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Dust Storm, December 19, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 14, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Flash Flood, September 26, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Hail, July 23, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2012
- Drought, June 1, 2012
- Hail, June 1, 2012
- Drought, May 1, 2012
- Hail, April 14, 2012
- Drought, April 1, 2012
- Hail, March 18, 2012
- Drought, March 1, 2012
- Dust Storm, February 20, 2012
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2012
- Drought, February 1, 2012
- Dust Storm, January 22, 2012
- Drought, January 1, 2012
- Winter Storm, December 23, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 5, 2011
- Drought, December 1, 2011
- High Wind, November 26, 2011
- Drought, November 1, 2011
- Drought, October 1, 2011
- Drought, September 1, 2011
- Drought, August 1, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2011
- Drought, July 1, 2011
- Drought, June 1, 2011
- Frost/Freeze, May 2, 2011
- Drought, May 1, 2011
- High Wind, April 14, 2011
- Drought, April 1, 2011
- Drought, March 8, 2011
- Wildfire, February 27, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 6, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2011
- Winter Weather, January 24, 2011
- High Wind, December 31, 2010
- High Wind, October 25, 2010
- Hail, September 2, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2010
- Hail, May 24, 2010
- Hail, May 21, 2010
- Wildfire, May 10, 2010
- High Wind, April 23, 2010
- Flood, April 15, 2010
- Wildfire, March 26, 2010
- Winter Storm, March 19, 2010
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 11, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2010
- Wildfire, January 20, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 31, 2009
- Blizzard, December 23, 2009
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Briscoe CountyEvery warning in Briscoe 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.