Texas

Storm History: Burleson County, Texas

195 episodes, 291 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Burleson 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
291
Deaths
2
Injuries
19
Damage
$44 million
Episodes
195

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
Tornado101219$35 million
Hail8400$443,000
Flash Flood3300$297,000
Thunderstorm Wind2100$137,000
Drought1400$8.3 million
Ice Storm800$265,000
Heat700
Winter Storm500$15,000
Winter Weather500$5,000
Excessive Heat500
Lightning200$10,000
Heavy Snow200
Tropical Storm100$25,000
Flood100
Funnel Cloud100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100$108,000

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 Burleson County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Burleson CountyEvery warning in Burleson 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.