Texas

Storm History: Caldwell County, Texas

325 episodes, 411 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Caldwell 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
411
Deaths
11
Injuries
652
Damage
$158 million
Episodes
325

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
Tornado95032$28 million
Flash Flood9111520$22 million
Hail7600$14 million
Drought7300
Thunderstorm Wind2300$746,000
Winter Storm1400
Flood110100$80 million
Excessive Heat800
Winter Weather700$70,000
Tropical Storm700$13 million
Wildfire200$500,000
Ice Storm200
Strong Wind100$50,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100

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 Caldwell County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Caldwell CountyEvery warning in Caldwell 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.