Texas

Storm History: Calhoun County, Texas

263 episodes, 419 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Calhoun 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
419
Deaths
3
Injuries
9
Damage
$311 million
Episodes
263

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
Drought12600
Tornado8008$3.1 million
Flash Flood4111$220,000
Excessive Heat4000
Hail2810$280,000
Thunderstorm Wind1800$8,000
Tropical Storm1600$1.4 million
Cold/Wind Chill1600$200,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)1010$301 million
Ice Storm1000
Funnel Cloud600
Frost/Freeze600
Coastal Flood400
Wildfire400
Heat400
Heavy Snow200
Winter Weather200
Flood200
Dense Fog100
Lightning100$15,000
Storm Surge/Tide100
Heavy Rain100$5.1 million

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 Calhoun County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Calhoun CountyEvery warning in Calhoun 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.