Texas

Storm History: Carson County, Texas

681 episodes, 1,208 events since 1951

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Carson 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
1,208
Deaths
5
Injuries
30
Damage
$230 million
Episodes
681

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
Tornado427119$27 million
Hail34605$558,000
Flash Flood7600$607,000
Drought6900$144 million
High Wind6101$30,000
Wildfire5004$57 million
Flood3400$85,000
Thunderstorm Wind3000$81,000
Winter Weather2431$46,000
Cold/Wind Chill1700
Winter Storm1600$20,000
Heavy Snow1500$40,000
Dust Storm910
Blizzard800$660,000
Dense Fog800
Heavy Rain600
Ice Storm300$13,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Frost/Freeze300
Freezing Fog200
Sleet100

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 Carson County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Carson CountyEvery warning in Carson 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.