Texas

Storm History: Cass County, Texas

593 episodes, 840 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Cass 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
840
Deaths
0
Injuries
12
Damage
$17 million
Episodes
593

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
Tornado291011$7.5 million
Hail21900$842,000
Thunderstorm Wind10500$131,000
Heat6000
Drought5100
Flash Flood3200$340,000
Excessive Heat2300
Winter Weather2100
Winter Storm1000$2.0 million
Cold/Wind Chill700$125,000
Ice Storm600
Flood600
Funnel Cloud400
Lightning200$7,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)100$250,000
Heavy Snow100
Wildfire101$6.0 million

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Cass County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Cass CountyEvery warning in Cass 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.