Storm History: Clay County, Texas
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Clay 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
- 865
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 44
- Damage
- $7.9 million
- Episodes
- 465
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 334 | 0 | 0 | $802,000 |
| Tornado | 250 | 1 | 44 | $6.8 million |
| Drought | 95 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 41 | 0 | 0 | $37,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 35 | 0 | 0 | $186,000 |
| Heat | 28 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 27 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 8 | 0 | 0 | $4,000 |
| Winter Weather | 7 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Winter Storm | 7 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 6 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Ice Storm | 5 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| Dense Fog | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $10 |
| Dust Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, May 14, 1986
- Tornado, August 17, 1997
- Tornado, May 8, 1993
- Hail, April 21, 1996
- Hail, May 9, 2006
- Tornado, April 6, 1955
- Tornado, April 2, 1958
- Tornado, May 27, 2000
- Tornado, June 16, 1997
- Tornado, April 30, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 13, 2012
- Tornado, April 26, 1994
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 1996
- Tornado, May 23, 1995
- Tornado, April 26, 1998
- Tornado, April 25, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 2013
- Hail, July 15, 1997
- Wildfire, July 22, 2018
- Tornado, April 30, 2019
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 3, 1964
- Tornado, May 1, 1954
- Tornado, April 18, 1970
- Tornado, April 10, 1979
- Tornado, April 25, 1994
- Tornado, April 6, 1955
- Tornado, April 2, 1958
- Tornado, May 16, 1968
- Tornado, May 13, 1975
- Tornado, April 15, 1976
- Tornado, May 14, 1986
- Tornado, June 7, 1989
- Tornado, March 14, 1990
- Tornado, May 29, 1994
- Tornado, April 29, 2025
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, April 28, 2026
- Hail, April 26, 2026
- Tornado, April 25, 2026
- Hail, April 15, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Drought, March 3, 2026
- Hail, November 19, 2025
- Hail, October 23, 2025
- Heat, August 15, 2025
- Excessive Heat, August 7, 2025
- Heat, July 31, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 24, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2025
- Tornado, June 3, 2025
- Hail, May 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 2, 2025
- Tornado, April 29, 2025
- Hail, April 19, 2025
- Hail, April 18, 2025
- Hail, April 5, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 21, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 9, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2025
- Frost/Freeze, November 25, 2024
- Tornado, November 3, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, September 1, 2024
- Drought, August 27, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 17, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 11, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 7, 2024
- Heat, August 1, 2024
- Heat, July 29, 2024
- Heat, July 14, 2024
- Heat, July 1, 2024
- Heat, June 29, 2024
- Excessive Heat, June 26, 2024
- Heat, June 23, 2024
- Hail, May 27, 2024
- Tornado, May 25, 2024
- Hail, May 9, 2024
- Hail, May 3, 2024
- Tornado, March 24, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 2024
- Drought, October 31, 2023
- Frost/Freeze, October 31, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Heat, September 7, 2023
- Drought, September 5, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Wildfire, August 26, 2023
- Drought, August 22, 2023
- Wildfire, August 18, 2023
- Heat, August 17, 2023
- Heat, August 8, 2023
- Heat, July 17, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 12, 2023
- Heat, July 11, 2023
- Excessive Heat, June 24, 2023
- Heat, June 24, 2023
- Heat, June 21, 2023
- Heat, June 19, 2023
- Tornado, June 15, 2023
- Hail, June 12, 2023
- Hail, May 18, 2023
- Tornado, May 4, 2023
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Wildfire, July 19, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2022
- Drought, February 1, 2022
- Drought, January 1, 2022
- Drought, December 16, 2021
- Wildfire, December 10, 2021
- Hail, November 10, 2021
- Hail, May 16, 2021
- Tornado, April 23, 2021
- Drought, April 1, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2020
- Tornado, May 22, 2020
- Hail, April 28, 2020
- Drought, September 1, 2019
- Drought, August 1, 2019
- Hail, May 28, 2019
- Tornado, April 30, 2019
- Drought, September 1, 2018
- Drought, August 1, 2018
- Wildfire, July 22, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2018
- Drought, July 1, 2018
- Tornado, May 2, 2018
- Hail, March 26, 2018
- Hail, March 25, 2018
- Drought, February 1, 2018
- Drought, January 1, 2018
- Hail, September 16, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 2017
- Hail, May 22, 2017
- Tornado, May 19, 2017
- Tornado, May 18, 2017
- Hail, July 3, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2016
- Hail, May 22, 2016
- Hail, April 10, 2016
- Drought, October 1, 2015
- Drought, September 15, 2015
- Hail, May 27, 2015
- Hail, May 26, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 25, 2015
- Tornado, May 19, 2015
- Tornado, May 16, 2015
- Drought, May 1, 2015
- Drought, April 1, 2015
- Drought, March 1, 2015
- Drought, February 1, 2015
- Drought, January 1, 2015
- Drought, December 1, 2014
- Drought, November 1, 2014
- Drought, October 1, 2014
- Drought, September 1, 2014
- Drought, August 1, 2014
- Hail, July 23, 2014
- Drought, July 1, 2014
- Drought, June 1, 2014
- Tornado, May 7, 2014
- Drought, May 1, 2014
- Hail, April 13, 2014
- Drought, April 1, 2014
- Drought, March 1, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 2, 2014
- Drought, February 1, 2014
- Drought, January 1, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2013
- Drought, November 1, 2013
- Drought, October 1, 2013
- Drought, September 1, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 2013
- Drought, August 1, 2013
- Drought, July 1, 2013
- Drought, June 1, 2013
- Hail, May 20, 2013
- Hail, May 15, 2013
- Drought, May 1, 2013
- Hail, April 9, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Hail, March 29, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 13, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Hail, June 11, 2012
- Drought, June 1, 2012
- Hail, May 28, 2012
- Hail, May 4, 2012
- Hail, April 2, 2012
- Drought, March 1, 2012
- Hail, February 3, 2012
- Drought, February 1, 2012
- Drought, January 1, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2011
- Drought, November 1, 2011
- Drought, October 1, 2011
- Hail, September 17, 2011
- Drought, September 1, 2011
- Drought, August 1, 2011
- Drought, July 1, 2011
- Drought, June 1, 2011
- Hail, May 22, 2011
- Drought, May 1, 2011
- Hail, May 1, 2011
- Hail, April 22, 2011
- Drought, April 1, 2011
- Drought, March 1, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 31, 2010
- Hail, May 13, 2010
- Hail, May 12, 2010
- Winter Weather, March 20, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 11, 2010
- Ice Storm, January 28, 2010
- Blizzard, December 24, 2009
- Hail, August 5, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2009
- Drought, May 1, 2009
- Hail, April 12, 2009
- Drought, April 1, 2009
- Drought, March 1, 2009
- Drought, February 1, 2009
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2008
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2008
- Hail, June 14, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 7, 2008
- Tornado, April 7, 2008
- Hail, April 3, 2008
- Winter Weather, March 6, 2008
- Winter Weather, January 3, 2008
- Flash Flood, September 9, 2007
- Tornado, August 18, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2007
- Hail, June 1, 2007
- Hail, May 30, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 8, 2007
- Hail, April 24, 2007
- Tornado, April 13, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 30, 2007
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2007
- Winter Storm, November 29, 2006
- Flash Flood, October 15, 2006
- Drought, September 1, 2006
- Drought, August 1, 2006
- Heat, July 11, 2006
- Hail, May 9, 2006
- Flash Flood, May 2, 2006
- Drought, May 1, 2006
- Tornado, April 24, 2006
- Drought, April 1, 2006
- Hail, March 30, 2006
- Hail, March 8, 2006
- Drought, March 1, 2006
- Drought, February 1, 2006
- Drought, January 1, 2006
- Drought, December 1, 2005
- Flood, October 6, 2005
- Hail, September 30, 2005
- Flash Flood, August 16, 2005
- Hail, July 14, 2005
- Hail, July 4, 2005
- Hail, June 13, 2005
- Hail, June 5, 2005
- Tornado, June 4, 2005
- Hail, May 25, 2005
- Hail, May 8, 2005
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Clay CountyEvery warning in Clay 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.