Texas

Storm History: Collin County, Texas

750 episodes, 1,529 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Collin 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
1,529
Deaths
27
Injuries
330
Damage
$2.2 billion
Episodes
750

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
Tornado5325210$681 million
Hail476210$1.5 billion
Flash Flood21605$7.8 million
Thunderstorm Wind7620$1.7 million
Drought6500$1.9 million
Heat3630
Ice Storm2517$740,000
Excessive Heat2521
Winter Storm19764$6.1 million
Winter Weather12015
Flood1033$340,000
Wildfire910$497,000
Heavy Snow8115$1.9 million
Heavy Rain500
Lightning400$405,000
Cold/Wind Chill400
Strong Wind300$42,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Tropical Storm100$3,000
High Wind100

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 Collin County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Collin CountyEvery warning in Collin 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.