Storm History: Colorado County, Texas
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Colorado 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
- 277
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 25
- Damage
- $40 million
- Episodes
- 192
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 103 | 1 | 20 | $29 million |
| Hail | 62 | 0 | 0 | $775,000 |
| Flash Flood | 41 | 0 | 1 | $517,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 17 | 0 | 0 | $167,000 |
| Drought | 15 | 0 | 0 | $8.3 million |
| Heat | 11 | 0 | 4 | $188,000 |
| Ice Storm | 7 | 0 | 0 | $53,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $60,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| Flood | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | $305,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, January 14, 1991
- Drought, August 1, 1998
- Tornado, April 17, 2016
- Tornado, May 10, 2012
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 2021
- Tornado, February 4, 1964
- Tornado, May 2, 1999
- Hail, October 19, 2002
- Heat, July 14, 1998
- Hail, June 4, 2004
- Flash Flood, April 7, 2002
- Hail, October 13, 1993
- Hail, April 5, 1994
- Tornado, August 29, 1999
- Flash Flood, April 2, 2000
- Tornado, January 24, 2023
- Tornado, February 10, 1998
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2007
- Flash Flood, March 12, 2007
- Tornado, May 29, 2005
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flash Flood, May 9, 2019
- Hail, April 2, 2013
- Hail, May 16, 1980
- Hail, April 19, 2015
- Hail, April 24, 2003
- Flash Flood, April 7, 2002
- Hail, February 15, 1993
- Hail, March 31, 1988
- Flash Flood, March 12, 2007
- Hail, April 5, 2023
- Flash Flood, April 2, 2000
- Hail, April 5, 1994
- Hail, June 25, 1990
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2025
- Hail, May 23, 2017
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, March 28, 1966
- Tornado, September 20, 1967
- Tornado, May 13, 1982
- Tornado, February 5, 1986
- Tornado, May 17, 1989
- Tornado, May 13, 1994
- Tornado, March 30, 2002
- Tornado, January 24, 2023
- Tornado, December 28, 2024
- Tornado, January 14, 1991
- Tornado, July 6, 1954
- Tornado, March 31, 1955
- Tornado, June 5, 1955
- Tornado, February 4, 1964
- Tornado, May 16, 1965
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, October 25, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2025
- Hail, May 2, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2025
- Tornado, December 28, 2024
- Flash Flood, January 23, 2024
- Hail, January 8, 2024
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Hail, September 14, 2023
- Heat, September 5, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 23, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 5, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 12, 2023
- Excessive Heat, June 24, 2023
- Excessive Heat, June 16, 2023
- Hail, April 5, 2023
- Tornado, January 24, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 24, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- Tornado, March 21, 2022
- Ice Storm, February 3, 2022
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 17, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2020
- Tornado, January 10, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 9, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 7, 2019
- Tornado, May 3, 2019
- Tornado, October 31, 2018
- Tornado, August 25, 2017
- Hail, May 23, 2017
- Tornado, March 24, 2017
- Tornado, April 17, 2016
- Hail, April 12, 2016
- Tropical Storm, June 15, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2015
- Hail, April 19, 2015
- Flash Flood, April 16, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2014
- Winter Weather, December 7, 2013
- Hail, April 2, 2013
- Hail, June 26, 2012
- Tornado, May 10, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 20, 2012
- Tornado, May 25, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 12, 2011
- Ice Storm, February 3, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 23, 2010
- Hail, September 3, 2009
- Heat, June 24, 2009
- Flash Flood, April 17, 2009
- Hail, April 2, 2009
- Hail, June 3, 2007
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2007
- Flash Flood, April 30, 2007
- Hail, March 31, 2007
- Flash Flood, March 12, 2007
- Ice Storm, January 16, 2007
- Flash Flood, January 13, 2007
- Hail, December 21, 2006
- Tornado, April 21, 2006
- Tornado, May 29, 2005
- Hail, March 7, 2005
- Tornado, November 22, 2004
- Funnel Cloud, July 9, 2004
- Hail, June 4, 2004
- Funnel Cloud, May 9, 2004
- Tornado, April 10, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2003
- Hail, August 8, 2003
- Funnel Cloud, July 8, 2003
- Hail, April 24, 2003
- Tornado, December 23, 2002
- Flash Flood, November 4, 2002
- Hail, October 19, 2002
- Hail, August 3, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2002
- Flash Flood, April 7, 2002
- Tornado, March 30, 2002
- Flash Flood, September 9, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2001
- Hail, May 26, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 5, 2001
- Ice Storm, December 13, 2000
- Tornado, November 12, 2000
- Tornado, November 5, 2000
- Drought, September 1, 2000
- Heat, September 1, 2000
- Heat, August 29, 2000
- Drought, August 1, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2000
- Hail, July 23, 2000
- Heat, July 6, 2000
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2000
- Tornado, May 1, 2000
- Flash Flood, April 2, 2000
- Tornado, August 29, 1999
- Heat, August 1, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 1999
- Heat, June 26, 1999
- Tornado, May 2, 1999
- Hail, February 27, 1999
- Flash Flood, November 14, 1998
- Flash Flood, November 13, 1998
- Flash Flood, November 12, 1998
- Flood, November 12, 1998
- Tornado, October 18, 1998
- Flood, October 17, 1998
- Tornado, October 17, 1998
- Tropical Storm, September 7, 1998
- Hail, August 3, 1998
- Drought, August 1, 1998
- Heat, July 14, 1998
- Drought, July 1, 1998
- Tornado, June 5, 1998
- Drought, June 1, 1998
- Drought, May 1, 1998
- Tornado, February 16, 1998
- Tornado, February 10, 1998
- Tornado, January 21, 1998
- Hail, December 23, 1997
- Flash Flood, October 13, 1997
- Hail, June 17, 1997
- Flash Flood, June 6, 1997
- Tornado, May 21, 1997
- Flash Flood, March 12, 1997
- Flash Flood, February 20, 1997
- Ice Storm, January 12, 1997
- Drought, June 1, 1996
- Drought, May 1, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 29, 1996
- Hail, April 5, 1996
- Hail, April 5, 1996
- Drought, April 1, 1996
- High Wind, January 18, 1996
- High Wind, January 18, 1996
- Tornado, December 18, 1995
- Hail, November 2, 1995
- Hail, June 11, 1995
- Tornado, May 31, 1995
- Tornado, March 13, 1995
- Tornado, March 7, 1995
- Tornado, January 12, 1995
- Tornado, May 13, 1994
- Hail, April 5, 1994
- Hail, October 13, 1993
- Tornado, October 12, 1993
- Hail, February 15, 1993
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 22, 1992
- Tornado, May 27, 1992
- Tornado, January 18, 1991
- Tornado, January 14, 1991
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 1990
- Hail, June 25, 1990
- Tornado, February 9, 1990
- Tornado, May 17, 1989
- Tornado, April 29, 1988
- Hail, March 31, 1988
- Hail, February 15, 1987
- Tornado, August 3, 1986
- Tornado, February 5, 1986
- Tornado, October 22, 1984
- Tornado, May 13, 1982
- Hail, May 1, 1981
- Tornado, April 23, 1981
- Hail, May 16, 1980
- Tornado, May 15, 1980
- Hail, September 19, 1977
- Tornado, June 13, 1973
- Tornado, February 25, 1971
- Tornado, September 1, 1970
- Tornado, September 21, 1967
- Tornado, September 20, 1967
- Tornado, September 19, 1967
- Tornado, May 14, 1967
- Tornado, March 28, 1966
- Tornado, May 16, 1965
- Tornado, February 4, 1964
- Tornado, September 8, 1962
- Tornado, July 7, 1958
- Tornado, June 5, 1955
- Tornado, March 31, 1955
- Tornado, July 6, 1954
More
Tornadoes in Colorado CountyEvery warning in Colorado 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.