Texas

Storm History: Dallas County, Texas

1,048 episodes, 2,304 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Dallas 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
2,304
Deaths
175
Injuries
3,177
Damage
$5.3 billion
Episodes
1,048

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
Tornado93129870$3.8 billion
Hail52335$23 million
Flash Flood4211137$1.4 billion
Thunderstorm Wind13520$11 million
Drought6900$1.9 million
Heat4976712
Excessive Heat33161,403
Ice Storm31847$2.9 million
Winter Storm241730$6.6 million
Flood2310$341,000
Winter Weather15165$755,000
Wildfire1100$612,000
Lightning1044$786,000
Cold/Wind Chill770
Heavy Snow701$16 million
Heavy Rain500
High Wind400
Strong Wind200$55,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Dense Fog100
Frost/Freeze103$40,000

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 Dallas County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Dallas CountyEvery warning in Dallas 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.