Texas

Storm History: Deaf Smith County, Texas

561 episodes, 933 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Deaf Smith 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
933
Deaths
0
Injuries
34
Damage
$133 million
Episodes
561

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
Hail22800$261,000
Tornado215024$1.2 million
High Wind12502$30,000
Flash Flood8500$783,000
Drought6900$130 million
Thunderstorm Wind5200$56,000
Wildfire2708$356,000
Flood2600
Winter Weather1900
Cold/Wind Chill1900
Winter Storm1500
Heavy Snow1300
Dust Storm1000
Blizzard700$660,000
Dense Fog600
Ice Storm500$7,000
Heavy Rain400
Frost/Freeze400
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Strong Wind100$8,000
Sleet100

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 Deaf Smith County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Deaf Smith CountyEvery warning in Deaf Smith 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.