Storm History: Denton County, Texas
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Denton 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
- 1,844
- Deaths
- 27
- Injuries
- 438
- Damage
- $998 million
- Episodes
- 765
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 | 722 | 0 | 18 | $807 million |
| Hail | 483 | 2 | 12 | $136 million |
| Flash Flood | 292 | 5 | 7 | $28 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 99 | 2 | 1 | $4.5 million |
| Drought | 79 | 0 | 0 | $1.9 million |
| Heat | 36 | 7 | 165 | |
| Excessive Heat | 27 | 5 | 192 | |
| Winter Storm | 22 | 0 | 20 | $17 million |
| Flood | 20 | 2 | 0 | $226,000 |
| Ice Storm | 19 | 2 | 10 | $310,000 |
| Winter Weather | 12 | 1 | 5 | $45,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 8 | 0 | 6 | $2.5 million |
| Wildfire | 7 | 0 | 0 | $280,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 3 | 1 | 2 | $50,000 |
| High Wind | 3 | 0 | 0 | $4,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
The deadliest
- Heat, July 1, 1998
- Flash Flood, November 24, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2012
- Hail, July 7, 2012
- Excessive Heat, August 13, 2024
- Ice Storm, December 5, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2014
- Ice Storm, March 4, 2015
- Lightning, June 12, 1996
- Heat, July 1, 1996
- Flash Flood, February 19, 1997
- Flood, May 14, 2016
- Flood, July 8, 2017
- Excessive Heat, June 19, 2019
- Heat, July 7, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2022
- Heat, July 10, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 17, 2023
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, April 3, 2014
- Tornado, March 24, 2021
- Tornado, March 23, 2016
- Hail, April 11, 2016
- Hail, April 28, 2021
- Hail, June 11, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2021
- Tornado, March 14, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 9, 2015
- Tornado, April 3, 2012
- Tornado, May 25, 2024
- Hail, May 10, 2021
- Tornado, May 9, 2015
- Hail, April 1, 2024
- Tornado, March 2, 2023
- Hail, March 26, 2017
- Tornado, April 24, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 22, 1997
- Heavy Snow, February 11, 2010
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2023
- Hail, April 11, 2016
- Hail, April 1, 2024
- Hail, March 24, 2019
- Hail, October 21, 1996
- Hail, April 28, 1989
- Hail, July 2, 1989
- Hail, April 12, 1986
- Hail, June 11, 2023
- Hail, March 26, 2017
- Hail, April 3, 2008
- Hail, May 10, 2021
- Hail, February 25, 2000
- Hail, April 19, 2011
- Tornado, July 18, 1976
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, May 26, 1976
- Tornado, June 1, 1990
- Tornado, April 25, 1994
- Tornado, December 26, 2015
- Tornado, November 4, 2022
- Tornado, April 6, 1955
- Tornado, April 2, 1957
- Tornado, April 2, 1958
- Tornado, May 4, 1960
- Tornado, February 9, 1966
- Tornado, June 12, 1966
- Tornado, May 16, 1968
- Tornado, May 23, 1971
- Tornado, December 3, 1973
- Tornado, April 29, 1975
Every episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2026
- Heat, June 18, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2026
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2026
- Flood, May 19, 2026
- High Wind, May 15, 2026
- High Wind, March 15, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2026
- Flash Flood, November 24, 2025
- Flash Flood, October 24, 2025
- Flash Flood, September 21, 2025
- Flash Flood, September 5, 2025
- Tornado, August 28, 2025
- Heat, August 15, 2025
- Heat, August 6, 2025
- Hail, August 1, 2025
- Heat, July 28, 2025
- Heat, July 24, 2025
- Tornado, June 7, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2025
- Hail, May 25, 2025
- Tornado, May 18, 2025
- Hail, May 16, 2025
- Tornado, May 5, 2025
- Tornado, April 29, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 23, 2025
- Hail, March 29, 2025
- Hail, March 12, 2025
- Tornado, March 4, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 18, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2025
- Flash Flood, December 26, 2024
- Tornado, December 24, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 18, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 29, 2024
- Hail, September 25, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 13, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 7, 2024
- Heat, August 1, 2024
- Heat, July 29, 2024
- Heat, July 15, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2024
- Excessive Heat, June 27, 2024
- Heat, June 24, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2024
- Tornado, June 1, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2024
- Hail, May 27, 2024
- Tornado, May 25, 2024
- Tornado, May 23, 2024
- Tornado, May 21, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 11, 2024
- Tornado, May 8, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2024
- Flood, April 18, 2024
- Flash Flood, April 8, 2024
- Hail, April 1, 2024
- Tornado, March 14, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Heat, September 23, 2023
- Flash Flood, September 19, 2023
- Excessive Heat, September 7, 2023
- Heat, September 5, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 17, 2023
- Wildfire, August 17, 2023
- Drought, August 1, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 12, 2023
- Heat, July 10, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Excessive Heat, June 26, 2023
- Hail, June 23, 2023
- Hail, June 21, 2023
- Heat, June 20, 2023
- Excessive Heat, June 15, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2023
- Hail, June 11, 2023
- Hail, May 30, 2023
- Hail, May 19, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2023
- Tornado, April 2, 2023
- Tornado, March 2, 2023
- Ice Storm, February 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2023
- Tornado, November 4, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2022
- Heat, August 3, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Drought, July 19, 2022
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2022
- Excessive Heat, July 6, 2022
- Excessive Heat, June 23, 2022
- Excessive Heat, June 11, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2022
- Hail, May 15, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- Tornado, April 12, 2022
- Tornado, April 4, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Tornado, March 21, 2022
- Tornado, March 14, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Hail, February 21, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2022
- Drought, February 1, 2022
- Drought, January 1, 2022
- Hail, November 10, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 27, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 10, 2021
- Heat, September 1, 2021
- Heat, August 9, 2021
- Heat, August 1, 2021
- Heat, July 29, 2021
- Heat, July 25, 2021
- Hail, May 10, 2021
- Tornado, May 3, 2021
- Hail, April 28, 2021
- Drought, April 1, 2021
- Tornado, March 24, 2021
- Hail, March 17, 2021
- Drought, March 1, 2021
- Hail, February 28, 2021
- Hail, February 25, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2021
- Tornado, November 24, 2020
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2020
- Heat, September 1, 2020
- Excessive Heat, August 28, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2020
- Hail, August 16, 2020
- Excessive Heat, August 12, 2020
- Heat, July 9, 2020
- Heat, July 7, 2020
- Heat, July 1, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2020
- Tornado, May 22, 2020
- Hail, May 4, 2020
- Hail, April 28, 2020
- Tornado, March 18, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 11, 2020
- Tornado, January 10, 2020
- Cold/Wind Chill, October 31, 2019
- Tornado, October 20, 2019
- Hail, October 10, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 6, 2019
- Hail, October 3, 2019
- Drought, October 1, 2019
- Heat, August 26, 2019
- Heat, August 17, 2019
- Heat, August 7, 2019
- Heat, July 16, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2019
- Heat, July 8, 2019
- Excessive Heat, June 19, 2019
- Tornado, June 16, 2019
- Tornado, June 9, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2019
- Tornado, May 29, 2019
- Tornado, May 18, 2019
- Tornado, April 30, 2019
- Flood, April 17, 2019
- Tornado, April 12, 2019
- Hail, March 24, 2019
- Tornado, March 13, 2019
- Tornado, March 9, 2019
- Hail, February 7, 2019
- Hail, November 30, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 21, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 6, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2018
- Drought, August 1, 2018
- Drought, July 1, 2018
- Drought, June 26, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2018
- Hail, June 5, 2018
- Hail, April 21, 2018
- Hail, April 13, 2018
- Hail, March 25, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2018
- Drought, February 1, 2018
- Wildfire, January 22, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 6, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2017
- Drought, November 21, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 17, 2017
- Flood, July 8, 2017
- Hail, May 22, 2017
- Flood, May 18, 2017
- Tornado, April 21, 2017
- Tornado, April 10, 2017
- Tornado, March 28, 2017
- Hail, March 26, 2017
- Hail, February 27, 2017
- Hail, February 13, 2017
- Flood, October 7, 2016
- Hail, July 15, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2016
- Flood, July 4, 2016
- Flood, May 14, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 10, 2016
- Tornado, April 27, 2016
- Hail, April 11, 2016
- Tornado, March 23, 2016
- Hail, March 17, 2016
- Tornado, March 7, 2016
- Tornado, December 26, 2015
- Flash Flood, November 26, 2015
- Tornado, November 17, 2015
- Tornado, November 5, 2015
- Drought, October 1, 2015
- Drought, September 1, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2015
- Tornado, May 23, 2015
- Tornado, May 18, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 9, 2015
- Tornado, May 9, 2015
- Lightning, May 6, 2015
- Tornado, May 6, 2015
- Tornado, April 24, 2015
- Tornado, April 18, 2015
- Flash Flood, April 13, 2015
- Drought, April 1, 2015
- Ice Storm, March 4, 2015
- Drought, March 1, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2015
- Drought, February 1, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 1, 2015
- Drought, January 1, 2015
- Drought, December 1, 2014
- Drought, November 1, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 12, 2014
- Hail, October 6, 2014
- Hail, October 2, 2014
- Drought, October 1, 2014
- Drought, September 1, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 17, 2014
- Drought, August 1, 2014
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Denton CountyEvery warning in Denton 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.