Texas

Storm History: DeWitt County, Texas

307 episodes, 372 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in DeWitt 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
372
Deaths
0
Injuries
1,120
Damage
$61 million
Episodes
307

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
Flash Flood1060570$8.9 million
Tornado8000$13 million
Drought7500
Hail5400$1.6 million
Flood150550$32 million
Thunderstorm Wind1400$240,000
Winter Storm700
Tropical Storm400$2.4 million
Winter Weather400
Excessive Heat400
Lightning200$70,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)200$3.1 million
Heavy Snow100
Funnel Cloud100
Wildfire100
Cold/Wind Chill100
Ice Storm100

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 DeWitt County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in DeWitt CountyEvery warning in DeWitt 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.