Storm History: Dickens County, Texas
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Dickens 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
- 537
- Deaths
- 5
- Injuries
- 2
- Damage
- $5.2 million
- Episodes
- 402
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 | 193 | 0 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| Hail | 101 | 0 | 0 | $859,000 |
| Drought | 100 | 0 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| Flash Flood | 25 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 22 | 0 | 2 | $316,000 |
| High Wind | 22 | 0 | 0 | $30,000 |
| Winter Storm | 15 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 11 | 0 | 0 | $500 |
| Ice Storm | 8 | 0 | 0 | $157,000 |
| Wildfire | 8 | 0 | 0 | $37,000 |
| Winter Weather | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 2 | 5 | 0 | $30,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $75,000 |
| Tropical Depression | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2003
- Drought, May 1, 1996
- Drought, June 1, 1996
- Tornado, June 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2006
- Tornado, May 26, 2001
- Hail, June 12, 2004
- Tornado, May 25, 1999
- Ice Storm, November 26, 2015
- Hail, April 10, 2016
- Tornado, June 4, 2002
- Tornado, May 20, 2019
- Hail, May 24, 2002
- Hail, June 4, 2001
- Hail, June 15, 2002
- Lightning, June 1, 2003
- Tornado, March 28, 2017
- Hail, April 11, 2000
- Hail, June 16, 2008
- Tornado, May 29, 2001
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Tornado, May 25, 2025
- Tornado, April 25, 2023
- Hail, May 31, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2005
- Tornado, May 3, 2024
- Hail, April 29, 2000
- Tornado, May 1, 2024
- Hail, May 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, May 19, 2018
- Hail, September 15, 2023
- Hail, April 28, 2021
- Tornado, May 17, 2021
- Tornado, April 27, 2019
- Tornado, June 1, 2018
- Hail, September 17, 2017
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 10, 1979
- Tornado, May 16, 1989
- Tornado, June 12, 1957
- Tornado, April 17, 1976
- Tornado, May 28, 1980
- Tornado, May 19, 1982
- Tornado, May 17, 1989
- Tornado, June 6, 1989
- Tornado, May 14, 1990
- Tornado, April 24, 1991
- Tornado, May 7, 1995
- Tornado, June 9, 2005
- Tornado, April 22, 2010
- Tornado, June 21, 2023
- Tornado, August 20, 1958
Every episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2026
- High Wind, March 15, 2026
- Wildfire, February 17, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2026
- Hail, June 17, 2025
- Hail, June 8, 2025
- Tornado, May 25, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 24, 2025
- Tornado, April 30, 2025
- Dust Storm, March 18, 2025
- Dust Storm, March 14, 2025
- Dust Storm, March 4, 2025
- Hail, July 7, 2024
- Hail, May 15, 2024
- Tornado, May 3, 2024
- Tornado, May 1, 2024
- Hail, April 25, 2024
- Hail, April 8, 2024
- High Wind, March 24, 2024
- High Wind, January 11, 2024
- Blizzard, January 8, 2024
- Hail, September 15, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2023
- Tornado, June 21, 2023
- Tornado, April 25, 2023
- High Wind, April 19, 2023
- Wildfire, April 4, 2023
- High Wind, March 31, 2023
- Dust Storm, February 26, 2023
- High Wind, February 22, 2023
- High Wind, February 14, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2023
- High Wind, January 11, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 17, 2022
- Hail, May 16, 2022
- Flood, May 10, 2022
- Tornado, May 4, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- Hail, May 1, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- High Wind, March 21, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 23, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2022
- Drought, February 1, 2022
- High Wind, January 14, 2022
- Drought, January 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2021
- Hail, June 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2021
- Tornado, May 17, 2021
- Hail, April 28, 2021
- Drought, April 1, 2021
- Tornado, March 22, 2021
- High Wind, March 17, 2021
- Tornado, March 13, 2021
- Tornado, March 12, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2021
- Drought, February 1, 2021
- Dust Storm, January 30, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 31, 2020
- Ice Storm, October 25, 2020
- Hail, August 1, 2020
- Hail, June 19, 2020
- Hail, May 15, 2020
- High Wind, May 7, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 4, 2020
- Wildfire, August 17, 2019
- Tornado, May 20, 2019
- Tornado, April 27, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2019
- Tornado, December 26, 2018
- Heavy Snow, December 7, 2018
- Drought, October 1, 2018
- Drought, September 1, 2018
- Drought, August 1, 2018
- Drought, July 1, 2018
- Drought, June 1, 2018
- Tornado, June 1, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 19, 2018
- Drought, May 1, 2018
- Wildfire, April 13, 2018
- Drought, April 1, 2018
- High Wind, March 18, 2018
- Drought, March 1, 2018
- Drought, January 1, 2018
- Hail, September 17, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2017
- Dust Storm, July 3, 2017
- Tornado, March 28, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2016
- Dust Storm, May 29, 2016
- Hail, May 13, 2016
- Hail, April 20, 2016
- Hail, April 19, 2016
- Tornado, April 16, 2016
- Hail, April 10, 2016
- Wildfire, January 29, 2016
- Blizzard, December 26, 2015
- Ice Storm, November 26, 2015
- Hail, April 16, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 4, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2015
- Ice Storm, January 2, 2015
- Drought, January 1, 2015
- Heavy Snow, November 16, 2014
- Drought, October 1, 2014
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2014
- Drought, September 1, 2014
- Drought, August 1, 2014
- Drought, July 1, 2014
- Drought, June 1, 2014
- Drought, May 1, 2014
- Hail, April 26, 2014
- Drought, April 1, 2014
- Drought, March 1, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 2, 2014
- Drought, February 1, 2014
- Drought, January 1, 2014
- Ice Storm, December 20, 2013
- Ice Storm, December 5, 2013
- Drought, December 1, 2013
- Drought, November 1, 2013
- Drought, October 1, 2013
- Drought, September 1, 2013
- Drought, August 1, 2013
- Drought, July 1, 2013
- Drought, June 1, 2013
- Hail, May 27, 2013
- Tornado, May 23, 2013
- Hail, May 9, 2013
- Drought, May 1, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 2013
- Blizzard, February 24, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Flood, June 14, 2012
- Tornado, June 4, 2012
- Drought, June 1, 2012
- Drought, May 1, 2012
- Hail, April 30, 2012
- Drought, April 1, 2012
- Drought, March 1, 2012
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2012
- Drought, February 1, 2012
- Drought, January 1, 2012
- Dense Fog, December 11, 2011
- Drought, December 1, 2011
- Drought, November 1, 2011
- Drought, October 1, 2011
- Drought, September 1, 2011
- Drought, August 1, 2011
- Drought, July 1, 2011
- Drought, June 1, 2011
- Wildfire, May 6, 2011
- Drought, May 1, 2011
- Drought, April 1, 2011
- Dense Fog, March 27, 2011
- Drought, March 8, 2011
- Wildfire, February 27, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 6, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2011
- Tornado, June 2, 2010
- Hail, May 17, 2010
- Tornado, April 22, 2010
- Hail, April 21, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 11, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2009
- Blizzard, December 23, 2009
- Dust Storm, June 18, 2009
- Hail, June 15, 2009
- Tornado, April 29, 2009
- Tornado, April 16, 2009
- High Wind, April 9, 2009
- Drought, March 1, 2009
- Drought, February 1, 2009
- Drought, January 27, 2009
- Winter Weather, January 26, 2009
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2009
- Hail, August 18, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 2008
- Tornado, June 28, 2008
- Tornado, June 19, 2008
- Hail, June 16, 2008
- Heat, June 1, 2008
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2008
- Tornado, May 6, 2008
- Wildfire, April 16, 2008
- Hail, April 9, 2008
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 14, 2007
- Tropical Depression, August 17, 2007
- Hail, July 11, 2007
- Hail, April 23, 2007
- Heavy Snow, April 7, 2007
- Dust Storm, February 24, 2007
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2007
- Ice Storm, January 19, 2007
- Ice Storm, January 12, 2007
- Heavy Snow, November 29, 2006
- Drought, September 1, 2006
- Drought, August 1, 2006
- High Wind, July 11, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2006
- Drought, July 1, 2006
- Hail, May 27, 2006
- Tornado, May 9, 2006
- Flash Flood, May 3, 2006
- Tornado, May 2, 2006
- Drought, April 1, 2006
- Drought, March 1, 2006
- Drought, February 1, 2006
- Drought, January 1, 2006
- Hail, September 14, 2005
- Hail, September 13, 2005
- Hail, July 9, 2005
- Hail, July 1, 2005
- Hail, June 16, 2005
- Tornado, June 12, 2005
- Hail, June 12, 2005
- Tornado, June 12, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2005
- Tornado, June 9, 2005
- Hail, May 31, 2005
- Flash Flood, September 30, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2004
- Hail, June 12, 2004
- Tornado, June 2, 2004
- High Wind, December 15, 2003
- Drought, December 1, 2003
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Dickens CountyEvery warning in Dickens 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.