Texas

Storm History: Eastland County, Texas

460 episodes, 700 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Eastland 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
700
Deaths
4
Injuries
19
Damage
$21 million
Episodes
460

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
Tornado26319$5.7 million
Hail12600$1.9 million
Flash Flood10001$1.7 million
Drought8100$1.1 million
Excessive Heat2100
Heat1800
Winter Storm1702$4.0 million
Wildfire1527$6.6 million
Thunderstorm Wind1100$9,000
Winter Weather1100$35,000
Flood1000$25,000
Ice Storm900$210,000
Heavy Rain510$75,000
Cold/Wind Chill400
Heavy Snow400$75,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Lightning100$5,000
Strong Wind100$10,000

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 Eastland County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Eastland CountyEvery warning in Eastland 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.