Storm History: Ector County, Texas
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Ector 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
- 898
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 12
- Damage
- $308 million
- Episodes
- 473
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood | 284 | 1 | 0 | $8.5 million |
| Tornado | 281 | 0 | 8 | $4.5 million |
| Hail | 219 | 0 | 2 | $294 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 38 | 0 | 2 | $322,000 |
| High Wind | 23 | 0 | 0 | $95,000 |
| Drought | 16 | 0 | 0 | $240,000 |
| Ice Storm | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $15,000 |
| Winter Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 2 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Blizzard | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hail, June 14, 2017
- Hail, May 26, 1999
- Flash Flood, September 27, 2004
- Flash Flood, September 28, 2012
- Tornado, April 28, 1993
- Tornado, March 18, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 2, 2007
- Hail, November 19, 1994
- Tornado, May 17, 1993
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2003
- Hail, June 2, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2003
- Flash Flood, October 21, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2005
- Flash Flood, September 2, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2022
- Tornado, May 12, 1973
- Drought, August 1, 1996
- Tornado, September 17, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2021
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, June 14, 2017
- Hail, June 17, 2008
- Flash Flood, May 2, 2007
- Hail, August 23, 1993
- Hail, March 31, 1992
- Flash Flood, May 16, 2024
- Tornado, May 28, 2021
- Hail, June 19, 2020
- Hail, June 20, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2007
- Flash Flood, April 22, 2025
- Flash Flood, October 2, 2023
- Hail, May 25, 2021
- Hail, April 10, 2020
- Hail, May 24, 2014
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, June 27, 1992
- Tornado, May 15, 1965
- Tornado, April 11, 1969
- Tornado, May 6, 1969
- Tornado, April 19, 1977
- Tornado, March 2, 1979
- Tornado, May 12, 1982
- Tornado, March 22, 1987
- Tornado, June 6, 1989
- Tornado, May 10, 1991
- Tornado, May 14, 2010
- Tornado, May 20, 2019
- Tornado, May 30, 2024
- Tornado, April 22, 1957
- Tornado, May 2, 1958
Every episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2026
- Flash Flood, May 1, 2026
- Hail, March 5, 2026
- Flash Flood, February 13, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2026
- Winter Weather, December 29, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 20, 2025
- Flash Flood, October 24, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2025
- Hail, June 8, 2025
- Hail, June 6, 2025
- Hail, June 2, 2025
- Tornado, May 29, 2025
- Hail, May 24, 2025
- Hail, May 5, 2025
- Hail, May 4, 2025
- Hail, April 28, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 22, 2025
- Hail, April 4, 2025
- High Wind, March 29, 2025
- High Wind, March 18, 2025
- Dust Storm, March 14, 2025
- Flash Flood, November 17, 2024
- Flash Flood, September 2, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2024
- Tornado, June 10, 2024
- Tornado, May 30, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 16, 2024
- Tornado, May 4, 2024
- High Wind, April 1, 2024
- Hail, December 23, 2023
- Flash Flood, October 4, 2023
- Flash Flood, October 2, 2023
- Flash Flood, September 16, 2023
- Hail, July 1, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2023
- Tornado, June 2, 2023
- Tornado, May 22, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 19, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2023
- Hail, May 2, 2023
- High Wind, March 2, 2023
- High Wind, February 23, 2023
- High Wind, January 2, 2023
- Flash Flood, September 14, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2022
- Strong Wind, July 5, 2022
- Hail, June 1, 2022
- Dust Storm, May 24, 2022
- Tornado, May 24, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2021
- Hail, July 11, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2021
- Hail, June 2, 2021
- Tornado, May 31, 2021
- Tornado, May 28, 2021
- Hail, May 27, 2021
- Hail, May 25, 2021
- Flash Flood, May 19, 2021
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2021
- Hail, March 13, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2021
- Hail, June 22, 2020
- Hail, June 20, 2020
- Hail, June 19, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2020
- Tornado, May 13, 2020
- Hail, April 10, 2020
- Blizzard, February 4, 2020
- Excessive Heat, August 26, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2019
- Tornado, June 21, 2019
- Tornado, May 20, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2019
- Hail, May 10, 2019
- Hail, April 5, 2019
- High Wind, March 12, 2019
- Hail, December 26, 2018
- Tornado, October 8, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 7, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 27, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2018
- High Wind, April 12, 2018
- High Wind, January 10, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 26, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2017
- Hail, June 14, 2017
- Hail, June 12, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 31, 2017
- Hail, May 22, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 19, 2017
- Hail, April 16, 2017
- Tornado, March 28, 2017
- High Wind, March 23, 2017
- Tornado, September 17, 2016
- Tornado, September 16, 2016
- Hail, July 7, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 31, 2016
- Hail, May 26, 2016
- High Wind, February 1, 2016
- Blizzard, December 26, 2015
- Tornado, November 16, 2015
- Flash Flood, October 21, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2015
- Tornado, June 12, 2015
- Tornado, May 28, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2015
- Flash Flood, April 12, 2015
- Hail, April 8, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 22, 2015
- Flash Flood, January 2, 2015
- Ice Storm, January 1, 2015
- Ice Storm, December 30, 2014
- Flash Flood, September 19, 2014
- Flash Flood, September 17, 2014
- Hail, August 21, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2014
- Hail, June 24, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2014
- Tornado, May 25, 2014
- Hail, May 24, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 7, 2014
- Ice Storm, December 5, 2013
- Ice Storm, November 22, 2013
- Flash Flood, October 13, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2013
- Heavy Rain, July 17, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2013
- Hail, June 5, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2013
- High Wind, February 24, 2013
- Flash Flood, September 28, 2012
- Hail, September 26, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2012
- Tornado, June 12, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 10, 2012
- Tornado, March 18, 2012
- Heavy Snow, January 9, 2012
- Heavy Snow, December 23, 2011
- High Wind, November 26, 2011
- Wildfire, April 26, 2011
- Wildfire, April 3, 2011
- Flash Flood, March 18, 2011
- Hail, September 2, 2010
- Tornado, September 1, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 29, 2010
- Tornado, June 14, 2010
- Hail, May 24, 2010
- Tornado, May 14, 2010
- Hail, May 12, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2010
- Flash Flood, January 28, 2010
- High Wind, December 8, 2009
- Winter Storm, December 3, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 8, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2009
- Hail, June 13, 2009
- Hail, June 5, 2009
- Hail, June 2, 2009
- Tornado, April 16, 2009
- Tornado, April 11, 2009
- High Wind, April 1, 2009
- Dust Storm, February 10, 2009
- Flash Flood, October 5, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2008
- Hail, July 30, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2008
- Hail, June 17, 2008
- Tornado, May 27, 2008
- Flash Flood, April 9, 2008
- Flash Flood, October 11, 2007
- Flash Flood, September 10, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2007
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2007
- Hail, July 13, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2007
- Tornado, June 1, 2007
- Flash Flood, May 9, 2007
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2007
- Flash Flood, May 2, 2007
- Tornado, April 29, 2007
- Flash Flood, March 30, 2007
- Flash Flood, March 28, 2007
- Flash Flood, March 25, 2007
- Tornado, March 23, 2007
- High Wind, February 23, 2007
- Ice Storm, January 18, 2007
- Ice Storm, January 12, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 31, 2006
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2006
- Flash Flood, August 25, 2006
- Flash Flood, August 16, 2006
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2006
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2006
- Drought, August 1, 2006
- Hail, May 7, 2006
- Tornado, May 2, 2006
- Hail, April 20, 2006
- Flash Flood, March 28, 2006
- Flash Flood, October 13, 2005
- Flash Flood, October 9, 2005
- Hail, August 28, 2005
- Flash Flood, August 14, 2005
- Hail, August 12, 2005
- Hail, August 4, 2005
- Tornado, July 26, 2005
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2005
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2005
- Hail, July 4, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2005
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2005
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2005
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2005
- Dense Fog, March 3, 2005
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2005
- Dense Fog, January 3, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 6, 2004
- Flash Flood, November 15, 2004
- Flash Flood, November 14, 2004
- Flash Flood, October 6, 2004
- Flash Flood, October 5, 2004
- Flash Flood, October 4, 2004
- Flash Flood, September 27, 2004
- Flash Flood, September 26, 2004
- Flash Flood, September 25, 2004
- Flash Flood, September 23, 2004
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2004
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2004
- Hail, August 12, 2004
Earlier years, state by state:
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Tornadoes in Ector CountyEvery warning in Ector 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.