Texas

Storm History: Ector County, Texas

473 episodes, 898 events since 1957

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.

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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 Flood28410$8.5 million
Tornado28108$4.5 million
Hail21902$294 million
Thunderstorm Wind3802$322,000
High Wind2300$95,000
Drought1600$240,000
Ice Storm900
Heavy Snow600
Dust Storm400
Winter Storm300
Flood200
Strong Wind200$15,000
Winter Weather200
Dense Fog200
Wildfire200$100,000
Blizzard200
Funnel Cloud100
Heavy Rain100
Excessive Heat100

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 Ector County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

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.