Storm History: Edwards County, Texas

325 episodes, 382 events since 1962

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Edwards 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: 382
Deaths: 2
Injuries: 15
Damage: $1.5 million
Episodes: 325

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 event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Drought	107	0	0
Flash Flood	105	2	15	$821,000
Hail	81	0	0	$100,000
Tornado	48	0	0	$49,000
Winter Storm	14	0	0
Winter Weather	10	0	0
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	4	0	0
Thunderstorm Wind	3	0	0	$5,000
Wildfire	3	0	0	$500,000
Excessive Heat	3	0	0
Ice Storm	3	0	0
Heavy Snow	1	0	0

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 Edwards County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

Tornadoes in Edwards County Every warning in Edwards County since 1986 Every 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.