Texas

Storm History: Erath County, Texas

446 episodes, 734 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Erath 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
734
Deaths
5
Injuries
9
Damage
$40 million
Episodes
446

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
Tornado32502$34 million
Hail11800$693,000
Flash Flood9331$971,000
Drought8300$2.1 million
Excessive Heat2300
Winter Storm1810$181,000
Heat1700
Thunderstorm Wind1200$151,000
Winter Weather1000$20,000
Ice Storm1012$155,000
Flood600$5,000
Heavy Snow500$350,000
Cold/Wind Chill400
Wildfire404$926,000
Heavy Rain300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Strong Wind100$2,000

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 Erath County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Erath CountyEvery warning in Erath 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.