Texas

Storm History: Franklin County, Texas

372 episodes, 438 events since 1961

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Franklin 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
438
Deaths
0
Injuries
3
Damage
$5.0 million
Episodes
372

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
Hail9800$113,000
Tornado9003$2.9 million
Drought5700
Heat5300
Thunderstorm Wind3900$775,000
Flash Flood2400$5,000
Excessive Heat2100
Winter Weather2000
Winter Storm1400$750,000
Ice Storm700
Cold/Wind Chill700$30,000
Wildfire300$225,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)100$100,000
Heavy Snow100
Lightning100$20,000
Flood100
High Wind100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Franklin County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Franklin CountyEvery warning in Franklin 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.