Texas

Storm History: Frio County, Texas

283 episodes, 348 events since 1959

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Frio 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
348
Deaths
6
Injuries
29
Damage
$3.5 million
Episodes
283

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
Drought9600
Flash Flood87015$1.2 million
Hail7200$487,000
Tornado57514$367,000
Thunderstorm Wind1000$231,000
Flood1000$1.1 million
Winter Storm710
Excessive Heat400
Funnel Cloud100
Tropical Storm100$150,000
Winter Weather100
Cold/Wind Chill100
Ice Storm100

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 Frio County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Frio CountyEvery warning in Frio 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.