Texas

Storm History: Garza County, Texas

464 episodes, 609 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Garza 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
609
Deaths
3
Injuries
14
Damage
$61 million
Episodes
464

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
Tornado14501$1.8 million
Hail13900$853,000
Drought9000$1.2 million
Flash Flood4301$53 million
Thunderstorm Wind3900$75,000
High Wind3800$52,000
Wildfire2200$2.5 million
Winter Storm2000$75,000
Flood1900$511,000
Heavy Snow1500
Dust Storm1401$255,000
Winter Weather817$100,000
Ice Storm713$165,000
Blizzard401
Heavy Rain100
Tropical Depression100
Dense Fog110$40,000
Heat100
Lightning100
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 Garza County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Garza CountyEvery warning in Garza 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.