Texas

Storm History: Hamilton County, Texas

391 episodes, 564 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Hamilton 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
564
Deaths
0
Injuries
11
Damage
$18 million
Episodes
391

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
Tornado199011$12 million
Hail10200$389,000
Drought8300$1.2 million
Flash Flood7400$3.6 million
Excessive Heat2200
Heat1900
Thunderstorm Wind1700$6,000
Winter Storm1300$10,000
Flood1000$50,000
Ice Storm600$600,000
Heavy Snow400$3,000
Heavy Rain400
Winter Weather300
Cold/Wind Chill300
Wildfire200$60,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
High Wind100$2,000

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 Hamilton County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Hamilton CountyEvery warning in Hamilton 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.