Texas

Storm History: Hardeman County, Texas

447 episodes, 686 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Hardeman 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
686
Deaths
0
Injuries
2
Damage
$4.5 million
Episodes
447

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
Hail21600$74,000
Tornado18202$843,000
Drought12600$1.0 million
Thunderstorm Wind5200$183,000
High Wind2300$9,000
Flash Flood1600
Excessive Heat1200
Winter Weather1000
Winter Storm1000$5,000
Ice Storm900$25,000
Heavy Snow800
Heat600
Wildfire500$2.3 million
Dense Fog400
Cold/Wind Chill200
Dust Storm100
Lightning100$2,000
Strong Wind100
Blizzard100
Frost/Freeze100

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 Hardeman County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Hardeman CountyEvery warning in Hardeman 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.