Texas

Storm History: Harrison County, Texas

734 episodes, 1,103 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Harrison 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
1,103
Deaths
3
Injuries
17
Damage
$78 million
Episodes
734

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
Tornado364014$17 million
Hail31401$58 million
Thunderstorm Wind14701$765,000
Flash Flood7900$406,000
Heat6410
Drought5100
Excessive Heat2410
Winter Weather1300
Winter Storm1100$300,000
Flood700$125,000
Lightning701$185,000
Cold/Wind Chill610$100,000
Ice Storm500
Wildfire400$400,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)200$400,000
Freezing Fog100
High Wind100
Heavy Snow100
Heavy Rain100
Funnel Cloud100

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 Harrison County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Harrison CountyEvery warning in Harrison 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.