Texas

Storm History: Henderson County, Texas

454 episodes, 685 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Henderson 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
685
Deaths
4
Injuries
38
Damage
$24 million
Episodes
454

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
Tornado260029$10 million
Hail13400$256,000
Flash Flood8614$2.2 million
Drought6100$2.2 million
Thunderstorm Wind3615$6.2 million
Heat3100
Excessive Heat2300
Winter Storm1420$1.4 million
Wildfire1200$509,000
Heavy Snow500$63,000
Heavy Rain500
Winter Weather400
Flood400$600,000
Ice Storm300
Cold/Wind Chill300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Tropical Storm100$100,000
Strong Wind100$100

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 Henderson County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Henderson CountyEvery warning in Henderson 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.