Texas

Storm History: Hill County, Texas

518 episodes, 787 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Hill 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
787
Deaths
16
Injuries
185
Damage
$19 million
Episodes
518

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
Tornado32913169$12 million
Hail16000$1.0 million
Flash Flood8705$2.1 million
Drought8500$2.1 million
Heat3010
Excessive Heat2500
Thunderstorm Wind2104$273,000
Winter Storm1420$650,000
Winter Weather704$105,000
Ice Storm702$260,000
Heavy Rain500
Heavy Snow400$250,000
Flood400
Wildfire301$1.0 million
Cold/Wind Chill300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Dense Fog100$10,000

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 Hill County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Hill CountyEvery warning in Hill 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.