Texas

Storm History: Hockley County, Texas

631 episodes, 958 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Hockley 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
958
Deaths
2
Injuries
47
Damage
$203 million
Episodes
631

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
Tornado256012$88 million
Hail221013$80 million
Drought9500$1.2 million
Flash Flood8901$17 million
Thunderstorm Wind6400$218,000
High Wind5304$902,000
Flood3900$11 million
Wildfire3607$1.2 million
Dust Storm2701$2.0 million
Winter Storm2200$260,000
Heavy Snow1805$210,000
Winter Weather1600$355,000
Ice Storm724$170,000
Heavy Rain300
Blizzard300$370,000
Strong Wind300
Funnel Cloud200
Lightning100$250,000
Heat100$100,000
Frost/Freeze100
Excessive Heat100

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 Hockley County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Hockley CountyEvery warning in Hockley 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.