Storm History: Hockley County, Texas
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 256 | 0 | 12 | $88 million |
| Hail | 221 | 0 | 13 | $80 million |
| Drought | 95 | 0 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| Flash Flood | 89 | 0 | 1 | $17 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 64 | 0 | 0 | $218,000 |
| High Wind | 53 | 0 | 4 | $902,000 |
| Flood | 39 | 0 | 0 | $11 million |
| Wildfire | 36 | 0 | 7 | $1.2 million |
| Dust Storm | 27 | 0 | 1 | $2.0 million |
| Winter Storm | 22 | 0 | 0 | $260,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 18 | 0 | 5 | $210,000 |
| Winter Weather | 16 | 0 | 0 | $355,000 |
| Ice Storm | 7 | 2 | 4 | $170,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 3 | 0 | 0 | $370,000 |
| Strong Wind | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $250,000 |
| Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, April 17, 1970
- Hail, May 30, 2001
- Hail, May 28, 2024
- Tornado, May 25, 1999
- Flood, June 7, 2014
- Tornado, June 11, 1999
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 11, 1997
- Tornado, June 3, 2003
- Hail, June 9, 2002
- Tornado, April 21, 1957
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2017
- Hail, September 7, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2000
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2004
- Dust Storm, July 3, 2017
- Tornado, May 3, 2001
- Hail, May 17, 2001
- Hail, June 19, 2000
- Tornado, June 4, 2002
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, May 28, 2024
- Hail, June 23, 2023
- Hail, May 8, 2015
- Flood, May 27, 2015
- Flood, April 29, 2012
- Hail, May 17, 2001
- Hail, August 24, 1979
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2005
- Hail, May 31, 2005
- Flash Flood, August 27, 2005
- Tornado, April 25, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2005
- Flash Flood, September 20, 2001
- Flash Flood, April 23, 2025
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 21, 1957
- Tornado, April 17, 1970
- Tornado, May 22, 1987
- Tornado, June 27, 1992
- Tornado, June 17, 1956
- Tornado, June 3, 1961
- Tornado, October 17, 1965
- Tornado, May 28, 1980
- Tornado, May 10, 1991
- Tornado, May 18, 1955
- Tornado, June 14, 1962
- Tornado, May 29, 1963
- Tornado, June 4, 1963
- Tornado, June 8, 1963
- Tornado, June 8, 1965
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2026
- Hail, June 25, 2026
- Hail, June 23, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2026
- Hail, May 23, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 15, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 14, 2026
- High Wind, April 26, 2026
- High Wind, March 15, 2026
- Wildfire, February 17, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 20, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2025
- Hail, August 11, 2025
- Hail, July 14, 2025
- Hail, June 13, 2025
- Tornado, June 6, 2025
- Tornado, June 5, 2025
- Hail, June 2, 2025
- Hail, May 29, 2025
- Tornado, April 30, 2025
- Hail, April 27, 2025
- Tornado, April 25, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 23, 2025
- Hail, April 22, 2025
- Hail, April 19, 2025
- Heavy Snow, April 5, 2025
- Dust Storm, March 18, 2025
- Dust Storm, March 14, 2025
- Dust Storm, March 4, 2025
- Flash Flood, November 17, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2024
- Hail, June 15, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 31, 2024
- Hail, May 28, 2024
- Hail, May 16, 2024
- Hail, May 15, 2024
- High Wind, April 6, 2024
- High Wind, February 27, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2024
- Hail, October 4, 2023
- Flash Flood, September 14, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2023
- Hail, June 23, 2023
- Flood, June 2, 2023
- Flood, May 24, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2023
- Wildfire, April 4, 2023
- High Wind, March 31, 2023
- Dust Storm, February 26, 2023
- High Wind, February 22, 2023
- High Wind, February 14, 2023
- Winter Weather, February 9, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2023
- High Wind, January 15, 2023
- Winter Weather, November 25, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2022
- High Wind, June 3, 2022
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2022
- Tornado, May 23, 2022
- Flood, May 10, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- Hail, May 1, 2022
- High Wind, April 12, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- High Wind, March 29, 2022
- High Wind, March 23, 2022
- High Wind, March 21, 2022
- High Wind, February 16, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2022
- High Wind, January 1, 2022
- High Wind, December 24, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 10, 2021
- Strong Wind, July 7, 2021
- Tornado, June 27, 2021
- Flood, June 26, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2021
- Drought, June 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 2021
- Tornado, May 26, 2021
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2021
- Tornado, May 17, 2021
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2021
- Hail, May 7, 2021
- Drought, May 1, 2021
- Drought, April 1, 2021
- Tornado, March 22, 2021
- Drought, March 1, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 16, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2021
- Drought, February 1, 2021
- Dust Storm, January 30, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2021
- Drought, January 1, 2021
- Drought, December 1, 2020
- Drought, November 1, 2020
- Ice Storm, October 25, 2020
- Drought, October 1, 2020
- Drought, September 1, 2020
- Drought, August 1, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2020
- Hail, May 24, 2020
- Hail, May 20, 2020
- Hail, May 13, 2020
- Hail, May 11, 2020
- Hail, March 17, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 4, 2020
- High Wind, November 30, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 29, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2019
- High Wind, June 20, 2019
- Hail, June 5, 2019
- Tornado, May 25, 2019
- Tornado, May 23, 2019
- Hail, May 8, 2019
- Tornado, May 7, 2019
- High Wind, April 10, 2019
- Hail, March 22, 2019
- High Wind, March 13, 2019
- Tornado, March 12, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 9, 2019
- High Wind, February 23, 2019
- High Wind, February 11, 2019
- High Wind, January 18, 2019
- High Wind, December 13, 2018
- Heavy Snow, December 7, 2018
- Tornado, October 8, 2018
- Flood, October 5, 2018
- Drought, September 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2018
- Drought, August 1, 2018
- Drought, July 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 2018
- Drought, June 1, 2018
- Drought, May 1, 2018
- Drought, April 1, 2018
- High Wind, March 18, 2018
- Drought, March 1, 2018
- Drought, January 1, 2018
- Hail, September 17, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2017
- Flood, July 4, 2017
- Dust Storm, July 3, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2017
- Excessive Heat, June 17, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2017
- Hail, May 14, 2017
- High Wind, March 24, 2017
- Hail, March 23, 2017
- Wildfire, February 28, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 15, 2016
- Funnel Cloud, September 1, 2016
- Flood, August 23, 2016
- Hail, June 15, 2016
- Dust Storm, May 29, 2016
- High Wind, April 26, 2016
- Hail, April 20, 2016
- Blizzard, December 26, 2015
- Flood, July 10, 2015
- Hail, June 13, 2015
- Flood, June 12, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2015
- Flood, May 27, 2015
- Hail, May 8, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2015
- Hail, May 3, 2015
- Hail, April 8, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 31, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 4, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2015
- Ice Storm, January 2, 2015
- Winter Weather, December 30, 2014
- Winter Weather, December 26, 2014
- Heavy Snow, November 16, 2014
- Heavy Rain, September 11, 2014
- Drought, September 1, 2014
- Drought, August 1, 2014
- Flood, July 3, 2014
- Drought, July 1, 2014
- Flood, June 19, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2014
- Flood, June 7, 2014
- Flood, June 6, 2014
- Drought, June 1, 2014
- Tornado, May 26, 2014
- Flood, May 25, 2014
- Drought, May 1, 2014
- High Wind, April 28, 2014
- High Wind, April 27, 2014
- Drought, April 1, 2014
- Dust Storm, March 11, 2014
- Drought, March 1, 2014
- Drought, February 1, 2014
- Drought, January 1, 2014
- Winter Weather, December 8, 2013
- Ice Storm, December 5, 2013
- Drought, December 1, 2013
- Ice Storm, November 22, 2013
- Dust Storm, November 16, 2013
- Drought, November 1, 2013
- Drought, October 1, 2013
- Drought, September 1, 2013
- Tornado, August 14, 2013
- Tornado, August 7, 2013
- Drought, August 1, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2013
- Drought, July 1, 2013
- Hail, June 21, 2013
- Tornado, June 19, 2013
- Hail, June 5, 2013
- Drought, June 1, 2013
- Hail, May 6, 2013
- Drought, May 1, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Wildfire, March 23, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 17, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 2013
- Blizzard, February 24, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 4, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 25, 2012
- Dust Storm, December 19, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 14, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 30, 2012
- Flash Flood, September 26, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Flood, August 20, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
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.