Texas

Storm History: Hutchinson County, Texas

663 episodes, 1,233 events since 1951

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Hutchinson 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
1,233
Deaths
7
Injuries
37
Damage
$208 million
Episodes
663

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
Tornado423119$32 million
Hail34100$204,000
High Wind8000$88,000
Flash Flood7700$1.3 million
Drought6200$152 million
Wildfire61217$20 million
Thunderstorm Wind5111$626,000
Flood2320$139,000
Winter Storm1910
Winter Weather1900$17,000
Heavy Snow1800
Cold/Wind Chill1300
Ice Storm1100$1.2 million
Blizzard1000$660,000
Dust Storm800
Heavy Rain700
Dense Fog400
Freezing Fog200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Frost/Freeze200

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 Hutchinson County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Hutchinson CountyEvery warning in Hutchinson 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.