Texas

Storm History: Jackson County, Texas

164 episodes, 258 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Jackson 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
258
Deaths
1
Injuries
13
Damage
$513 million
Episodes
164

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
Tornado109011$502 million
Hail3800$214,000
Flash Flood3000$965,000
Drought2400$8.3 million
Flood1300$400,000
Thunderstorm Wind1100$11,000
Heat800
Excessive Heat800
Tropical Storm400$105,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300$266,000
Ice Storm210
Hurricane (Typhoon)202$594,000
Coastal Flood200$5,000
Heavy Snow100
Winter Storm100
Storm Surge/Tide100
Funnel Cloud100

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 Jackson County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Jackson CountyEvery warning in Jackson 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.