Texas

Storm History: Jim Hogg County, Texas

381 episodes, 437 events since 1980

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Jim Hogg 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
437
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Damage
$1.9 million
Episodes
381

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
Drought23800
Frost/Freeze6500
Hail3600$44,000
Flash Flood1800$147,000
Excessive Heat1600
Tornado1300$1.5 million
Thunderstorm Wind1100$20,000
Wildfire1100$15,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Ice Storm500
Heavy Rain500
Lightning200$2,000
Cold/Wind Chill200
Flood100$150,000
High Wind100$1,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)100
Heavy Snow100
Tropical Storm100$50,000

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Jim Hogg County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Jim Hogg CountyEvery warning in Jim Hogg 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.