Texas

Storm History: Karnes County, Texas

254 episodes, 290 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Karnes 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
290
Deaths
0
Injuries
173
Damage
$8.0 million
Episodes
254

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
Flash Flood790120$1.4 million
Drought7400
Tornado4603$766,000
Hail4200$144,000
Flood16050$3.0 million
Thunderstorm Wind900$96,000
Winter Storm600
Excessive Heat600
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Funnel Cloud200
Tropical Storm200$2.5 million
Wildfire200
Heavy Snow100
Winter Weather100
Cold/Wind Chill100

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 Karnes County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Karnes CountyEvery warning in Karnes 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.