Texas

Storm History: Kaufman County, Texas

493 episodes, 786 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Kaufman 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
786
Deaths
8
Injuries
39
Damage
$120 million
Episodes
493

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
Tornado308111$107 million
Hail13701$267,000
Flash Flood11902$4.4 million
Drought6400$1.9 million
Thunderstorm Wind3601$1.7 million
Heat3110
Excessive Heat2635
Winter Storm1510$2.7 million
Ice Storm900
Winter Weather705
Flood700
Wildfire714$333,000
Heavy Snow510$1.0 million
Heavy Rain500
Lightning301$110,000
Cold/Wind Chill300
Blizzard200
Dense Fog109$195,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100

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 Kaufman County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Kaufman CountyEvery warning in Kaufman 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.