Texas

Storm History: Kerr County, Texas

409 episodes, 583 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Kerr 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
583
Deaths
122
Injuries
38
Damage
$205 million
Episodes
409

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 Flood1771192$202 million
Hail13200$753,000
Drought10900
Tornado100016$1.1 million
Winter Storm1900$214,000
Winter Weather1800
Thunderstorm Wind700$137,000
Flood6120$30,000
Wildfire400$300,000
Excessive Heat400
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Heavy Snow100
Heat120
Ice Storm100

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 Kerr County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Kerr CountyEvery warning in Kerr 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.