Storm History: King County, Texas
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in King 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
- 400
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $6.9 million
- Episodes
- 339
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drought | 106 | 0 | 0 | $4.7 million |
| Tornado | 99 | 0 | 0 | $574,000 |
| Hail | 78 | 0 | 0 | $271,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 24 | 0 | 0 | $132,000 |
| High Wind | 18 | 0 | 0 | $30,000 |
| Flash Flood | 17 | 0 | 0 | $35,000 |
| Winter Storm | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 8 | 0 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| Dust Storm | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Depression | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Drought, May 1, 2009
- Drought, April 1, 2009
- Wildfire, April 6, 2011
- Drought, May 1, 1996
- Drought, June 1, 1996
- Drought, June 1, 2009
- Tornado, May 30, 2012
- Hail, July 1, 2004
- Wildfire, March 14, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2008
- Tornado, April 30, 2000
- Hail, May 24, 2002
- Tornado, April 22, 2015
- Flash Flood, September 20, 2001
- High Wind, January 11, 2023
- Tornado, May 15, 1989
- Tornado, May 3, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2011
- Hail, May 25, 1996
- Tornado, May 2, 2006
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Tornado, May 25, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 29, 2025
- Hail, July 1, 2004
- Hail, May 31, 2005
- Hail, June 5, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2005
- Flash Flood, September 20, 2001
- Hail, June 23, 2026
- Hail, April 27, 2021
- Hail, June 12, 2004
- Hail, May 24, 1998
- Hail, June 23, 1995
- Tornado, May 4, 2022
- Hail, April 10, 2016
- Hail, May 20, 2012
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, June 1, 1990
- Tornado, April 14, 1965
- Tornado, May 1, 1984
- Tornado, May 7, 1986
- Tornado, March 14, 1990
- Tornado, May 14, 1990
- Tornado, June 21, 2023
- Tornado, May 19, 1955
- Tornado, April 20, 1957
- Tornado, May 29, 1980
- Tornado, May 28, 1987
- Tornado, May 13, 1989
- Tornado, May 15, 1989
- Tornado, April 19, 1995
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, June 23, 2026
- Hail, May 23, 2026
- High Wind, April 17, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 14, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 1, 2026
- Hail, March 31, 2026
- High Wind, March 27, 2026
- High Wind, March 15, 2026
- High Wind, March 11, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2026
- Tornado, May 25, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 24, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 29, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 28, 2025
- Dust Storm, March 18, 2025
- Dust Storm, March 14, 2025
- Heavy Snow, March 8, 2025
- Dust Storm, March 4, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 2024
- Hail, May 2, 2024
- Hail, April 25, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 11, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2023
- Tornado, June 21, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 12, 2023
- Dust Storm, February 26, 2023
- High Wind, February 14, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2023
- High Wind, January 11, 2023
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Hail, May 16, 2022
- Tornado, May 4, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- High Wind, April 5, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 1, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2022
- Drought, February 1, 2022
- High Wind, January 14, 2022
- Drought, January 1, 2022
- High Wind, December 10, 2021
- Hail, October 26, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2021
- Hail, April 27, 2021
- Drought, April 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 31, 2020
- Ice Storm, October 25, 2020
- Hail, May 24, 2020
- Hail, May 13, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 4, 2020
- Tornado, May 20, 2019
- High Wind, March 13, 2019
- Tornado, March 12, 2019
- High Wind, February 23, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2019
- High Wind, December 13, 2018
- Heavy Snow, December 7, 2018
- Drought, October 1, 2018
- Drought, September 1, 2018
- Drought, August 1, 2018
- Drought, July 1, 2018
- Drought, June 1, 2018
- Drought, May 1, 2018
- Drought, April 1, 2018
- High Wind, March 18, 2018
- Drought, March 1, 2018
- Drought, January 1, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 22, 2017
- Hail, May 18, 2017
- Tornado, March 28, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2016
- Hail, July 8, 2016
- Tornado, April 16, 2016
- Hail, April 10, 2016
- Blizzard, December 26, 2015
- Ice Storm, November 26, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 2015
- Tornado, May 13, 2015
- Hail, April 26, 2015
- Tornado, April 22, 2015
- Hail, April 8, 2015
- Drought, April 1, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 4, 2015
- Drought, March 1, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2015
- Drought, February 1, 2015
- Ice Storm, January 2, 2015
- Drought, January 1, 2015
- Drought, December 1, 2014
- Heavy Snow, November 16, 2014
- Drought, November 1, 2014
- Drought, October 1, 2014
- Drought, September 1, 2014
- Drought, August 1, 2014
- Drought, July 1, 2014
- Drought, June 1, 2014
- Drought, May 1, 2014
- Drought, April 1, 2014
- Drought, March 1, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 2, 2014
- Drought, February 1, 2014
- Drought, January 1, 2014
- Drought, December 1, 2013
- Drought, November 1, 2013
- Drought, October 1, 2013
- Drought, September 1, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 14, 2013
- Drought, August 1, 2013
- Drought, July 1, 2013
- Drought, June 1, 2013
- Drought, May 1, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Tornado, April 1, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 2013
- Blizzard, February 24, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 25, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Flash Flood, September 26, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Hail, July 23, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Drought, June 1, 2012
- Tornado, May 30, 2012
- Hail, May 20, 2012
- Drought, May 1, 2012
- Drought, April 1, 2012
- Hail, March 18, 2012
- Drought, March 1, 2012
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2012
- Drought, February 1, 2012
- Dust Storm, January 22, 2012
- Drought, January 1, 2012
- Winter Storm, December 5, 2011
- Drought, December 1, 2011
- Hail, November 7, 2011
- Drought, November 1, 2011
- Drought, October 1, 2011
- Drought, September 1, 2011
- Drought, August 1, 2011
- Drought, July 1, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2011
- Drought, June 1, 2011
- Wildfire, May 6, 2011
- Drought, May 1, 2011
- Wildfire, April 6, 2011
- Drought, April 1, 2011
- Drought, March 8, 2011
- Hail, February 24, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2011
- High Wind, December 11, 2010
- Hail, September 16, 2010
- Tornado, June 14, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2009
- Blizzard, December 23, 2009
- Hail, October 8, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2009
- Hail, July 18, 2009
- Hail, June 15, 2009
- Tornado, June 13, 2009
- Hail, June 7, 2009
- Drought, June 1, 2009
- Hail, June 1, 2009
- Wildfire, May 12, 2009
- Hail, May 1, 2009
- Drought, May 1, 2009
- Tornado, April 29, 2009
- Hail, April 28, 2009
- Hail, April 26, 2009
- Tornado, April 16, 2009
- Drought, April 1, 2009
- Drought, March 1, 2009
- Drought, February 1, 2009
- Drought, January 27, 2009
- Tornado, June 28, 2008
- Tornado, June 19, 2008
- Hail, June 14, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2008
- Heat, June 1, 2008
- Hail, May 13, 2008
- Tornado, May 7, 2008
- Tornado, May 6, 2008
- Hail, April 9, 2008
- Wildfire, April 3, 2008
- Wildfire, March 14, 2008
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2008
- Tornado, September 27, 2007
- Tropical Depression, August 17, 2007
- Hail, June 1, 2007
- Hail, April 13, 2007
- Dust Storm, February 24, 2007
- Ice Storm, January 19, 2007
- Ice Storm, January 12, 2007
- Heavy Snow, November 29, 2006
- Flash Flood, October 15, 2006
- Drought, September 1, 2006
- Wildfire, August 9, 2006
- Drought, August 1, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2006
- Wildfire, July 14, 2006
- Drought, July 1, 2006
- Hail, June 17, 2006
- Hail, June 16, 2006
- Tornado, May 29, 2006
- Tornado, May 2, 2006
- Tornado, April 28, 2006
- Drought, April 1, 2006
- Drought, March 1, 2006
- Drought, February 1, 2006
- Drought, January 1, 2006
- Hail, September 14, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2005
- Hail, June 5, 2005
- Hail, May 31, 2005
- Flash Flood, September 30, 2004
- Hail, July 1, 2004
- Hail, June 12, 2004
- Hail, May 18, 2004
- Hail, May 11, 2004
- Drought, December 1, 2003
- Drought, November 1, 2003
- Drought, October 1, 2003
- Drought, September 1, 2003
- Drought, August 1, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2003
- Tornado, May 3, 2003
- Tornado, April 23, 2003
- Tornado, April 15, 2003
- Hail, June 15, 2002
- Hail, May 24, 2002
- Drought, December 1, 2001
- Winter Storm, November 27, 2001
- Drought, November 1, 2001
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in King CountyEvery warning in King 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.