Texas

Storm History: Kinney County, Texas

285 episodes, 338 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Kinney 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
338
Deaths
0
Injuries
2
Damage
$11 million
Episodes
285

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
Drought10800
Tornado7902$8.3 million
Flash Flood6400$365,000
Hail5200$701,000
Thunderstorm Wind1700$87,000
Winter Storm700
Wildfire400
Flood200$1.0 million
High Wind100$50,000
Tropical Storm100$70,000
Winter Weather100
Cold/Wind Chill100
Excessive Heat100

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 Kinney County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Kinney CountyEvery warning in Kinney 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.