Texas

Storm History: Kleberg County, Texas

327 episodes, 606 events since 1959

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Kleberg 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
606
Deaths
2
Injuries
1
Damage
$54 million
Episodes
327

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
Excessive Heat12000
Drought11500$34 million
Tornado11300$7.1 million
Flash Flood6400$1.6 million
Heat5301
Hail3910$11 million
Wildfire1700$15,000
Thunderstorm Wind1600$35,000
Cold/Wind Chill1200$50,000
Ice Storm1100$100,000
Coastal Flood1100$100,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)800$360,000
Frost/Freeze700
Tropical Storm600$100,000
High Wind400$15,000
Storm Surge/Tide300
Heavy Snow200$25,000
Funnel Cloud100
Dense Fog100
Winter Weather100
Rip Current110
Flood100

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 Kleberg County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Kleberg CountyEvery warning in Kleberg 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.