Storm History: Liberty County, Texas
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Liberty 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
- 420
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 42
- Damage
- $1.4 billion
- Episodes
- 278
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 180 | 1 | 39 | $1.1 billion |
| Hail | 88 | 0 | 3 | $406,000 |
| Flash Flood | 46 | 0 | 0 | $1.6 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 37 | 0 | 0 | $194,000 |
| Drought | 21 | 0 | 0 | $8.3 million |
| Excessive Heat | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 10 | 0 | 0 | $13,000 |
| Flood | 7 | 0 | 0 | $17,000 |
| Winter Storm | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | $7.7 million |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 4 | 2 | 0 | $227 million |
| Ice Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | $30,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, August 25, 2017
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 12, 2008
- Tornado, September 18, 2019
- Tornado, May 19, 2000
- Drought, August 1, 1998
- Tropical Storm, June 5, 2001
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 23, 2005
- Tornado, May 20, 1983
- Tornado, November 21, 1992
- Tornado, May 18, 1995
- Flash Flood, October 31, 2015
- Flash Flood, October 22, 2000
- Tornado, May 26, 2016
- Tornado, May 11, 2021
- Tornado, October 28, 2002
- Tornado, November 16, 2003
- Tornado, May 26, 1973
- Tornado, May 6, 1982
- Tornado, January 1, 1999
- Tornado, January 24, 2023
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, January 22, 1999
- Hail, May 16, 1980
- Hail, April 18, 2020
- Hail, April 19, 2015
- Hail, May 5, 1974
- Hail, January 8, 2016
- Hail, June 6, 2013
- Flash Flood, April 2, 2000
- Hail, March 21, 2024
- Hail, April 19, 2020
- Hail, July 30, 2019
- Hail, May 3, 2017
- Flash Flood, April 16, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2015
- Flood, May 21, 2013
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, September 12, 1961
- Tornado, November 21, 1992
- Tornado, October 14, 1957
- Tornado, October 22, 1957
- Tornado, November 8, 1963
- Tornado, October 28, 1974
- Tornado, December 13, 1977
- Tornado, May 9, 1981
- Tornado, February 5, 1986
- Tornado, May 17, 1989
- Tornado, May 13, 1994
- Tornado, December 25, 2012
- Tornado, January 24, 2023
- Tornado, December 28, 2024
- Tornado, July 6, 1958
Every episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2026
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2026
- Hail, March 15, 2026
- Tornado, February 3, 2026
- Tornado, October 25, 2025
- Hail, May 20, 2025
- Hail, May 2, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2025
- Tornado, December 28, 2024
- Tornado, December 26, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 2024
- Tornado, May 16, 2024
- Hail, March 21, 2024
- Hail, February 11, 2024
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Heat, September 5, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 23, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 5, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 31, 2023
- Drought, July 25, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 12, 2023
- Excessive Heat, June 24, 2023
- Excessive Heat, June 16, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2023
- Hail, April 15, 2023
- Tornado, January 24, 2023
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Drought, July 19, 2022
- Drought, June 14, 2022
- Tornado, January 8, 2022
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 13, 2021
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2021
- Flash Flood, May 17, 2021
- Tornado, May 11, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 2021
- Hail, April 19, 2020
- Hail, April 18, 2020
- Tornado, September 18, 2019
- Hail, July 30, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 18, 2019
- Hail, April 4, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2018
- Tornado, August 25, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2017
- Tropical Storm, June 21, 2017
- Hail, May 3, 2017
- Hail, April 29, 2017
- Tornado, March 29, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 2, 2017
- Tornado, May 26, 2016
- Flood, May 21, 2016
- Hail, January 8, 2016
- Flash Flood, October 31, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2015
- Hail, April 27, 2015
- Hail, April 19, 2015
- Flash Flood, April 16, 2015
- Tornado, December 27, 2014
- Hail, October 12, 2014
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2014
- Hail, August 11, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2014
- Tornado, June 27, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 3, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2014
- Hail, June 6, 2013
- Flood, May 21, 2013
- Tornado, December 25, 2012
- Hail, April 20, 2012
- Hail, April 2, 2012
- Tornado, February 3, 2012
- Tornado, November 8, 2011
- Tornado, October 12, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2011
- Hail, June 6, 2011
- Tornado, May 25, 2011
- Ice Storm, February 3, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 1, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2010
- Hail, May 30, 2010
- Heat, June 24, 2009
- Flash Flood, April 17, 2009
- Hail, April 12, 2009
- Tornado, March 27, 2009
- Hail, March 25, 2009
- Heavy Snow, December 10, 2008
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 12, 2008
- Hail, June 26, 2008
- Hail, June 25, 2008
- Hail, April 4, 2008
- Hail, December 20, 2007
- Hail, November 21, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 15, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2007
- Ice Storm, January 16, 2007
- Flash Flood, October 26, 2006
- Flash Flood, October 18, 2006
- Tornado, October 16, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2006
- Tornado, April 29, 2006
- Tornado, December 14, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 23, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2005
- Tornado, May 29, 2005
- Tornado, November 23, 2004
- Tornado, November 17, 2004
- Hail, August 21, 2004
- Tornado, July 7, 2004
- Hail, June 4, 2004
- Tornado, May 13, 2004
- Tornado, April 10, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 25, 2004
- Tornado, November 16, 2003
- Tornado, October 9, 2003
- Tropical Storm, August 30, 2003
- Hail, August 17, 2003
- Tornado, June 12, 2003
- Tornado, June 2, 2003
- Hail, February 21, 2003
- Hail, February 14, 2003
- Tornado, December 23, 2002
- Tornado, October 28, 2002
- Flash Flood, September 19, 2002
- Flash Flood, September 8, 2002
- Hail, August 27, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2002
- Hail, December 13, 2001
- Tornado, November 26, 2001
- Tornado, October 12, 2001
- Tornado, August 30, 2001
- Hail, June 28, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2001
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2001
- Tropical Storm, June 5, 2001
- Hail, May 12, 2001
- Hail, March 14, 2001
- Hail, March 8, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 28, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 29, 2001
- Tornado, November 5, 2000
- Flash Flood, October 22, 2000
- Drought, September 1, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2000
- Heat, September 1, 2000
- Heat, August 29, 2000
- Drought, August 1, 2000
- Hail, July 23, 2000
- Heat, July 6, 2000
- Tornado, May 19, 2000
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2000
- Hail, April 23, 2000
- Flash Flood, April 2, 2000
- Hail, March 26, 2000
- Heat, August 1, 1999
- Heat, June 26, 1999
- Tornado, May 2, 1999
- Tornado, March 8, 1999
- Hail, February 27, 1999
- Hail, January 22, 1999
- Tornado, January 2, 1999
- Tornado, January 1, 1999
- Flash Flood, November 13, 1998
- Flash Flood, November 12, 1998
- Flood, November 12, 1998
- Tornado, October 18, 1998
- Flood, October 17, 1998
- Tornado, October 6, 1998
- Flash Flood, September 14, 1998
- Tropical Storm, September 7, 1998
- Drought, August 1, 1998
- Hail, July 17, 1998
- Heat, July 14, 1998
- Drought, July 1, 1998
- Drought, June 1, 1998
- Drought, May 1, 1998
- Tornado, February 16, 1998
- Tornado, February 10, 1998
- Hail, February 1, 1998
- Flash Flood, January 6, 1998
- Hail, December 23, 1997
- Flash Flood, December 20, 1997
- Tornado, October 23, 1997
- Hail, September 9, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 1997
- Flash Flood, July 6, 1997
- Hail, June 17, 1997
- Flash Flood, February 20, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 27, 1997
- Flash Flood, January 27, 1997
- Ice Storm, January 12, 1997
- Flash Flood, September 27, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 27, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 27, 1996
- Hail, August 29, 1996
- Hail, August 19, 1996
- Hail, August 19, 1996
- Drought, June 1, 1996
- Drought, May 1, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 22, 1996
- Drought, April 1, 1996
- Tornado, December 18, 1995
- Tornado, December 17, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 1995
- Tornado, July 30, 1995
- Tornado, June 28, 1995
- Tornado, May 31, 1995
- Tornado, May 28, 1995
- Tornado, May 18, 1995
- Hail, May 8, 1995
- Tornado, April 20, 1995
- Hail, March 27, 1995
- Tornado, March 13, 1995
- Tornado, March 7, 1995
- Hail, January 13, 1995
- Tornado, January 12, 1995
- Tornado, May 13, 1994
- Tornado, April 15, 1994
- Tornado, November 16, 1993
- Tornado, May 18, 1993
- Tornado, May 9, 1993
- Hail, April 25, 1993
- Tornado, November 21, 1992
- Tornado, June 30, 1992
- Tornado, May 28, 1992
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 5, 1991
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 5, 1990
- Tornado, April 14, 1990
- Hail, April 6, 1990
- Tornado, February 9, 1990
- Tornado, May 17, 1989
- Hail, March 29, 1989
- Tornado, October 1, 1988
- Hail, July 27, 1988
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 1988
- Tornado, July 2, 1987
- Hail, June 16, 1987
- Tornado, May 29, 1987
- Tornado, May 17, 1986
- Tornado, February 5, 1986
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 29, 1985
- Hail, August 24, 1985
- Hail, June 11, 1985
- Tornado, April 10, 1984
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Liberty CountyEvery warning in Liberty 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.