Storm History: Limestone County, Texas
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Limestone 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
- 585
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 39
- Damage
- $36 million
- Episodes
- 390
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 | 200 | 2 | 33 | $32 million |
| Flash Flood | 100 | 0 | 0 | $629,000 |
| Hail | 97 | 0 | 2 | $232,000 |
| Drought | 76 | 0 | 0 | $2.2 million |
| Heat | 27 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 20 | 0 | 0 | $437,000 |
| Winter Storm | 12 | 1 | 0 | $149,000 |
| Winter Weather | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 5 | 0 | 4 | $57,000 |
| Ice Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 3 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Wildfire | 3 | 0 | 0 | $33,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | $30,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, April 27, 1990
- Tornado, December 29, 2006
- Drought, October 1, 2006
- Tornado, April 28, 2009
- Drought, November 1, 2006
- Tornado, January 15, 2017
- Tornado, April 11, 2020
- Tornado, March 29, 2002
- Tornado, June 3, 1973
- Tornado, April 19, 1986
- Tornado, April 26, 2011
- Tornado, March 7, 2016
- Tornado, March 21, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 7, 1996
- Flash Flood, May 1, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 25, 1998
- Tornado, March 2, 2008
- Tornado, April 28, 2023
- Hail, June 29, 2019
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Tornado, April 25, 2023
- Hail, May 1, 2003
- Hail, April 29, 1989
- Flood, April 25, 2006
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2006
- Flash Flood, April 20, 2023
- Hail, May 9, 1988
- Flash Flood, May 9, 2015
- Hail, June 1, 2025
- Flash Flood, October 25, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2019
- Hail, April 27, 2014
- Flash Flood, April 5, 2005
- Flash Flood, March 25, 2000
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2000
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, March 10, 1973
- Tornado, December 26, 2015
- Tornado, February 12, 1950
- Tornado, April 24, 1957
- Tornado, June 3, 1973
- Tornado, May 25, 1976
- Tornado, April 19, 1986
- Tornado, June 7, 1989
- Tornado, April 27, 1990
- Tornado, May 29, 1994
- Tornado, April 12, 2019
- Tornado, March 21, 2022
- Tornado, April 12, 2022
- Tornado, April 28, 2026
- Tornado, December 29, 2006
Every episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2026
- Heat, June 18, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Tornado, April 28, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2026
- Heat, August 15, 2025
- Tornado, June 10, 2025
- Hail, June 1, 2025
- Hail, May 25, 2025
- Tornado, May 5, 2025
- Tornado, April 29, 2025
- Hail, March 23, 2025
- Tornado, March 4, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 18, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2025
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 29, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 20, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 13, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 7, 2024
- Heat, August 1, 2024
- Heat, July 29, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2024
- Excessive Heat, June 27, 2024
- Heat, June 24, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2024
- Heat, May 25, 2024
- Tornado, May 23, 2024
- Tornado, May 21, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 11, 2024
- Tornado, May 8, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 1, 2024
- Tornado, April 26, 2024
- Heat, September 23, 2023
- Excessive Heat, September 7, 2023
- Heat, September 5, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Hail, August 26, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 17, 2023
- Drought, August 15, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 12, 2023
- Heat, July 10, 2023
- Excessive Heat, June 26, 2023
- Hail, June 21, 2023
- Excessive Heat, June 15, 2023
- Heat, June 14, 2023
- Hail, June 10, 2023
- Tornado, April 28, 2023
- Tornado, April 25, 2023
- Flash Flood, April 20, 2023
- Tornado, April 2, 2023
- Ice Storm, February 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Hail, October 24, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Drought, September 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2022
- Heat, August 3, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2022
- Wildfire, July 14, 2022
- Hail, July 14, 2022
- Excessive Heat, July 6, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Excessive Heat, June 23, 2022
- Excessive Heat, June 11, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Hail, May 21, 2022
- Flash Flood, May 5, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- Tornado, April 12, 2022
- Tornado, March 21, 2022
- Drought, March 8, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2022
- Drought, January 11, 2022
- Heat, September 1, 2021
- Heat, August 1, 2021
- Heat, July 29, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 6, 2021
- Flash Flood, May 31, 2021
- Hail, May 9, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 9, 2021
- Heavy Snow, January 10, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2020
- Heat, September 1, 2020
- Excessive Heat, August 28, 2020
- Excessive Heat, August 12, 2020
- Heat, July 9, 2020
- Flood, July 7, 2020
- Tornado, April 11, 2020
- Hail, February 9, 2020
- Drought, February 1, 2020
- Drought, January 21, 2020
- Cold/Wind Chill, October 31, 2019
- Drought, October 1, 2019
- Drought, September 24, 2019
- Heat, August 26, 2019
- Heat, August 17, 2019
- Heat, August 7, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2019
- Heat, July 16, 2019
- Heat, July 8, 2019
- Hail, June 29, 2019
- Excessive Heat, June 19, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2019
- Tornado, June 9, 2019
- Tornado, May 18, 2019
- Tornado, April 12, 2019
- Hail, November 11, 2018
- Tornado, October 13, 2018
- Drought, October 1, 2018
- Drought, September 1, 2018
- Drought, August 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2018
- Drought, July 1, 2018
- Drought, June 19, 2018
- Hail, April 13, 2018
- Hail, April 3, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 6, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2017
- Tornado, May 11, 2017
- Hail, May 3, 2017
- Tornado, April 10, 2017
- Hail, April 1, 2017
- Hail, March 24, 2017
- Flash Flood, February 19, 2017
- Tornado, January 15, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 10, 2016
- Flash Flood, April 16, 2016
- Tornado, March 7, 2016
- Tornado, December 26, 2015
- Flash Flood, October 30, 2015
- Flash Flood, October 23, 2015
- Drought, October 1, 2015
- Drought, September 1, 2015
- Drought, August 18, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2015
- Tornado, May 23, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 9, 2015
- Flash Flood, April 13, 2015
- Hail, April 9, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 12, 2014
- Hail, August 11, 2014
- Hail, April 27, 2014
- Hail, April 13, 2014
- Drought, April 1, 2014
- Flash Flood, October 30, 2013
- Tornado, October 12, 2013
- Drought, September 1, 2013
- Drought, August 1, 2013
- Drought, July 1, 2013
- Drought, June 1, 2013
- Drought, May 1, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 27, 2012
- Drought, February 1, 2012
- Flash Flood, January 24, 2012
- Drought, January 1, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2011
- Drought, November 1, 2011
- Drought, October 1, 2011
- Wildfire, September 2, 2011
- Drought, September 1, 2011
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2011
- Drought, August 1, 2011
- Drought, July 1, 2011
- Drought, June 1, 2011
- Drought, May 1, 2011
- Tornado, April 26, 2011
- Tornado, April 25, 2011
- Drought, April 1, 2011
- Drought, March 7, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2011
- Drought, January 1, 2011
- Drought, December 12, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2010
- Tornado, May 20, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2010
- Tornado, April 23, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 23, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 11, 2010
- Flash Flood, October 25, 2009
- Drought, September 1, 2009
- Hail, August 27, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 23, 2009
- Drought, August 1, 2009
- Drought, July 1, 2009
- Tornado, April 28, 2009
- Tornado, April 18, 2009
- Drought, April 1, 2009
- Drought, March 10, 2009
- Tornado, February 10, 2009
- Hail, December 27, 2008
- Tornado, October 6, 2008
- Tropical Storm, September 13, 2008
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2008
- Drought, August 1, 2008
- Drought, July 1, 2008
- Drought, June 24, 2008
- Tornado, May 7, 2008
- Tornado, April 25, 2008
- Tornado, April 23, 2008
- Winter Storm, March 6, 2008
- Tornado, March 2, 2008
- Tornado, September 5, 2007
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2007
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2007
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2007
- Tornado, May 24, 2007
- Hail, May 10, 2007
- Tornado, April 17, 2007
- Winter Weather, April 7, 2007
- Tornado, March 29, 2007
- Flash Flood, March 12, 2007
- Flash Flood, January 13, 2007
- Tornado, December 29, 2006
- Drought, November 1, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 26, 2006
- Drought, October 1, 2006
- Drought, September 1, 2006
- Drought, August 1, 2006
- Drought, July 1, 2006
- Drought, June 6, 2006
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2006
- Tornado, April 29, 2006
- Flood, April 25, 2006
- Flash Flood, March 28, 2006
- Drought, March 1, 2006
- Drought, February 1, 2006
- Drought, January 1, 2006
- Drought, December 1, 2005
- Drought, November 1, 2005
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2005
- Hail, July 2, 2005
- Flood, July 1, 2005
- Hail, May 8, 2005
- Flash Flood, April 5, 2005
- Winter Weather, December 22, 2004
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Limestone CountyEvery warning in Limestone 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.