Texas

Storm History: Limestone County, Texas

390 episodes, 585 events since 1950

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.

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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
Tornado200233$32 million
Flash Flood10000$629,000
Hail9702$232,000
Drought7600$2.2 million
Heat2700
Excessive Heat2200
Thunderstorm Wind2000$437,000
Winter Storm1210$149,000
Winter Weather500
Heavy Rain500
Heavy Snow504$57,000
Ice Storm400
Flood300$5,000
Wildfire300$33,000
Cold/Wind Chill300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Tropical Storm100$30,000

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 Limestone County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.