Texas

Storm History: Madison County, Texas

177 episodes, 245 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Madison 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
245
Deaths
4
Injuries
10
Damage
$106 million
Episodes
177

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
Tornado8437$85 million
Hail5203$764,000
Thunderstorm Wind3100$185,000
Flash Flood2100$240,000
Drought1600$8.3 million
Flood800$3.5 million
Ice Storm710$53,000
Heat700
Winter Storm600$15,000
Excessive Heat400
Heavy Snow300
Coastal Flood200$6,000
Tropical Storm100$25,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)100$7.0 million
Funnel Cloud100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100$140,000

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 Madison County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Madison CountyEvery warning in Madison 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.