Texas

Storm History: McLennan County, Texas

685 episodes, 1,302 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in McLennan 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
1,302
Deaths
129
Injuries
660
Damage
$80 million
Episodes
685

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
Tornado515116635$69 million
Hail30804$1.7 million
Flash Flood20748$2.9 million
Drought9300$2.2 million
Thunderstorm Wind6401$402,000
Heat3210
Excessive Heat2700
Winter Storm1320$2.6 million
Winter Weather900$57,000
Heavy Rain601$110,000
Ice Storm6610$70,000
Flood600$16,000
Heavy Snow400$10,000
Strong Wind300$123,000
Wildfire301$75,000
Cold/Wind Chill300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Dense Fog100$2,000

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 McLennan County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in McLennan CountyEvery warning in McLennan 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.