Texas

Storm History: Montague County, Texas

483 episodes, 832 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Montague 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
832
Deaths
6
Injuries
45
Damage
$2.1 billion
Episodes
483

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
Tornado322125$12 million
Hail18700$101 million
Drought8100$1.8 billion
Flash Flood6807$3.2 million
Heat3410
Thunderstorm Wind3001$60 million
Excessive Heat2500
Winter Storm2112$17 million
Flood1700$20,000
Winter Weather1405$45,000
Ice Storm800$240,000
Wildfire625$11 million
Heavy Snow500$75,000
Heavy Rain500
Cold/Wind Chill400
Lightning200$60 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
High Wind110

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 Montague County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Montague CountyEvery warning in Montague 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.