Storm History: Palo Pinto County, Texas
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Palo Pinto 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
- 907
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 26
- Damage
- $55 million
- Episodes
- 557
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 | 387 | 1 | 21 | $16 million |
| Hail | 180 | 0 | 0 | $493,000 |
| Flash Flood | 101 | 0 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| Drought | 82 | 0 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| Heat | 27 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 26 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 22 | 0 | 0 | $78,000 |
| Wildfire | 21 | 1 | 3 | $34 million |
| Winter Storm | 19 | 1 | 2 | $82,000 |
| Flood | 12 | 1 | 0 | $73,000 |
| Ice Storm | 7 | 0 | 0 | $615,000 |
| Winter Weather | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 4 | 0 | 0 | $600,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| High Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Sleet | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Wildfire, April 9, 2011
- Wildfire, August 26, 2011
- Tornado, April 17, 2008
- Tornado, June 10, 2009
- Wildfire, April 9, 2009
- Wildfire, January 1, 2006
- Drought, November 1, 2006
- Tornado, May 18, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 11, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2026
- Ice Storm, December 5, 2013
- Tornado, May 15, 2013
- Wildfire, April 17, 2011
- Tornado, April 28, 2026
- Tornado, May 18, 2015
- Tornado, October 30, 1979
- Tornado, August 23, 1980
- Tornado, April 21, 1981
- Tornado, April 5, 2003
- Wildfire, June 13, 2011
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, April 1, 2024
- Hail, April 29, 2002
- Hail, March 6, 1990
- Hail, May 25, 2018
- Hail, May 5, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2009
- Hail, July 24, 1995
- Hail, March 22, 1991
- Hail, May 16, 2025
- Hail, April 28, 2021
- Hail, May 22, 2025
- Hail, June 1, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 8, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2002
- Hail, September 7, 2001
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, May 6, 1973
- Tornado, April 19, 1976
- Tornado, April 10, 1979
- Tornado, April 2, 1980
- Tornado, April 25, 1990
- Tornado, June 1, 1990
- Tornado, April 25, 1994
- Tornado, May 15, 2013
- Tornado, May 4, 1960
- Tornado, May 15, 1965
- Tornado, May 6, 1969
- Tornado, April 15, 1976
- Tornado, May 25, 1976
- Tornado, May 30, 1976
- Tornado, May 21, 1979
Every episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2026
- Heat, June 18, 2026
- Tornado, April 28, 2026
- Hail, April 15, 2026
- Flash Flood, March 4, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2026
- Flash Flood, September 21, 2025
- Heat, August 6, 2025
- Heat, July 28, 2025
- Heat, July 24, 2025
- Tornado, June 10, 2025
- Tornado, June 7, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2025
- Hail, June 1, 2025
- Hail, May 25, 2025
- Hail, May 22, 2025
- Tornado, May 18, 2025
- Hail, May 16, 2025
- Hail, March 29, 2025
- Tornado, March 4, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 18, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2025
- Flash Flood, November 7, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 20, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 13, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 7, 2024
- Heat, August 1, 2024
- Heat, July 29, 2024
- Heat, July 15, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2024
- Excessive Heat, June 27, 2024
- Heat, June 24, 2024
- Tornado, May 21, 2024
- Tornado, May 8, 2024
- Flash Flood, April 8, 2024
- Hail, April 1, 2024
- Tornado, March 4, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Heat, September 23, 2023
- Flash Flood, September 19, 2023
- Excessive Heat, September 7, 2023
- Heat, September 5, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 17, 2023
- Drought, August 15, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 12, 2023
- Heat, July 10, 2023
- Wildfire, July 1, 2023
- Wildfire, June 28, 2023
- Excessive Heat, June 26, 2023
- Heat, June 20, 2023
- Excessive Heat, June 15, 2023
- Hail, June 10, 2023
- Tornado, May 11, 2023
- Tornado, April 2, 2023
- Tornado, March 16, 2023
- Tornado, March 2, 2023
- Ice Storm, February 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2023
- Tornado, December 13, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 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
- Excessive Heat, July 6, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Excessive Heat, June 11, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 2, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Tornado, March 21, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Hail, February 21, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2022
- Drought, February 1, 2022
- Drought, January 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 27, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 10, 2021
- Heat, August 9, 2021
- Heat, July 29, 2021
- Hail, April 28, 2021
- Hail, March 17, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2021
- Heavy Snow, January 10, 2021
- Excessive Heat, August 28, 2020
- Excessive Heat, August 12, 2020
- Wildfire, August 10, 2020
- Heat, July 9, 2020
- Heat, July 1, 2020
- Heat, June 30, 2020
- Hail, April 28, 2020
- Tornado, March 18, 2020
- Drought, November 1, 2019
- Cold/Wind Chill, October 31, 2019
- Tornado, October 20, 2019
- Drought, October 1, 2019
- Heat, August 26, 2019
- Heat, August 17, 2019
- Heat, August 7, 2019
- Heat, July 8, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2019
- Excessive Heat, June 19, 2019
- Tornado, May 18, 2019
- Tornado, March 13, 2019
- Hail, December 26, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2018
- Drought, August 1, 2018
- Hail, May 25, 2018
- Hail, April 21, 2018
- Drought, February 1, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 30, 2017
- Flood, July 4, 2016
- Flood, June 1, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 10, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2016
- Flash Flood, April 16, 2016
- Hail, March 30, 2016
- Tornado, March 7, 2016
- Drought, October 20, 2015
- Flood, June 23, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2015
- Tornado, May 23, 2015
- Tornado, May 18, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 16, 2015
- Tornado, April 26, 2015
- Tornado, April 18, 2015
- Drought, April 1, 2015
- Drought, March 1, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2015
- Drought, February 1, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 1, 2015
- Drought, January 1, 2015
- Drought, December 1, 2014
- Flood, November 22, 2014
- Drought, November 1, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 12, 2014
- Drought, October 1, 2014
- Drought, September 1, 2014
- Drought, August 1, 2014
- Drought, July 1, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2014
- Drought, June 1, 2014
- Drought, May 1, 2014
- Hail, April 13, 2014
- Drought, April 1, 2014
- Drought, March 1, 2014
- Drought, February 1, 2014
- Drought, January 1, 2014
- Ice Storm, December 5, 2013
- Drought, December 1, 2013
- Sleet, November 22, 2013
- Drought, November 1, 2013
- Drought, October 1, 2013
- Drought, September 1, 2013
- Drought, August 1, 2013
- Drought, July 1, 2013
- Drought, June 1, 2013
- Tornado, May 15, 2013
- Wildfire, May 13, 2013
- Drought, May 1, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Hail, March 30, 2013
- Hail, March 23, 2013
- Hail, March 9, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 2013
- Hail, February 10, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 20, 2012
- Wildfire, August 7, 2012
- Drought, August 7, 2012
- Hail, May 29, 2012
- Hail, May 6, 2012
- Hail, May 4, 2012
- Tornado, April 3, 2012
- Flash Flood, March 19, 2012
- Hail, January 24, 2012
- Flash Flood, January 24, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2011
- Drought, October 1, 2011
- Wildfire, October 1, 2011
- Drought, September 1, 2011
- Wildfire, September 1, 2011
- Wildfire, August 26, 2011
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2011
- Drought, August 1, 2011
- Wildfire, July 4, 2011
- Drought, July 1, 2011
- Tornado, June 20, 2011
- Hail, June 18, 2011
- Wildfire, June 18, 2011
- Wildfire, June 13, 2011
- Drought, June 1, 2011
- Tornado, May 24, 2011
- Tornado, May 11, 2011
- Hail, May 1, 2011
- Drought, May 1, 2011
- Hail, April 24, 2011
- Tornado, April 23, 2011
- Wildfire, April 17, 2011
- Wildfire, April 9, 2011
- Drought, April 1, 2011
- Drought, March 25, 2011
- Ice Storm, February 1, 2011
- Drought, December 12, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 17, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2010
- Flood, March 24, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 11, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 24, 2009
- Flash Flood, October 21, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 21, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2009
- Tornado, June 12, 2009
- Tornado, June 10, 2009
- Hail, June 1, 2009
- Hail, May 26, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2009
- Hail, May 5, 2009
- Drought, May 1, 2009
- Wildfire, April 9, 2009
- Drought, April 1, 2009
- Hail, March 25, 2009
- Drought, March 1, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 9, 2009
- Drought, February 1, 2009
- Ice Storm, January 27, 2009
- Flash Flood, November 10, 2008
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2008
- Drought, August 1, 2008
- Drought, July 23, 2008
- Tornado, April 23, 2008
- Tornado, April 17, 2008
- Tornado, April 8, 2008
- Tornado, March 17, 2008
- Tornado, March 2, 2008
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Palo Pinto CountyEvery warning in Palo Pinto 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.