Texas

Storm History: Parmer County, Texas

532 episodes, 693 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Parmer 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
693
Deaths
1
Injuries
23
Damage
$1.2 billion
Episodes
532

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
Tornado161120$35 million
Hail13800$4.6 million
Drought10000$1.2 billion
High Wind6403$1.2 million
Thunderstorm Wind5100$593,000
Winter Storm3100$1.3 million
Flash Flood2800$80,000
Heavy Snow2600
Winter Weather2500
Flood1900$20,000
Wildfire1600$50,000
Dust Storm1500
Ice Storm800$10,000
Blizzard400$8.0 million
Heavy Rain200
Frost/Freeze200
Cold/Wind Chill100$1.2 million
Heat100
Strong Wind100

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 Parmer County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Parmer CountyEvery warning in Parmer 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.