Storm History: Potter County, Texas
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Potter 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
- 1,986
- Deaths
- 15
- Injuries
- 167
- Damage
- $657 million
- Episodes
- 912
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 592 | 0 | 0 | $1.6 million |
| Tornado | 545 | 0 | 7 | $472 million |
| Flash Flood | 224 | 2 | 1 | $12 million |
| High Wind | 176 | 0 | 0 | $613,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 106 | 0 | 0 | $362,000 |
| Drought | 69 | 0 | 0 | $152 million |
| Wildfire | 67 | 0 | 4 | $14 million |
| Flood | 50 | 0 | 0 | $165,000 |
| Winter Weather | 33 | 9 | 155 | $2.9 million |
| Winter Storm | 20 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 18 | 1 | 0 | $200,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 10 | 1 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| Frost/Freeze | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freezing Fog | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Sleet | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Devil | 1 | 0 | 0 | $23,000 |
The deadliest
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2021
- Winter Weather, December 22, 2007
- Winter Weather, December 9, 2008
- Winter Weather, April 2, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 20, 2006
- Winter Weather, December 17, 2005
- Blizzard, December 28, 2006
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2002
- Winter Weather, December 25, 2011
- Winter Weather, December 27, 2007
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2010
- Winter Weather, November 23, 2013
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, May 28, 2013
- Drought, May 1, 2013
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Tornado, June 19, 2020
- Tornado, June 21, 2004
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Drought, June 1, 2013
- Drought, August 28, 2005
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2010
- Wildfire, February 27, 2011
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Tornado, May 25, 1999
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 2013
- Drought, July 1, 2013
- Drought, August 1, 2013
- Tornado, May 9, 1982
- Tornado, June 21, 1972
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, June 14, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2008
- Hail, April 10, 1981
- Hail, August 24, 1979
- Hail, June 7, 2022
- Flash Flood, September 16, 2010
- Hail, August 17, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2026
- Hail, June 1, 2012
- Hail, April 25, 2004
- Hail, June 2, 1971
- Hail, June 17, 1969
- Hail, May 30, 1961
- Hail, May 22, 2026
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 17, 1970
- Tornado, May 16, 1989
- Tornado, June 27, 1992
- Tornado, June 6, 1951
- Tornado, May 24, 1957
- Tornado, June 3, 1961
- Tornado, June 5, 1971
- Tornado, May 25, 1976
- Tornado, May 30, 1976
- Tornado, May 16, 1977
- Tornado, May 3, 1979
- Tornado, May 9, 1982
- Tornado, May 16, 1982
- Tornado, May 25, 1987
- Tornado, May 7, 1995
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2026
- Tornado, June 24, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2026
- Flood, June 13, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Hail, May 22, 2026
- Wildfire, May 14, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Wildfire, April 27, 2026
- Wildfire, April 9, 2026
- Wildfire, April 4, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Drought, March 17, 2026
- Hail, March 4, 2026
- Wildfire, February 17, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2026
- Flood, October 24, 2025
- Hail, September 20, 2025
- Flood, September 17, 2025
- Flash Flood, September 9, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2025
- Hail, August 2, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2025
- Hail, July 11, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2025
- Tornado, June 6, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2025
- Tornado, April 25, 2025
- Winter Storm, April 5, 2025
- Wildfire, March 18, 2025
- Wildfire, March 14, 2025
- Winter Storm, March 8, 2025
- High Wind, March 3, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2025
- Hail, November 2, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2024
- Hail, July 19, 2024
- Hail, June 25, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 6, 2024
- Tornado, June 1, 2024
- Hail, May 28, 2024
- Hail, May 12, 2024
- Hail, May 3, 2024
- High Wind, April 15, 2024
- High Wind, April 6, 2024
- Wildfire, March 1, 2024
- Wildfire, February 26, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2024
- Blizzard, January 8, 2024
- Hail, December 23, 2023
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Flood, September 9, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Hail, August 5, 2023
- Hail, July 15, 2023
- Tornado, July 7, 2023
- Hail, July 5, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2023
- Hail, June 30, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2023
- Tornado, June 21, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2023
- Tornado, June 2, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 31, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2023
- Tornado, May 18, 2023
- Drought, May 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 13, 2023
- Wildfire, April 4, 2023
- High Wind, April 4, 2023
- Drought, April 1, 2023
- Drought, March 1, 2023
- Tornado, February 26, 2023
- Dust Storm, February 26, 2023
- High Wind, February 22, 2023
- Dust Storm, February 21, 2023
- High Wind, February 14, 2023
- High Wind, February 14, 2023
- Drought, February 1, 2023
- High Wind, January 11, 2023
- Drought, January 1, 2023
- High Wind, December 28, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Drought, October 4, 2022
- Hail, September 15, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2022
- Flood, July 12, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2022
- Wildfire, July 3, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Hail, June 7, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Hail, May 16, 2022
- Hail, May 10, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- Tornado, May 1, 2022
- High Wind, April 23, 2022
- Wildfire, April 23, 2022
- Hail, April 22, 2022
- High Wind, April 22, 2022
- Wildfire, April 20, 2022
- High Wind, April 12, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- High Wind, March 29, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 21, 2022
- Wildfire, March 3, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Wildfire, February 21, 2022
- High Wind, February 21, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2022
- Drought, February 1, 2022
- Wildfire, January 14, 2022
- Drought, January 1, 2022
- High Wind, December 24, 2021
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- High Wind, December 10, 2021
- High Wind, December 1, 2021
- Drought, December 1, 2021
- Drought, November 16, 2021
- High Wind, October 27, 2021
- Hail, October 12, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2021
- Hail, August 7, 2021
- Flood, July 17, 2021
- Flood, July 7, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2021
- Tornado, June 25, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2021
- Tornado, May 30, 2021
- Tornado, May 26, 2021
- Tornado, May 17, 2021
- Flash Flood, May 16, 2021
- Flood, May 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, March 17, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2021
- Hail, November 24, 2020
- Ice Storm, October 26, 2020
- Drought, October 20, 2020
- Hail, September 1, 2020
- Flood, August 29, 2020
- Wildfire, August 20, 2020
- Hail, August 14, 2020
- Hail, August 10, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2020
- Flood, July 23, 2020
- Drought, July 1, 2020
- Wildfire, June 25, 2020
- Tornado, June 22, 2020
- Tornado, June 19, 2020
- Wildfire, June 19, 2020
- Wildfire, June 12, 2020
- Dust Storm, June 9, 2020
- Hail, June 4, 2020
- Drought, June 1, 2020
- Flood, May 23, 2020
- Hail, May 7, 2020
- High Wind, March 19, 2020
- High Wind, February 25, 2020
- High Wind, November 26, 2019
- Flood, October 3, 2019
- Flood, October 1, 2019
- Flood, September 21, 2019
- Hail, August 31, 2019
- Hail, August 9, 2019
- Flood, August 8, 2019
- Hail, July 10, 2019
- Flood, July 5, 2019
- Flood, June 25, 2019
- Flood, June 5, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2019
- Tornado, May 26, 2019
- Flood, May 25, 2019
- Tornado, May 23, 2019
- Tornado, May 20, 2019
- Tornado, May 7, 2019
- Hail, May 6, 2019
- Hail, April 30, 2019
- Tornado, April 17, 2019
- High Wind, April 10, 2019
- Tornado, March 22, 2019
- Wildfire, March 16, 2019
- High Wind, March 13, 2019
- High Wind, March 9, 2019
- High Wind, February 23, 2019
- Tornado, December 26, 2018
- High Wind, December 13, 2018
- Winter Storm, November 11, 2018
- Flash Flood, October 7, 2018
- Hail, September 1, 2018
- Hail, August 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2018
- Tornado, June 22, 2018
- Tornado, June 12, 2018
- Flood, May 19, 2018
- Wildfire, May 9, 2018
- Hail, April 29, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, April 15, 2018
- Wildfire, April 12, 2018
- Wildfire, March 18, 2018
- Wildfire, March 18, 2018
- Wildfire, March 15, 2018
- Wildfire, March 2, 2018
- Wildfire, December 8, 2017
- Wildfire, November 17, 2017
- Frost/Freeze, October 27, 2017
- Hail, October 6, 2017
- Tornado, August 13, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2017
- Hail, July 4, 2017
- Hail, July 2, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2017
- Hail, June 21, 2017
- Hail, June 8, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2017
- Hail, May 15, 2017
- Hail, May 10, 2017
- Frost/Freeze, May 1, 2017
- Tornado, March 28, 2017
- High Wind, March 24, 2017
- Hail, March 23, 2017
- High Wind, February 28, 2017
- High Wind, February 23, 2017
- Wildfire, December 30, 2016
- High Wind, December 25, 2016
- High Wind, December 16, 2016
- Flash Flood, October 2, 2016
- Hail, August 25, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2016
- Tornado, June 13, 2016
- Hail, May 30, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2016
- Tornado, May 16, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 11, 2016
- Hail, April 28, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 26, 2016
- Hail, April 20, 2016
- Tornado, April 15, 2016
- Hail, April 10, 2016
- High Wind, March 23, 2016
- Wildfire, February 13, 2016
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Potter CountyEvery warning in Potter 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.