Texas

Storm History: Randall County, Texas

788 episodes, 1,882 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Randall 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
1,882
Deaths
14
Injuries
35
Damage
$458 million
Episodes
788

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
Tornado582214$285 million
Hail55312$13 million
Flash Flood25000$4.6 million
High Wind10813$723,000
Thunderstorm Wind8500$610,000
Drought7200$123 million
Wildfire4000$28 million
Flood3000$1.3 million
Winter Weather2615$19,000
Winter Storm2000
Cold/Wind Chill1700
Heavy Snow1500$300,000
Dust Storm1400$16,000
Ice Storm1300$79,000
Heavy Rain1300
Dense Fog1200
Blizzard10510$768,000
Excessive Heat610
Lightning311$35,000
Frost/Freeze300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Freezing Fog200
Heat220
Dust Devil100$25,000
Sleet100
Strong Wind100$6,000

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 Randall County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Randall CountyEvery warning in Randall 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.