Texas

Storm History: Red River County, Texas

483 episodes, 646 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Red River 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
646
Deaths
1
Injuries
14
Damage
$200 million
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
Tornado192014$36 million
Hail15800$601,000
Thunderstorm Wind5900$105,000
Drought5700$4.0 million
Flash Flood5300$10,000
Heat5100
Winter Weather2000
Excessive Heat2000
Winter Storm1400$4.8 million
Ice Storm700$155 million
Cold/Wind Chill700$150,000
Flood300
Wildfire200$210,000
Funnel Cloud100
Heavy Snow100
Dense Fog110

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 Red River County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Red River CountyEvery warning in Red River 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.