Texas

Storm History: Refugio County, Texas

228 episodes, 325 events since 1963

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Refugio 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
325
Deaths
0
Injuries
2
Damage
$542 million
Episodes
228

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
Drought12000$14 million
Tornado5902$414,000
Flash Flood5100$545,000
Hail3400$66,000
Ice Storm1000
Thunderstorm Wind800$65,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)800$520 million
Flood600
Tropical Storm500
Frost/Freeze400
Cold/Wind Chill400$95,000
Excessive Heat400
Heavy Snow200
Winter Weather200
Storm Surge/Tide200
Wildfire200
Dense Fog100
Lightning100
Coastal Flood100
Heavy Rain100$7.0 million

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Refugio County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Refugio CountyEvery warning in Refugio 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.