Storm History: Rockwall County, Texas
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Rockwall 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
- 392
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 13
- Damage
- $123 million
- Episodes
- 311
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 106 | 1 | 5 | $54 million |
| Hail | 64 | 0 | 0 | $66 million |
| Drought | 64 | 0 | 0 | $1.9 million |
| Flash Flood | 45 | 0 | 0 | $832,000 |
| Heat | 32 | 1 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 19 | 0 | 8 | $702,000 |
| Winter Storm | 13 | 0 | 0 | $294,000 |
| Ice Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | $230,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 5 | 0 | 0 | $65,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hail, April 11, 2016
- Tornado, April 3, 2012
- Tornado, October 20, 2019
- Tornado, April 25, 1994
- Tornado, November 4, 1994
- Hail, June 11, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2006
- Hail, March 17, 2021
- Drought, November 1, 2006
- Tornado, December 26, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2009
- Tornado, March 29, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 1996
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2021
- Ice Storm, December 5, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 22, 1997
- Tornado, May 8, 1998
- Tornado, March 28, 2017
- Tornado, December 13, 2022
- Tornado, April 24, 2026
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2023
- Hail, April 11, 2016
- Hail, April 12, 1986
- Hail, June 11, 2023
- Flash Flood, April 20, 2023
- Hail, April 9, 2021
- Hail, April 6, 2018
- Hail, June 25, 1992
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2000
- Hail, May 24, 1991
- Hail, April 22, 1983
- Hail, May 6, 1975
- Hail, May 2, 1998
- Flash Flood, March 4, 2026
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 18, 1970
- Tornado, April 25, 1994
- Tornado, December 26, 2015
- Tornado, May 30, 1976
- Tornado, May 3, 1979
- Tornado, May 29, 1994
- Tornado, April 3, 2012
- Tornado, October 20, 2019
- Tornado, April 12, 2022
- Tornado, May 23, 2015
- Tornado, February 18, 1971
- Tornado, May 10, 1972
- Tornado, April 21, 1974
- Tornado, May 23, 1976
- Tornado, May 13, 1985
Every episode, newest first
- Heat, June 18, 2026
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2026
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2026
- Tornado, April 24, 2026
- Flash Flood, March 4, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2026
- Flash Flood, November 20, 2025
- Tornado, August 28, 2025
- Heat, August 15, 2025
- Heat, August 6, 2025
- Heat, July 28, 2025
- Heat, July 24, 2025
- Tornado, May 19, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 18, 2025
- Flash Flood, January 29, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2025
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 29, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 20, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 13, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 7, 2024
- Heat, August 1, 2024
- Heat, July 29, 2024
- Heat, July 15, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2024
- Excessive Heat, June 27, 2024
- Heat, June 24, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2024
- Heat, September 23, 2023
- Excessive Heat, September 7, 2023
- Heat, September 5, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Drought, August 29, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 17, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 12, 2023
- Heat, July 10, 2023
- Excessive Heat, June 26, 2023
- Excessive Heat, June 15, 2023
- Heat, June 14, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2023
- Hail, June 11, 2023
- Flash Flood, April 20, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 14, 2023
- Ice Storm, February 1, 2023
- Tornado, December 13, 2022
- Hail, September 3, 2022
- Drought, September 1, 2022
- Heat, August 3, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2022
- Drought, July 12, 2022
- Excessive Heat, July 6, 2022
- Excessive Heat, June 11, 2022
- Tornado, April 12, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Tornado, March 29, 2022
- Tornado, March 14, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Drought, February 1, 2022
- Drought, January 1, 2022
- Heat, September 1, 2021
- Heat, August 9, 2021
- Heat, August 1, 2021
- Heat, July 29, 2021
- Heat, July 25, 2021
- Hail, April 9, 2021
- Hail, March 17, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2021
- Drought, December 1, 2020
- Drought, November 17, 2020
- Heat, September 1, 2020
- Excessive Heat, August 28, 2020
- Excessive Heat, August 12, 2020
- Heat, July 9, 2020
- Hail, July 5, 2020
- Cold/Wind Chill, October 31, 2019
- Tornado, October 20, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2019
- Heat, August 26, 2019
- Heat, August 17, 2019
- Heat, August 7, 2019
- Heat, July 16, 2019
- Heat, July 8, 2019
- Excessive Heat, June 19, 2019
- Tornado, May 29, 2019
- Drought, August 1, 2018
- Hail, April 6, 2018
- Drought, December 1, 2017
- Tornado, April 21, 2017
- Tornado, March 28, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2016
- Hail, April 11, 2016
- Hail, January 21, 2016
- Tornado, December 26, 2015
- Flash Flood, December 12, 2015
- Drought, October 1, 2015
- Drought, September 1, 2015
- Drought, August 25, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2015
- Tornado, May 23, 2015
- Drought, April 1, 2015
- Ice Storm, March 4, 2015
- Drought, March 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2015
- Drought, February 1, 2015
- Drought, January 1, 2015
- Drought, December 1, 2014
- Drought, November 1, 2014
- Hail, October 6, 2014
- Hail, October 2, 2014
- Drought, October 1, 2014
- Drought, September 28, 2014
- Drought, July 1, 2014
- Hail, June 9, 2014
- Drought, June 1, 2014
- Drought, May 1, 2014
- Drought, April 1, 2014
- Ice Storm, December 5, 2013
- Drought, September 1, 2013
- Drought, August 1, 2013
- Drought, July 9, 2013
- Drought, May 14, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Hail, November 3, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 2012
- Hail, August 7, 2012
- Hail, June 6, 2012
- Hail, May 29, 2012
- Tornado, April 3, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2011
- Drought, October 1, 2011
- Drought, September 1, 2011
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2011
- Drought, August 1, 2011
- Heat, July 1, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2011
- Drought, May 1, 2011
- Tornado, April 14, 2011
- Drought, April 1, 2011
- Drought, March 14, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2011
- Ice Storm, February 1, 2011
- Tornado, September 7, 2010
- Heavy Snow, March 20, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 11, 2010
- Hail, July 29, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2009
- Tornado, May 2, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2008
- Tornado, March 17, 2008
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2007
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2007
- Tornado, May 1, 2007
- Tornado, April 13, 2007
- Tornado, March 29, 2007
- Flash Flood, January 13, 2007
- Drought, November 1, 2006
- Drought, October 1, 2006
- Drought, September 1, 2006
- Drought, August 1, 2006
- Drought, July 1, 2006
- Drought, June 6, 2006
- Hail, May 1, 2006
- Drought, April 1, 2006
- Flash Flood, March 19, 2006
- Drought, March 1, 2006
- Drought, February 1, 2006
- Drought, January 1, 2006
- Drought, December 1, 2005
- Drought, November 1, 2005
- Lightning, October 1, 2005
- Hail, September 28, 2005
- Drought, September 1, 2005
- Hail, August 4, 2005
- Drought, August 1, 2005
- Flood, July 1, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 2005
- Flash Flood, January 12, 2005
- Flash Flood, January 2, 2005
- Winter Weather, December 22, 2004
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2004
- Hail, August 27, 2003
- Tornado, May 24, 2003
- Hail, May 19, 2003
- Tornado, April 5, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2003
- Flash Flood, October 18, 2002
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2002
- Flash Flood, December 16, 2001
- Ice Storm, November 27, 2001
- Tornado, October 10, 2001
- Flash Flood, June 29, 2001
- Tornado, May 4, 2001
- Flash Flood, February 15, 2001
- Heavy Snow, January 1, 2001
- Winter Storm, December 31, 2000
- Winter Storm, December 25, 2000
- Winter Storm, December 12, 2000
- Drought, September 1, 2000
- Heat, September 1, 2000
- Drought, August 1, 2000
- Heat, August 1, 2000
- Heat, July 1, 2000
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2000
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2000
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2000
- Hail, November 22, 1999
- Heat, August 1, 1999
- Tornado, May 2, 1999
- Tornado, April 3, 1999
- Hail, February 6, 1999
- Ice Storm, December 22, 1998
- Flash Flood, December 4, 1998
- Flash Flood, September 8, 1998
- Heat, July 1, 1998
- Drought, July 1, 1998
- Tornado, May 8, 1998
- Hail, May 2, 1998
- Heavy Rain, January 5, 1998
- Heavy Rain, January 4, 1998
- Flash Flood, December 21, 1997
- Flash Flood, December 20, 1997
- Heavy Rain, December 20, 1997
- Flash Flood, September 3, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 1997
- Tornado, May 30, 1997
- Flash Flood, May 19, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 22, 1997
- Flash Flood, April 4, 1997
- Flash Flood, February 19, 1997
- Heavy Rain, February 19, 1997
- Heavy Rain, February 12, 1997
- Winter Weather, January 14, 1997
- Winter Weather, January 12, 1997
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 1997
- Winter Storm, November 24, 1996
- Hail, October 21, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 21, 1996
- Drought, August 1, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 1996
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Rockwall CountyEvery warning in Rockwall 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.