Texas

Storm History: Rockwall County, Texas

311 episodes, 392 events since 1958

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.

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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
Tornado10615$54 million
Hail6400$66 million
Drought6400$1.9 million
Flash Flood4500$832,000
Heat3210
Excessive Heat2300
Thunderstorm Wind1908$702,000
Winter Storm1300$294,000
Ice Storm600$230,000
Heavy Snow500$65,000
Heavy Rain500
Winter Weather300
Cold/Wind Chill300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Flood100
Lightning100

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 Rockwall County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.