Storm History: Runnels County, Texas
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Runnels 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
- 641
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 6
- Damage
- $50 million
- Episodes
- 397
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 | 274 | 0 | 6 | $25 million |
| Hail | 147 | 0 | 0 | $74,000 |
| Flash Flood | 74 | 1 | 0 | $446,000 |
| Drought | 63 | 0 | 0 | $8.0 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 28 | 0 | 0 | $390,000 |
| Winter Storm | 17 | 0 | 0 | $30,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 9 | 1 | 0 | $7,000 |
| Flood | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 5 | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| Wildfire | 2 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Depression | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | $17 million |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2021
- Tornado, May 24, 2002
- Drought, August 1, 1998
- Tornado, May 18, 2019
- Tornado, March 14, 1982
- Flash Flood, September 14, 1996
- Tornado, June 19, 1982
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 1996
- Tornado, August 22, 1997
- Flash Flood, June 21, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 13, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 1998
- Tornado, April 30, 2007
- Tornado, September 13, 1993
- Tornado, October 12, 1993
- Tornado, May 26, 1994
- Tornado, July 2, 1995
- Flash Flood, August 28, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 4, 1996
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Tornado, May 25, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 1, 2017
- Hail, June 12, 2014
- Hail, May 9, 2013
- Hail, June 2, 1973
- Hail, June 16, 1973
- Flash Flood, February 22, 2005
- Hail, May 8, 2005
- Hail, June 18, 2019
- Hail, May 30, 2012
- Hail, April 25, 2023
- Hail, May 10, 2026
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 7, 2023
- Hail, May 9, 2024
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 19, 1976
- Tornado, March 10, 1973
- Tornado, April 10, 1979
- Tornado, May 15, 1965
- Tornado, April 23, 1973
- Tornado, April 15, 1976
- Tornado, April 17, 1976
- Tornado, March 14, 1982
- Tornado, May 7, 1995
- Tornado, May 14, 1995
- Tornado, May 18, 2019
- Tornado, May 1, 2024
- Tornado, May 21, 2024
- Tornado, April 27, 1954
- Tornado, June 16, 1955
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, May 19, 2026
- Hail, May 10, 2026
- Tornado, April 11, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2026
- Drought, November 1, 2025
- Drought, October 1, 2025
- Drought, September 1, 2025
- Tornado, May 25, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 22, 2025
- Hail, April 22, 2025
- Tornado, April 19, 2025
- Drought, April 1, 2025
- Tornado, November 7, 2024
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2024
- Tornado, May 21, 2024
- Hail, May 9, 2024
- Tornado, May 1, 2024
- Hail, April 1, 2024
- Tornado, March 14, 2024
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2023
- Drought, August 1, 2023
- Drought, June 1, 2023
- Tornado, May 23, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2023
- Flood, May 8, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 7, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2023
- Drought, May 1, 2023
- Hail, April 25, 2023
- Flood, April 22, 2023
- Drought, April 1, 2023
- Hail, March 24, 2023
- Drought, March 1, 2023
- Flash Flood, December 10, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Drought, September 1, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Hail, July 9, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Hail, May 10, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Hail, March 29, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2022
- Drought, February 1, 2022
- Drought, January 1, 2022
- Hail, May 25, 2021
- Flash Flood, April 27, 2021
- Hail, March 16, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 9, 2021
- Heavy Snow, January 10, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 31, 2020
- Drought, December 1, 2020
- Drought, November 1, 2020
- Ice Storm, October 26, 2020
- Hail, July 1, 2020
- Hail, June 29, 2020
- Hail, May 15, 2020
- Tornado, March 17, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 13, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 4, 2020
- Drought, November 1, 2019
- Drought, October 1, 2019
- Drought, September 1, 2019
- Drought, August 20, 2019
- Hail, June 18, 2019
- Tornado, May 18, 2019
- Tornado, April 22, 2019
- Hail, April 5, 2019
- Tornado, March 12, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 2, 2019
- Flash Flood, October 15, 2018
- Flash Flood, October 13, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 6, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 30, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 26, 2017
- Tornado, May 18, 2017
- Flash Flood, April 1, 2017
- Tornado, May 26, 2016
- Tornado, April 16, 2016
- Hail, December 26, 2015
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2015
- Tornado, May 25, 2015
- Tornado, May 5, 2015
- Tornado, April 22, 2015
- Flash Flood, April 16, 2015
- Hail, April 13, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, December 30, 2014
- Hail, October 10, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2014
- Hail, June 12, 2014
- Tornado, May 23, 2014
- Drought, May 1, 2014
- Frost/Freeze, April 15, 2014
- Drought, April 1, 2014
- Drought, March 1, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2014
- Drought, February 1, 2014
- Drought, January 1, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 5, 2013
- Drought, December 1, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2013
- Hail, June 5, 2013
- Drought, June 1, 2013
- Hail, May 10, 2013
- Hail, May 9, 2013
- Drought, May 1, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Heavy Snow, January 3, 2013
- Flash Flood, September 29, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Tornado, May 30, 2012
- Hail, May 30, 2012
- Hail, May 28, 2012
- Hail, April 3, 2012
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2012
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2011
- Drought, November 1, 2011
- Drought, October 1, 2011
- Hail, September 14, 2011
- Drought, September 1, 2011
- Drought, August 1, 2011
- Drought, July 1, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2011
- Drought, June 1, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 11, 2011
- Tornado, April 24, 2011
- Tornado, April 20, 2011
- Drought, April 1, 2011
- Hail, March 18, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 23, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 7, 2009
- Hail, September 20, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2009
- Hail, May 28, 2009
- Drought, May 1, 2009
- Frost/Freeze, April 7, 2009
- Drought, April 1, 2009
- Drought, March 1, 2009
- Wildfire, February 24, 2009
- Drought, February 1, 2009
- Ice Storm, January 27, 2009
- Hail, April 26, 2008
- Tornado, March 17, 2008
- Hail, March 2, 2008
- Winter Weather, January 23, 2008
- Tropical Depression, August 16, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2007
- Hail, June 20, 2007
- Heavy Rain, June 1, 2007
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2007
- Tornado, May 2, 2007
- Tornado, April 30, 2007
- Flash Flood, April 29, 2007
- Hail, April 24, 2007
- Hail, April 17, 2007
- Winter Storm, April 6, 2007
- Tornado, March 30, 2007
- Drought, March 1, 2007
- Wildfire, February 24, 2007
- Drought, February 1, 2007
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2007
- Ice Storm, January 12, 2007
- Drought, January 1, 2007
- Drought, December 1, 2006
- Winter Storm, November 30, 2006
- Drought, November 1, 2006
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2006
- Tornado, May 5, 2006
- Tornado, May 4, 2006
- Hail, April 28, 2006
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2005
- Hail, May 31, 2005
- Tornado, May 31, 2005
- Hail, May 25, 2005
- Tornado, May 13, 2005
- Hail, May 8, 2005
- Tornado, April 21, 2005
- Hail, March 26, 2005
- Flash Flood, February 22, 2005
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 6, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 1, 2004
- Hail, August 20, 2004
- Hail, August 20, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2004
- Tornado, May 13, 2004
- Tornado, April 23, 2004
- Tornado, March 4, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 29, 2004
- Flash Flood, October 10, 2003
- Tornado, June 11, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2003
- Tornado, June 3, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2003
- Hail, May 19, 2003
- Tornado, April 29, 2003
- Hail, April 28, 2003
- Tornado, April 23, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2002
- Tornado, May 27, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2002
- Tornado, May 24, 2002
- Tornado, May 4, 2002
- Hail, May 3, 2002
- Tornado, April 7, 2002
- Tornado, March 30, 2002
- Tornado, March 19, 2002
- Heavy Snow, January 1, 2002
- Heavy Snow, November 28, 2001
- Hail, October 12, 2001
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2001
- Hail, May 30, 2001
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2001
- Hail, April 10, 2001
- High Wind, March 14, 2001
- Hail, February 8, 2001
- Ice Storm, December 25, 2000
- Flash Flood, November 3, 2000
- Hail, November 2, 2000
- Hail, September 23, 2000
- Drought, August 1, 2000
- Flood, June 3, 2000
- Hail, May 18, 2000
- Drought, May 1, 2000
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Runnels CountyEvery warning in Runnels 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.