Storm History: Rusk County, Texas

Events

971

Deaths

5

Injuries

17

Damage

$18 million

Episodes

596

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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• Hail, April 12, 19862 deaths · 4.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, November 5, 19941 death · 2 injured · $55,000 · F2 · 2 events here
• Hail, June 28, 20111 death · $10,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Winter Storm, February 16, 20211 death · 1 event here

• Tornado, April 6, 2003$9.0 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 6, 20036 injured · $2.3 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 21, 2022$1.0 million · EF2 · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 11, 2017$515,000 · EF2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 18, 2008$500,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Hurricane (Typhoon), September 13, 2008$400,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 12, 2001$300,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 26, 1991$278,000 · F3 · 10 events here
• Tornado, May 5, 20221 injured · $275,000 · EF2 · 7 events here
• Tornado, April 29, 19584 injured · $250,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 22, 1961$250,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 27, 19741 injured · $250,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, October 9, 2009$250,000 · 57 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 25, 2015$250,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 14, 2008$200,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 27, 2021$160,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, December 19, 2017$135,000 · EF2 · 4 events here
• Tornado, January 10, 2020$130,000 · EF1 · 9 events here
• Lightning, July 22, 2006$100,000 · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2010$100,000 · 1 event here

• Hail, April 30, 19585 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 27, 2014$10,000 · 4.5 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, April 11, 19944.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 12, 19862 deaths · 4.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 13, 20233.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, April 11, 20163.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, May 9, 19883.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 18, 1976$3,000 · 3.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, April 11, 19623.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 9, 20213 in hail · 7 events here
• Hail, April 26, 20232.75 in hail · 8 events here
• Hail, April 19, 20152.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, March 28, 20142.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, March 2, 19992.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, January 26, 19942.75 in hail · 3 events here

• Tornado, March 10, 1973$3,000 · F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 15, 1973F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 13, 1981F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 16, 1989F4 · 3 events here
• Tornado, July 18, 1954$25,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 26, 1957F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 22, 1961$250,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, December 12, 1968F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 14, 1969F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 3, 1970$25,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 20, 1974F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 9, 1981F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 31, 1983F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 15, 1987F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 1, 1988F3 · 2 events here

Every tornado in Rusk County, with its track

• Hail, May 22, 20261.25 in hail · 6 events here
• Drought, May 1, 20261 event here
• Hail, April 18, 20261 in hail · 3 events here
• Drought, April 2, 20261 event here
• Hail, March 15, 20262.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, March 1, 20261 event here
• Tornado, February 14, 2026EF1 · 1 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20261 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 24, 20261 event here
• Winter Storm, January 23, 20261 event here
• Drought, January 15, 20261 event here
• Tornado, October 28, 2025$25,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Heat, August 14, 20251 event here
• Heat, August 8, 20251 event here
• Heat, August 1, 20251 event here
• Flash Flood, August 1, 202556 kt wind · 3 events here
• Heat, July 27, 20251 event here
• Heat, July 24, 20251 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 202561 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heat, June 20, 20251 event here
• Flash Flood, June 8, 20251.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 6, 2025EF1 · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, April 30, 20251.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, March 30, 20252.5 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, March 15, 20251 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 4, 2025EF1 · 2 events here
• Winter Weather, January 9, 20251 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20241 event here
• Drought, October 31, 20241 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 202452 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 13, 20241 event here
• Heat, August 7, 20241 event here
• Heat, August 1, 20241 event here
• Heat, July 29, 20241 event here
• Heat, July 15, 20241 event here
• Tornado, July 8, 2024EF1 · 3 events here
• Heat, July 3, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 1, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 28, 20241 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 202470 kt wind · 3 events here
• Heat, June 23, 20241 event here
• Flash Flood, June 3, 202465 kt wind · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, June 2, 20241 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 1, 20241 in hail · 7 events here
• Tornado, May 30, 2024EF1 · 3 events here
• Hail, May 28, 20241 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, May 22, 20242.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 28, 202452 kt wind · 6 events here
• Flash Flood, April 8, 20241.5 in hail · 5 events here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 20241 event here
• Winter Storm, January 14, 20241 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20241 event here
• Drought, December 21, 20231 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20231 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20231 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 24, 202361 kt wind · 4 events here
• Heat, September 8, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, September 6, 20231 event here
• Heat, September 5, 20231 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20231 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 202352 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, August 24, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 18, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 9, 20231 event here
• Heat, August 8, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 1, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 31, 20231 event here
• Heat, July 30, 20231 event here
• Heat, July 19, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 18, 20231 event here
• Heat, July 13, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 13, 20231 event here
• Heat, July 11, 20231 event here
• Heat, July 1, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 24, 20231 event here
• Hail, June 23, 202361 kt wind · 6 events here
• Excessive Heat, June 17, 20231 event here
• Tornado, June 15, 2023EF1 · 3 events here
• Heat, June 15, 20231 event here
• Hail, June 13, 20233.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 10, 20231.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 3, 202352 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 11, 20231 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 202370 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, April 26, 20232.75 in hail · 8 events here
• Hail, March 31, 20232 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, March 16, 20231 in hail · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 9, 202352 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 2, 2023EF1 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, January 7, 202361 kt wind · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 20221 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 24, 202261 kt wind · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 7, 202261 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heat, August 17, 20221 event here
• Heat, August 3, 20221 event here
• Heat, July 24, 20221 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 19, 20221 event here
• Heat, July 16, 20221 event here
• Heat, July 11, 20221 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 9, 20221 event here
• Heat, July 4, 20221 event here
• Heat, June 23, 20221 event here
• Heat, June 18, 20221 event here
• Heat, June 11, 20221 event here
• Hail, May 21, 20221 injured · 1.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 5, 20221 injured · $275,000 · EF2 · 7 events here
• Flash Flood, April 12, 2022$100 · 1 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, April 4, 202287 kt wind · 7 events here
• Tornado, March 21, 2022$1.0 million · EF2 · 3 events here
• Hail, March 14, 20221.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, March 1, 20221 event here
• Winter Weather, February 3, 20221 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20221 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20221 event here
• Drought, December 30, 20211 event here
• Drought, November 2, 20211 event here
• High Wind, October 28, 202150 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 27, 202170 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heat, September 1, 20211 event here
• Heat, August 25, 20211 event here
• Heat, August 1, 20211 event here
• Heat, July 29, 20211 event here
• Heat, June 14, 20211 event here
• Tornado, June 8, 2021EF0 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 202161 kt wind · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, May 25, 202156 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 11, 20211 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, April 9, 20213 in hail · 7 events here
• Tornado, March 27, 2021$160,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 16, 20211 death · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, February 14, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, January 10, 20211 event here
• Heat, September 1, 20201 event here
• Heat, August 31, 20201 event here
• Heat, August 28, 20201 event here
• Hurricane (Typhoon), August 27, 20201 event here
• Heat, August 15, 20201 event here
• Heat, August 13, 20201 event here
• Lightning, August 5, 20201 injured · 1 event here
• Heat, July 13, 20201 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 11, 20201 event here
• Heat, July 10, 20201 event here
• Flash Flood, July 5, 202065 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 24, 20201.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 7, 2020$750 · 61 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, April 28, 20201.75 in hail · 13 events here
• Hail, April 24, 20202 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 22, 2020EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, April 18, 20201 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 12, 2020EF1 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, March 4, 20201 in hail · 10 events here
• Tornado, January 10, 2020$130,000 · EF1 · 9 events here
• Drought, January 9, 20201 event here
• Tornado, October 20, 2019EF1 · 4 events here
• Drought, September 17, 20191 event here
• Heat, August 26, 20191 event here
• Heat, August 22, 20191 event here
• Heat, August 17, 20191 event here
• Heat, August 7, 20191 event here
• Heat, July 17, 20191 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 201956 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heat, July 9, 20191 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2019$25,000 · 56 kt wind · 7 events here
• Heat, June 21, 20191 event here
• Tornado, June 19, 2019EF0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 18, 2019EF1 · 4 events here
• Tornado, May 8, 2019EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 1, 2019EF1 · 6 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 18, 201965 kt wind · 4 events here
• Tornado, April 13, 2019EF3 · 2 events here
• Hail, March 14, 201974 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Weather, February 8, 20191 event here
• Flood, December 26, 20181 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, November 12, 20183 events here
• Tornado, October 31, 2018EF1 · 7 events here
• Tornado, October 13, 2018EF0 · 1 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20181 event here
• Drought, August 30, 20181 event here
• Heat, July 19, 20181 event here
• Heat, July 13, 20181 event here
• Hail, July 5, 201856 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 13, 2018EF1 · 6 events here
• Hail, April 3, 2018$30,000 · 1 in hail · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, March 28, 2018$200 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 5, 2018$600 · 2 events here
• Winter Weather, February 11, 20181 event here
• Tornado, January 21, 2018EF2 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 15, 20181 event here
• Tornado, December 19, 2017$135,000 · EF2 · 4 events here
• Drought, December 7, 20171 event here
• Hail, November 3, 20171.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Strong Wind, October 22, 2017$100 · 1 event here
• Heat, August 19, 20171 event here
• Heat, August 12, 20171 event here
• Heat, July 28, 20171 event here
• Heat, July 19, 20171 event here
• Hail, July 8, 20171 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 201754 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 28, 2017$10,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 20, 20171.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 11, 2017$515,000 · EF2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 3, 2017$50,000 · EF1 · 5 events here
• Hail, April 26, 20171.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 10, 2017$25,000 · EF1 · 4 events here
• Tornado, March 24, 2017EF2 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, February 20, 201756 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, January 2, 20171 in hail · 2 events here
• Lightning, September 5, 2016$5,000 · 1 event here
• Heat, August 3, 20161 event here
• Heat, July 24, 20161 event here
• Heat, July 22, 20161 event here
• Heat, July 19, 20161 event here
• Heat, July 3, 20161 event here
• Tornado, April 29, 2016EF2 · 8 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 26, 201661 kt wind · 6 events here
• Hail, April 11, 20163.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, March 8, 201656 kt wind · 6 events here
• Tornado, December 27, 2015EF2 · 3 events here
• Tornado, December 12, 2015EF2 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, November 17, 2015$100,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20151 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20151 event here
• Drought, August 11, 20151 event here
• Heat, August 5, 20151 event here
• Heat, July 13, 20151 event here
• Hail, June 29, 20150.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 30, 2015$30,000 · 55 kt wind · 6 events here
• Tornado, May 25, 2015$250,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 10, 2015$75,000 · EF1 · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, April 27, 20151.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 24, 2015EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, April 19, 20152.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, April 18, 2015$10,000 · 1.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Tornado, April 9, 2015EF2 · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, March 9, 20152 events here
• Winter Storm, March 4, 20151 event here
• Winter Weather, February 25, 20151 event here
• Winter Weather, February 23, 20151 event here
• Tornado, October 13, 2014EF1 · 2 events here
• Hail, October 6, 20141.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 2, 201465 kt wind · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 201456 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 12, 201455 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 27, 2014$10,000 · 4.5 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, March 28, 20142.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Winter Weather, February 11, 20141 event here
• Winter Weather, January 23, 20141 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 20141 event here
• Flash Flood, October 31, 20131 event here

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Tornadoes in Rusk CountyEvery warning in Rusk County since 1986Every county in Texas

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.