Texas

Storm History: Sabine County, Texas

308 episodes, 381 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Sabine 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
381
Deaths
3
Injuries
6
Damage
$23 million
Episodes
308

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
Hail6400$20,000
Heat6400
Tornado6313$1.1 million
Thunderstorm Wind4811$16 million
Flash Flood4700$2.0 million
Drought3800
Excessive Heat2000
Winter Weather1300
Cold/Wind Chill600$50,000
Winter Storm600$3.4 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)310$250,000
Ice Storm200
Flood200$30,000
High Wind200$100,000
Heavy Snow100
Lightning102
Tropical Storm100

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 Sabine County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Sabine CountyEvery warning in Sabine 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.