Texas

Storm History: San Patricio County, Texas

385 episodes, 619 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in San Patricio 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
619
Deaths
2
Injuries
51
Damage
$608 million
Episodes
385

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
Tornado148243$16 million
Drought12600$41 million
Flash Flood11200$4.3 million
Hail7600$2.6 million
Excessive Heat5200
Thunderstorm Wind2800$2.6 million
Wildfire1206$660,000
Ice Storm1000$100,000
Flood900
Cold/Wind Chill900$600,000
Heat700
Hurricane (Typhoon)600$507 million
Frost/Freeze500
Coastal Flood400
Storm Surge/Tide300$242,000
Tropical Storm300
Funnel Cloud200
Dense Fog202
Heavy Snow200$10,000
Winter Weather200
Heavy Rain100$33 million

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 San Patricio County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in San Patricio CountyEvery warning in San Patricio 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.