Texas

Storm History: San Saba County, Texas

271 episodes, 377 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in San Saba 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
377
Deaths
0
Injuries
1
Damage
$4.5 million
Episodes
271

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
Tornado11701$1.1 million
Hail8300$907,000
Drought7400
Flash Flood4200$2.3 million
Thunderstorm Wind1200$8,000
Winter Storm1100$46,000
Flood1000$116,000
Wildfire700$10,000
Ice Storm400$1,000
Heavy Snow400
Winter Weather400
Frost/Freeze300
Dust Storm300
Heavy Rain100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100
Cold/Wind Chill100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Saba County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in San Saba CountyEvery warning in San Saba 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.