Texas

Storm History: Smith County, Texas

745 episodes, 1,252 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Smith 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
1,252
Deaths
8
Injuries
41
Damage
$40 million
Episodes
745

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
Tornado354426$33 million
Hail34513$1.4 million
Flash Flood17406$586,000
Thunderstorm Wind16102$992,000
Heat5910
Drought5200
Excessive Heat2310
Flood2200
Winter Weather1700
Winter Storm1500$508,000
Lightning702$142,000
Ice Storm600$30,000
Cold/Wind Chill600$300,000
High Wind310$100,000
Wildfire300$770,000
Strong Wind200$200
Heavy Rain100
Hurricane (Typhoon)102$2.0 million
Heavy Snow100

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 Smith County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Smith CountyEvery warning in Smith 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.