Texas

Storm History: Somervell County, Texas

293 episodes, 351 events since 1971

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Somervell 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
351
Deaths
4
Injuries
21
Damage
$4.0 million
Episodes
293

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
Tornado7900$811,000
Drought7900$2.1 million
Hail4428$187,000
Flash Flood3623$493,000
Heat2700
Excessive Heat2700
Winter Storm1600$46,000
Thunderstorm Wind900$125,000
Winter Weather500
Heavy Rain500
Ice Storm5010$240,000
Cold/Wind Chill400
Wildfire400$17,000
Heavy Snow300$20,000
Flood300
Lightning200$10,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
High Wind100

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 Somervell County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Somervell CountyEvery warning in Somervell 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.