Texas

Storm History: Stephens County, Texas

425 episodes, 588 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Stephens 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
588
Deaths
1
Injuries
6
Damage
$112 million
Episodes
425

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
Tornado17806$5.4 million
Hail13300$1.0 million
Drought9100$1.3 million
Flash Flood6410$3.0 million
Heat2500
Excessive Heat2200
Winter Storm1600$150,000
Thunderstorm Wind1500$115,000
Wildfire1200$101 million
Flood700$40,000
Ice Storm600$115,000
Winter Weather400
Cold/Wind Chill400
Heavy Snow400$50,000
Heavy Rain300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Lightning100

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 Stephens County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Stephens CountyEvery warning in Stephens 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.