Storm Surge/Tide in Texas

Events

134

Deaths

13

Injuries

0

Damage

$9.9 billion

• Hurricane and Tropical Storm in Texas, September 12 to 14, 200836 deaths · 2,409 injured · $13 billion · 25 eventsThe eye of Hurricane Ike moved ashore in Galveston County near the city of Galveston.
• Tropical Storm and Storm Surge in Texas, August 26 to 31, 201720 deaths · 1 injured · $5.3 billion · 11 eventsHarvey moved across the Gulf of Mexico into the central Texas Coast during the last week of August. After the initial landfall, the cyclone moved back into the gulf a couple days later and then made another landfall in Southwest Louisiana during the morning of the 30th.
• Hurricane and Tornado in Texas, August 25 to 31, 20173 deaths · 64 injured · $4.8 billion · EF0 · 20 eventsMajor Hurricane Harvey impacted the Middle Texas coast on August 25th and 26th. Harvey was the first category 4 hurricane to strike Texas since Hurricane Carla in 1961.
• Hurricane and Tornado in Texas, July 25 to 31, 20205 deaths · $906 million · EF0 · 21 eventsHurricane Hanna, the 2020 Atlantic season's first Hurricane, made landfall along the unpopulated Padre Island National Seashore on the mid-Kenedy County coastline as a Category 1 storm at around 5 PM Central Time Saturday, July 25th, carrying sustained 90 mph winds with gusts…
• Tornadoes and Storm Surge in Texas, July 1 to 6, 20102 deaths · $1.3 million · EF0 · 16 eventsHurricane Alex made its final landfall at 9pm, Wednesday June 30th, along the northern Mexican coast around 110 miles south of Brownsville as a Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph.
• Hurricane and Tropical Storm in Texas, September 12 to 14, 20081 death · $1.3 billion · 8 eventsHurricane Ike caused wind damage and significant storm surge flooding across southeast Texas. Ike made landfall near Galveston, TX early in the morning on September 13th as a strong category 2 hurricane.
• Storm Surge and High Surf in Texas, September 12 to 14, 20081 death · 2 injured · $3.7 million · 6 eventsHurricane Ike made landfall early during the morning on September 13th near Galveston Texas. Across South Texas, Ike produced a storm surge of 2 to 4 feet across barrier islands and inland bays and waterways, and a storm tide of 3 to 6 feet.
• Hurricane and Tornado in Texas, July 23 to 28, 20084 injured · $1.4 billion · EF0 · 23 eventsHurricane Dolly, the first storm since Bret (1999) to make landfall along the Deep South Texas barrier islands, left a trail of widespread minor to moderate structural and natural damage across much of the Lower Rio Grande Valley and Deep South Texas on July 23rd, and dumped…
• Hurricane and Tornadoes in Texas, July 25 to 26, 2020$54 million · EF0 · 33 eventsHurricane Hanna was the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic Basin hurricane season and made landfall on the lower Texas coast north of Port Mansfield on the afternoon of the 25th. Hanna was the first hurricane to make landfall in Texas since Hurricane Harvey.
• Tornado and Tropical Storm in Texas, July 7 to 8, 20241 injured · $356,000 · EF2 · 6 eventsHurricane Beryl moved into Texas during the morning of July 8th. Gusty winds, scattered flooding, and an isolated tornado occurred in deep southeast Texas as the system moved through the region.
• Tornadoes and Storm Surge in Texas, October 16 to 23, 2006$7.5 million · F1 · 19 eventsAn abundance of moisture and high wind shear resulted in several tornadoes and flash floods across southeast Texas.
• Tropical Storm and Storm Surge in Texas, September 6 to 7, 2010$14 million · 9 eventsA persistent are of showers and thunderstorms over the extreme southwestern Gulf of Mexico east of the City of Veracruz, Mexico, during the early morning hours of Sunday, September 5th, 2010, gradually organized into Tropical Depression Number 10 shortly after sunset.
• Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in Texas, June 30, 2010$10 million · EF0 · 12 eventsFeeder bands from intensifying Hurricane Alex produced a prolonged period of locally heavy rain, gusty winds, and a few tornadoes during the day and evening of June 30th.
• Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in Texas, July 23 to 24, 2008$3.5 million · EF0 · 17 eventsHurricane Dolly made landfall approximately 80 miles south of Corpus Christi, Texas on Wednesday July 23, 2008 between 1 PM and 2 PM, along the unpopulated shoreline of Cameron and Willacy County.
• Tropical Storm and Storm Surge in Texas, September 6 to 9, 2010$2.5 million · 9 eventsTropical Depression Hermine was a unique storm in that it formed as a result of the remnants of Tropical Depression number eleven in the Pacific crossing into the Southwest Gulf of Mexico on Sunday September 5, 2010.
• Storm Surge in Texas, June 19 to 21, 2024$2.5 million · 3 eventsThe difference between unusually strong (for late June) high pressure over the southeast U.S. and broad low pressure in the southwest Gulf brought a gradual increase in wave energy and rising tides (coastal run up) on the Lower Texas coast barrier island.
• Storm Surge and Flash Flooding in Texas, September 21 to 23, 2020$950,000 · 14 eventsTropical Storm Beta made landfall near Matagorda bay on September 21. As the system pushed slowly inland, portions of SE Texas experienced flash flooding from heavy rain bands, storm surge, and some strong wind gusts.
• Tropical Storm and Storm Surge in Texas, June 16, 2015$1.3 million · 5 eventsA broad area of low pressure over the northwest Gulf of Mexico strengthened into Tropical Storm Bill on the evening of June 15th. Tropical Storm Bill moved slowly northwest toward the Middle Texas coast.
• Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in Texas, August 22, 2023$381,000 · EF0 · 28 eventsTropical Storm Harold moved west across south Texas on the 22nd. An area of low pressure developed over the central Gulf of Mexico on the 21st.
• Tropical Storm and Storm Surge in Texas, September 19 to 23, 2020$200,000 · 16 eventsTropical Storm Beta began as a low pressure area over the southwest Gulf of Mexico on September 16th. This system organized into a tropical depression on the 17th as it moved slowly northward.
• Tropical Storm and Storm Surge in Texas, September 13 to 14, 2021$125,000 · 23 eventsAn area of low pressure over the western Caribbean Sea on September 9th moved west into the Bay of Campeche by the 11th. The low pressure area strengthened to become Tropical Storm Nicholas over the southern Gulf of Mexico on the morning of the 12th.
• Tornadoes and Storm Surge in Texas, July 20, 2005$155,000 · F0 · 13 eventsEmily formed as the 5th tropical depression of the 2005 Atlantic Season at 10 pm CDT Sunday July 10th, 2005. Tropical Depression 5 became the 5th Tropical Storm at 10 pm CDT Sunday July 10th, 2005.
• Tropical Storm and Storm Surge in Texas, August 5, 2008$100,000 · 4 eventsTropical Storm Edouard moved ashore along the upper Texas coast between High Island and Sabine Pass in the McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge and produced minimal damage totalling $100,000.
• Storm Surge in Texas, August 29, 2005$40,000 · 1 eventMinor coastal flooding from swells created by Hurricane Katrina caused a bulkhead to break in Surfside. Washed out some roads and broke a few sewer lines.
• Hurricane and Tropical Storm in Texas, September 13 to 14, 202122 eventsNicholas formed on September 12 in the Southwestern Gulf of Mexico, slowly advancing northeastward along the Middle Texas Coast. It eventually made landfall 10 miles west of Sargent just after midnight on September 14, with maximum sustained wind speeds of 75 mph.

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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.