Strong Wind in Texas

Events

341

Deaths

15

Injuries

23

Damage

$4.4 million

• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Texas, December 24, 20096 deaths · $2.1 million · 26 eventsA powerful upper level system dipped into north Texas bringing near blizzard conditions to the northwest portions of north Texas. Wind gusts up to 50 mph were reported during the afternoon hours across much of the western half of north Texas.
• Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Texas, February 1 to 4, 20113 deaths · 37 injured · $4.4 million · 31 eventsThe first week of February 2011 was plagued with two winter weather events and persistent cold temperatures. The first winter storm began late on January 31st and ended during the morning hours of February 1st.
• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, December 25, 20121 death · $771,000 · EF3 · 9 eventsOn Christmas Day strong to severe thunderstorms developed along a warm front that was lifting north through the area. One of those storms produced an EF-3 tornado near Pennington, TX.
• Flash Flooding and Flooding in Texas, January 24 to 25, 20122 deaths · $411,000 · 87 kt wind · 21 eventsRich low level moisture combined with increasing warm air advection and a very slow moving upper level low resulted in a heavy rainfall event that began during the afternoon of the 24th and ended from west to east during the day on the 25th.
• Strong Wind in Texas, December 2, 20032 deaths · 2 injured · $60,000 · 1 eventA strong gust of wind resulted in a fatal motor vehicle accident in which two people were killed and two people were injured.
• Tornadoes and Flood in Texas, March 4, 20254 injured · $15 million · EF1 · 126 eventsA deep upper trough moving east through the Plains was accompanied by a Pacific cold front, along which a line of strong to severe thunderstorms developed early in the morning of March 4.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 9, 20132 deaths · $15,000 · 1.75 in hail · 4 eventsScattered thunderstorms developed both east and west of the dryline on the afternoon of the ninth with an upper level disturbance moving over West Texas.
• Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 14, 20111 death · $544,000 · EF0 · 63 eventsA powerful, negatively-tilted upper level trough moved into the Central Plains during the late afternoon hours which aided in the development of supercell thunderstorms near the intersection of a cold front and dryline in north central Texas.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, December 8 to 10, 20085 injured · $1.2 million · EF2 · 9 eventsA dry line moved across north Texas as an upper level trough moved through the Desert Southwest. A line of thunderstorms developed and became severe as the night wore on. Two tornadoes and several downbursts caused significant damage across Grayson County.
• Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 10, 20081 injured · $1.3 million · EF2 · 15 eventsA strong pressure gradient initially across northeast Texas and northwest Louisiana during the pre dawn hours of April 10th produced non-thunderstorm wind gusts responsible for downing trees and power lines.
• Strong Wind in Texas, January 17, 20061 death · 1 injured · $40,000 · 1 eventWind collapsed the side of an oil storage tank in Deer Park. As a result, a scaffolding within the interior of this tank holding two men toppled killing one of these men.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 16, 20151 death · 1 injured · $21,000 · 1.75 in hail · 9 eventsA large complex of strong to severe thunderstorms moved out of Central Texas and into Northeast Texas during the early evening hours of April 16th. These storms encountered a moderately unstable airmass with strong deep layer shear.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, May 9 to 10, 20211 death · 61 kt wind · 31 eventsWarm, humid, and unstable conditions were in place across the Four State Region on May 9th, ahead of a cold front and attendant shortwave trough that traversed the Southern Plains during the afternoon.
• Strong Wind in Texas, January 1, 20061 death · $36,000 · 1 eventA deepening low pressure system over the central Plains states resulted in a tight pressure gradient across the Texas panhandle during the late morning into the afternoon hours.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 26, 2021$30 million · 1.75 in hail · 16 eventsAn upper level trough was over Arizona and New Mexico. A cold front was stalled across portions of Southeast New Mexico and the northern Permian Basin. Hot temperatures were in place ahead of the cold front.
• High Wind and Strong Wind in Texas, October 28, 20211 death · 50 kt wind · 12 eventsA strong gradient wind event behind a departing surface low pressure area over Northern Arkansas and Southern Missouri resulted in strong northwesterly surface winds across much of East Texas and Western Louisiana during the day on October 28th.
• High Wind and Strong Wind in Texas, March 15, 20261 death · $2,000 · 53 kt wind · 4 eventsStrong north winds affected North and Central Texas the day of March 15 following the passage of a cold front. Wind gusts at times exceeded 55 mph. Unfortunately a fatality occurred on an area lake due to the strong winds.
• Strong Wind in Texas, September 22, 20061 death · $3,000 · 1 eventA dead pine tree blew down in high winds and struck and killed an adult male who was 60 to 70 feet away from the base of tree. CXO ASOS at the time of this event recorded a peak wind of 27 knots.
• Strong Wind in Texas, April 3, 20111 death · 1 eventAn elderly woman in Fort Worth died due to a power outage at her home that left her unable to receive the oxygen she needed to survive. The power outage occurred from a tree that was blown into the power line down the street by strong wind gusts up to 40 mph.
• Strong Wind in Texas, January 16, 20121 death · 1 eventStrong pressure gradient winds from the south resulted in sustained wind speeds near 20 mph with gusts as highs as 40 mph across all of Northeast Texas during the afternoon hours of January 16th. This made for very large swells on Lake Palestine in Northeast Texas.
• Strong Wind in Texas, April 18, 20191 death · 1 eventIn wake of the strong to severe thunderstorms that swept across East Texas during the early morning hours on April 18th, a strong cold front progressed through Deep East Texas during the mid and late afternoon hours, with winds becoming west northwest and gusting to 25-30 mph…
• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, November 17, 2015$944,000 · EF1 · 27 eventsA cold front and approaching upper level storm system combined to produce nighttime thunderstorms across much of north Texas, including the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Daylight revealed several swaths of wind damage, including two tornadoes.
• Wildfire and High Wind in Texas, January 29 to 30, 2008$3.3 million · 51 kt wind · 20 eventsThere were dozens of reports of damage due to strong winds as a powerful low pressure system and cold front moved through the state.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 10, 2009$400,000 · 1.75 in hail · 40 eventsA cold front moved through South Central Texas on the evening of February 10 and produced a line of severe thunderstorms in the eastern half of the area along with very strong, gusty winds in its wake in the west.
• Wildfire and High Wind in Texas, January 15, 2022$1.5 million · 51 kt wind · 10 eventsA strong cold front followed by strong high pressure produced a tight pressure gradient and strong winds across South Central Texas.

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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.