Texas

Storm History: Sutton County, Texas

217 episodes, 258 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Sutton 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
258
Deaths
0
Injuries
6
Damage
$17 million
Episodes
217

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
Drought7800$300,000
Flash Flood4500$16 million
Hail4300$51,000
Tornado4100$217,000
Wildfire1100$1,000
Winter Storm906$22,000
Winter Weather800
Thunderstorm Wind600
Ice Storm400$1,000
Frost/Freeze400
Heavy Snow300
Lightning100$20,000
High Wind100$6,000
Heavy Rain100
Tropical Depression100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100
Cold/Wind Chill100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Sutton County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Sutton CountyEvery warning in Sutton 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.