Texas

Storm History: Tarrant County, Texas

1,148 episodes, 3,212 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Tarrant 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
3,212
Deaths
116
Injuries
1,121
Damage
$2.3 billion
Episodes
1,148

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
Tornado1,30216264$1.0 billion
Hail929226$1.2 billion
Flash Flood5041525$25 million
Thunderstorm Wind14828$3.1 million
Drought8300$2.0 million
Heat4529135
Ice Storm3810471$13 million
Excessive Heat272164
Winter Storm261074$11 million
Flood2500$154,000
Winter Weather21316$1.1 million
Lightning1602$1.5 million
Wildfire1004$3.2 million
Cold/Wind Chill740
Heavy Rain710$65,000
Heavy Snow7211$20 million
Strong Wind711$96,000
High Wind600
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Dense Fog1020$100,000
Frost/Freeze100

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 Tarrant County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Tarrant CountyEvery warning in Tarrant 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.