Texas

Storm History: Terry County, Texas

446 episodes, 582 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Terry 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
582
Deaths
4
Injuries
1
Damage
$66 million
Episodes
446

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
Tornado15500$7.1 million
Hail12800$46 million
Drought10000$1.2 million
Flash Flood4000$8.2 million
High Wind2600$574,000
Thunderstorm Wind2500$264,000
Dust Storm2100$1.8 million
Winter Storm2010$15,000
Wildfire1600$495,000
Heavy Snow1400
Winter Weather901$50,000
Ice Storm730$15,000
Flood700$11,000
Blizzard400$250,000
Funnel Cloud200
Debris Flow200
Excessive Heat200
Heavy Rain100
Heat100$100,000
Frost/Freeze100
Lightning100$15,000

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 Terry County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Terry CountyEvery warning in Terry 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.