Thunderstorm Wind in Texas
Every thunderstorm wind event the National Weather Service has filed in Texas, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
The most significant on the map
The most significant thunderstorm wind episodes in Texas.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 36,939
- Deaths
- 107
- Injuries
- 937
- Damage
- $3.1 billion
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 10, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 11, 1970
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, December 26 to 28, 2015A potent storm system brought deadly tornadoes and severe weather to North Texas on the 26th followed by waves of heavy rainfall that resulted in significant flooding across parts of North and Central Texas.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 22, 1987
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 2, 1957
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 2, 1982
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, November 15, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 18, 1970
- Tropical Storm and Storm Surge in Texas, August 26 to 31, 2017Harvey 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.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, September 12, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 3, 1964
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 10, 1973
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 23 to 24, 2015An upper level shortwave trough moved around the longwave low over the Four Corners region. This upper distubance interacted with a surface boundary moving northward as a warm front from South Texas into a very moist airmass.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, June 11 to 12, 2025A mid-level shortwave trough moved over Texas and combined with an abnormally moist airmass to generate thunderstorms. These storms were very efficient rain producers dropping locally heavy rain that led to flash flooding. There were also a few severe thunderstorms.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 17, 1970
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, May 25 to 26, 2024Another round of dryline-induced convection took place the night of May 25 as a shortwave trough moved overhead. Thunderstorms were more isolated in nature, but one ambitious supercell produced multiple tornadoes the evening of May 25th.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, November 7, 1957
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 15, 2013A tornado and severe weather outbreak occurred on the afternoon and evening hours of May 15th. Nineteen tornadoes occurred, including one EF-4 and one EF-3. Six fatalities occurred in the city of Granbury, TX.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 15, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 31, 1959
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 16, 2024On the evening of May 16, a derecho moved into SE TX. This resulted in extensive wind damage across much of the Greater Houston area, including much of Downtown Houston. Maximum wind gusts were estimated to have reached over 100 mph.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 25, 1994During the evening and early nighttime hours two severe thunderstorms moved across Arlington producing golf ball- to softball-size hail, mainly across Arlington south of Interstate 20 and east of Highway 287.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 17, 1986
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, May 25 to 26, 2015Across already very saturated grounds, a slow moving line of thunderstorms moved into Harris County from central Texas during the evening hours of the 25th.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, April 17 to 18, 2016A slow moving upper low over the Southwestern U.S. combined with near record level moisture aided in producing extremely heavy rainfall and devastating flooding over portions of Harris, Waller and Fort Bend Counties.
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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.