Texas

Storm History: Val Verde County, Texas

556 episodes, 886 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Val Verde 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
886
Deaths
11
Injuries
196
Damage
$235 million
Episodes
556

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
Tornado275039$29 million
Flash Flood1929157$41 million
Hail18400$172,000
Drought11400$156 million
Thunderstorm Wind6000$239,000
Wildfire1700$1.1 million
Flood1200$1.1 million
Winter Storm1000$6.1 million
Winter Weather800
High Wind400$80,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Heat220
Heavy Snow100
Tropical Storm100$100,000
Cold/Wind Chill100
Excessive Heat100
Ice Storm100

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 Val Verde County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Val Verde CountyEvery warning in Val Verde 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.