Texas

Storm History: Waller County, Texas

164 episodes, 204 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Waller 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
204
Deaths
2
Injuries
6
Damage
$380 million
Episodes
164

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
Tornado7826$360 million
Hail4300$294,000
Flash Flood2800$459,000
Drought1600$8.3 million
Thunderstorm Wind700$43,000
Heat700
Ice Storm500$2,000
Excessive Heat500
Funnel Cloud300
Winter Storm300
Tropical Storm200$120,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)200$11 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200$328,000
Strong Wind100$2,000
Winter Weather100
Heavy Snow100

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 Waller County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Waller CountyEvery warning in Waller 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.