Storm History: Waller County, Texas
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 78 | 2 | 6 | $360 million |
| Hail | 43 | 0 | 0 | $294,000 |
| Flash Flood | 28 | 0 | 0 | $459,000 |
| Drought | 16 | 0 | 0 | $8.3 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 7 | 0 | 0 | $43,000 |
| Heat | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 5 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | $120,000 |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 2 | 0 | 0 | $11 million |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | $328,000 |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Winter Weather | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, August 25, 2017
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 12, 2008
- Drought, August 1, 1998
- Tornado, April 17, 2016
- Tornado, May 16, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2012
- Tornado, November 8, 1977
- Tornado, February 5, 1986
- Tropical Storm, September 7, 1998
- Tornado, October 18, 1998
- Tornado, October 14, 1957
- Hail, March 14, 2001
- Tornado, May 13, 1994
- Tornado, February 10, 1998
- Tornado, May 19, 2000
- Tornado, November 23, 2004
- Hail, February 23, 2005
- Tornado, May 2, 1999
- Tornado, October 16, 2006
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flash Flood, May 9, 2019
- Hail, April 19, 2015
- Hail, April 25, 1997
- Hail, April 25, 1973
- Hail, February 23, 2005
- Hail, December 12, 2002
- Hail, April 16, 2001
- Hail, February 15, 1993
- Flash Flood, March 12, 2007
- Hail, April 24, 2020
- Hail, April 22, 2003
- Flash Flood, April 2, 2000
- Hail, May 11, 1995
- Hail, April 5, 1994
- Hail, April 19, 2020
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, October 14, 1957
- Tornado, May 21, 1979
- Tornado, February 5, 1986
- Tornado, May 17, 1989
- Tornado, May 13, 1994
- Tornado, March 10, 2000
- Tornado, March 30, 2002
- Tornado, December 28, 2024
- Tornado, October 18, 1998
- Tornado, June 18, 1962
- Tornado, April 23, 1981
- Tornado, May 20, 1983
- Tornado, April 13, 1991
- Tornado, April 15, 1994
- Tornado, November 23, 2004
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, October 25, 2025
- Hail, May 5, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2025
- Tornado, December 28, 2024
- Tornado, May 16, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 26, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Heat, September 5, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 23, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 5, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 12, 2023
- Excessive Heat, June 24, 2023
- Excessive Heat, June 16, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Drought, June 14, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- Ice Storm, February 3, 2022
- Flash Flood, October 1, 2021
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 13, 2021
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 17, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 2021
- Tornado, May 27, 2020
- Hail, April 24, 2020
- Hail, April 19, 2020
- Tornado, January 10, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 9, 2019
- Tornado, May 3, 2019
- Tornado, October 31, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 2018
- Heavy Snow, December 7, 2017
- Tornado, August 25, 2017
- Tornado, May 20, 2017
- Tornado, April 2, 2017
- Funnel Cloud, August 17, 2016
- Tornado, April 27, 2016
- Tornado, April 17, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2015
- Hail, April 27, 2015
- Hail, April 19, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 3, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2014
- Hail, March 19, 2013
- Hail, August 10, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 2011
- Hail, June 5, 2011
- Ice Storm, February 3, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2010
- Hail, September 3, 2009
- Heat, June 24, 2009
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 12, 2008
- Tornado, April 25, 2007
- Flash Flood, March 12, 2007
- Ice Storm, January 16, 2007
- Flash Flood, October 26, 2006
- Tornado, October 16, 2006
- Hail, October 31, 2005
- Hail, June 14, 2005
- Hail, February 23, 2005
- Tornado, November 23, 2004
- Tornado, November 22, 2004
- Funnel Cloud, September 4, 2004
- Funnel Cloud, August 20, 2004
- Hail, June 4, 2004
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2003
- Hail, April 22, 2003
- Flash Flood, March 13, 2003
- Hail, February 23, 2003
- Hail, December 12, 2002
- Flash Flood, November 4, 2002
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2002
- Hail, June 16, 2002
- Tornado, March 30, 2002
- Tornado, October 12, 2001
- Flash Flood, September 9, 2001
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2001
- Tropical Storm, June 5, 2001
- Hail, April 16, 2001
- Hail, March 14, 2001
- Tornado, November 12, 2000
- Tornado, November 5, 2000
- Drought, September 1, 2000
- Heat, September 1, 2000
- Heat, August 29, 2000
- Drought, August 1, 2000
- Heat, July 6, 2000
- Tornado, May 19, 2000
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2000
- Tornado, May 1, 2000
- Flash Flood, April 2, 2000
- Tornado, March 10, 2000
- Heat, August 1, 1999
- Heat, June 26, 1999
- Tornado, May 2, 1999
- Hail, February 27, 1999
- Flash Flood, November 14, 1998
- Flash Flood, November 13, 1998
- Flash Flood, November 12, 1998
- Tornado, October 18, 1998
- Tropical Storm, September 7, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 1998
- Drought, August 1, 1998
- Drought, July 1, 1998
- Tornado, June 5, 1998
- Drought, June 1, 1998
- Drought, May 1, 1998
- Tornado, February 16, 1998
- Tornado, February 10, 1998
- Hail, December 23, 1997
- Hail, October 25, 1997
- Flash Flood, October 13, 1997
- Tornado, May 21, 1997
- Hail, April 25, 1997
- Hail, April 25, 1997
- Hail, April 25, 1997
- Flash Flood, April 25, 1997
- Strong Wind, February 20, 1997
- Flash Flood, February 20, 1997
- Ice Storm, January 12, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 7, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 1996
- Drought, June 1, 1996
- Drought, May 1, 1996
- Hail, April 5, 1996
- Drought, April 1, 1996
- Hail, June 11, 1995
- Hail, May 11, 1995
- Hail, May 8, 1995
- Tornado, March 7, 1995
- Hail, January 22, 1995
- Tornado, May 13, 1994
- Tornado, April 15, 1994
- Hail, April 5, 1994
- Tornado, May 9, 1993
- Tornado, May 1, 1993
- Hail, February 15, 1993
- Hail, September 3, 1992
- Tornado, June 30, 1992
- Tornado, March 4, 1992
- Tornado, May 4, 1991
- Tornado, April 13, 1991
- Tornado, May 17, 1989
- Hail, February 15, 1987
- Tornado, February 5, 1986
- Tornado, May 21, 1983
- Tornado, May 20, 1983
- Hail, May 14, 1981
- Tornado, April 23, 1981
- Tornado, May 15, 1980
- Tornado, May 21, 1979
- Tornado, November 8, 1977
- Tornado, May 2, 1977
- Tornado, April 16, 1977
- Hail, April 25, 1973
- Tornado, June 18, 1962
- Tornado, October 14, 1957
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.