Texas

Storm History: Washington County, Texas

193 episodes, 263 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Washington 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
263
Deaths
9
Injuries
15
Damage
$183 million
Episodes
193

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
Tornado71915$168 million
Hail6600$343,000
Flash Flood4900$326,000
Thunderstorm Wind2100$147,000
Drought1300$8.3 million
Funnel Cloud800
Ice Storm700$307,000
Heat700
Excessive Heat600
Winter Storm400$15,000
Tropical Storm300$150,000
Heavy Snow300
Lightning200$20,000
Winter Weather100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100$5.6 million
Wildfire100$200,000

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 Washington County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Washington CountyEvery warning in Washington 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.