Storm History: Wichita County, Texas
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Wichita 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
- 1,595
- Deaths
- 57
- Injuries
- 1,853
- Damage
- $312 million
- Episodes
- 766
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 571 | 0 | 2 | $2.5 million |
| Tornado | 499 | 51 | 1,845 | $281 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 154 | 2 | 0 | $961,000 |
| Drought | 106 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 77 | 0 | 2 | $26 million |
| Heat | 45 | 4 | 2 | |
| Excessive Heat | 39 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 29 | 0 | 0 | $46,000 |
| Wildfire | 14 | 0 | 2 | $140,000 |
| Winter Storm | 12 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 8 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Ice Storm | 8 | 0 | 0 | $30,000 |
| Flood | 6 | 0 | 0 | $12,000 |
| Lightning | 4 | 0 | 0 | $805,000 |
| Dense Fog | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $500 |
| Blizzard | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, April 10, 1979
- Tornado, April 3, 1964
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2008
- Tornado, April 26, 1962
- Flash Flood, June 9, 1998
- Hail, March 4, 2004
- Tornado, May 27, 2000
- Lightning, June 10, 1996
- Hail, May 9, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 1996
- Tornado, May 19, 2015
- Tornado, August 11, 1953
- Tornado, June 1, 1954
- Tornado, April 2, 1958
- Hail, June 2, 2004
- Hail, August 10, 2023
- Tornado, May 8, 1997
- Tornado, April 10, 2001
- Tornado, June 3, 2025
- Tornado, May 28, 2015
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 3, 1964
- Tornado, April 19, 1976
- Tornado, April 10, 1979
- Tornado, May 25, 1955
- Tornado, May 26, 1962
- Tornado, April 2, 1980
- Tornado, June 1, 1990
- Tornado, April 25, 1994
- Tornado, June 1, 1954
- Tornado, April 2, 1958
- Tornado, April 6, 1955
- Tornado, May 4, 1960
- Tornado, April 8, 1961
- Tornado, September 3, 1961
- Tornado, April 26, 1962
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2026
- Excessive Heat, June 17, 2026
- Excessive Heat, June 11, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2026
- Hail, May 8, 2026
- Hail, April 26, 2026
- Tornado, April 25, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 17, 2026
- Hail, April 15, 2026
- Hail, April 14, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 3, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- High Wind, April 1, 2026
- Wildfire, March 15, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2026
- Hail, November 23, 2025
- Hail, October 23, 2025
- Heat, August 15, 2025
- Hail, August 11, 2025
- Excessive Heat, August 7, 2025
- Flood, August 1, 2025
- Heat, July 31, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 24, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2025
- Flood, June 30, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2025
- Tornado, June 3, 2025
- Hail, May 22, 2025
- Tornado, April 29, 2025
- Hail, April 5, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 4, 2025
- Hail, April 2, 2025
- Hail, March 29, 2025
- High Wind, March 18, 2025
- High Wind, March 14, 2025
- High Wind, March 4, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 21, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 9, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2025
- Frost/Freeze, November 25, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 18, 2024
- Flood, November 8, 2024
- Tornado, November 3, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 22, 2024
- Wildfire, September 6, 2024
- Drought, September 1, 2024
- Drought, August 27, 2024
- Wildfire, August 18, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 17, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 11, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 7, 2024
- Heat, August 1, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 31, 2024
- Heat, July 29, 2024
- Heat, July 14, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 4, 2024
- Heat, July 1, 2024
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2024
- Excessive Heat, June 26, 2024
- Heat, June 23, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2024
- Hail, May 27, 2024
- Hail, May 9, 2024
- Tornado, April 27, 2024
- Hail, April 6, 2024
- Tornado, March 24, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 2024
- High Wind, January 8, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Hail, November 19, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 31, 2023
- Frost/Freeze, October 31, 2023
- Hail, October 4, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Hail, September 19, 2023
- Heat, September 7, 2023
- Drought, September 5, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 5, 2023
- Heat, September 5, 2023
- Wildfire, September 4, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 2023
- Drought, August 22, 2023
- Heat, August 22, 2023
- Heat, August 17, 2023
- Heat, August 13, 2023
- Wildfire, August 12, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 11, 2023
- Hail, August 10, 2023
- Heat, August 8, 2023
- Heat, August 6, 2023
- Wildfire, August 5, 2023
- Heat, August 1, 2023
- Heat, July 17, 2023
- Hail, July 13, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 12, 2023
- Heat, July 11, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2023
- Excessive Heat, June 24, 2023
- Heat, June 24, 2023
- Heat, June 21, 2023
- Excessive Heat, June 20, 2023
- Heat, June 19, 2023
- Hail, June 17, 2023
- Tornado, June 15, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 7, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2023
- Hail, May 3, 2023
- Hail, April 2, 2023
- Hail, March 23, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 26, 2023
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- High Wind, October 25, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Drought, June 15, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Hail, May 13, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 2, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- High Wind, April 5, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2022
- Drought, February 1, 2022
- High Wind, January 14, 2022
- Drought, January 1, 2022
- Drought, December 16, 2021
- Wildfire, December 10, 2021
- Hail, November 10, 2021
- Hail, October 10, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2021
- Hail, June 7, 2021
- Hail, May 27, 2021
- Hail, May 3, 2021
- Tornado, April 27, 2021
- Tornado, April 23, 2021
- Hail, April 13, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2021
- Hail, January 25, 2021
- Ice Storm, October 26, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2020
- Tornado, May 22, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2020
- Hail, April 21, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 28, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2020
- Drought, January 1, 2020
- Drought, December 1, 2019
- Drought, October 1, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 20, 2019
- Drought, September 1, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 2019
- Drought, August 1, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2019
- Hail, May 28, 2019
- Hail, May 22, 2019
- Hail, May 20, 2019
- Tornado, May 1, 2019
- Tornado, April 30, 2019
- High Wind, April 13, 2019
- High Wind, February 23, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 3, 2019
- Flood, December 26, 2018
- Flash Flood, October 7, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 21, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 20, 2018
- Drought, September 1, 2018
- Drought, August 1, 2018
- Drought, July 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2018
- High Wind, June 24, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 19, 2018
- Tornado, May 2, 2018
- Drought, May 1, 2018
- Drought, April 1, 2018
- Hail, March 26, 2018
- Hail, March 25, 2018
- Drought, March 1, 2018
- Drought, February 1, 2018
- Wildfire, January 21, 2018
- Drought, January 1, 2018
- Drought, December 1, 2017
- Hail, October 21, 2017
- Hail, September 19, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2017
- Tornado, May 19, 2017
- Tornado, May 18, 2017
- Hail, April 17, 2017
- Tornado, March 28, 2017
- Hail, October 6, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 24, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 18, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2016
- Hail, May 22, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 12, 2016
- Hail, April 26, 2016
- Hail, April 10, 2016
- Drought, October 1, 2015
- Drought, September 15, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2015
- Tornado, May 28, 2015
- Hail, May 26, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 25, 2015
- Tornado, May 19, 2015
- Tornado, May 9, 2015
- Tornado, May 8, 2015
- Hail, May 7, 2015
- Drought, May 1, 2015
- Drought, April 1, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 31, 2015
- Hail, March 19, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2015
- Drought, March 1, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 27, 2015
- Drought, February 1, 2015
- Drought, January 1, 2015
- Winter Weather, December 27, 2014
- Drought, December 1, 2014
- Drought, November 1, 2014
- Drought, October 1, 2014
- Drought, September 1, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2014
- Drought, August 1, 2014
- Drought, July 1, 2014
- Hail, June 25, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2014
- Drought, June 1, 2014
- Tornado, May 7, 2014
- Drought, May 1, 2014
- Hail, April 23, 2014
- Drought, April 1, 2014
- Drought, March 1, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 2, 2014
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Wichita CountyEvery warning in Wichita 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.