Texas

Storm History: Wilbarger County, Texas

533 episodes, 847 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Wilbarger 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
847
Deaths
16
Injuries
109
Damage
$35 million
Episodes
533

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
Tornado25814105$28 million
Hail24600$1.3 million
Drought11500
Thunderstorm Wind7700$5.5 million
Heat3210
Excessive Heat2900
Flash Flood2000$7,000
High Wind1900$31,000
Winter Storm900$10,000
Winter Weather814
Ice Storm700$45,000
Wildfire700
Heavy Snow600
Dense Fog400
Cold/Wind Chill400
Frost/Freeze200
Dust Storm100
Strong Wind100
Flood100
Blizzard100

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 Wilbarger County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Wilbarger CountyEvery warning in Wilbarger 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.