Texas

Storm History: Wise County, Texas

624 episodes, 1,194 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Wise 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
1,194
Deaths
6
Injuries
49
Damage
$34 million
Episodes
624

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
Tornado468330$17 million
Hail30203$5.2 million
Flash Flood13909$1.4 million
Drought8400$2.0 million
Thunderstorm Wind4000$388,000
Heat3220
Flood2500$28,000
Excessive Heat2400
Winter Storm2102$352,000
Wildfire1500$2.7 million
Winter Weather1201$60,000
Ice Storm1000$2.2 million
Heavy Rain510$40,000
Heavy Snow503$2.2 million
Cold/Wind Chill400
Lightning301$10,000
Strong Wind200$40,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Sleet100$5,000

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 Wise County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Wise CountyEvery warning in Wise 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.