Texas

Storm History: Wood County, Texas

511 episodes, 708 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Wood 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
708
Deaths
3
Injuries
18
Damage
$218 million
Episodes
511

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
Tornado213018$15 million
Hail18620$50 million
Thunderstorm Wind7500$858,000
Drought5900$150 million
Heat5600
Flash Flood4210$178,000
Excessive Heat2300$200,000
Winter Storm1600$142,000
Winter Weather1100
Flood1000$138,000
Cold/Wind Chill700$75,000
Ice Storm500
Lightning100$5,000
Strong Wind100$25,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)100$250,000
Heavy Snow100
High Wind100

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 Wood County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Wood CountyEvery warning in Wood 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.