Texas

Storm History: Zavala County, Texas

242 episodes, 287 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Zavala 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
287
Deaths
0
Injuries
28
Damage
$27 million
Episodes
242

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
Drought10500
Flash Flood6007$680,000
Tornado5001$5.2 million
Hail4600$255,000
Thunderstorm Wind1200$420,000
Flood5020$20 million
Winter Storm300
Excessive Heat300
Tropical Storm100$150,000
Winter Weather100
Cold/Wind Chill100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Zavala County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Zavala CountyEvery warning in Zavala 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.