Coke County, Texas
County storm and disaster record · FIPS 48081 · population 3,276 · 912 sq mi
NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 403 records for Coke County, Texas from 1950 through June 30, 2026, on 293 days; the most frequent are hail reports (173 records). The most damaging was the August 1, 1998 drought ($3.6 million in 2025 dollars). FEMA has issued 17 declarations naming the county since 1993, 15 of them for natural hazards; the latest for a natural hazard was “Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding” on July 6, 2025.
The record, 1950 to 2026
Storm records filed for the county each year (2026 to June 30, 2026). Before 1996 NOAA recorded only tornadoes (from 1950), thunderstorm wind and hail (from 1955).
- recorded, no damage figure
- under $100,000
- $100,000 or more
- $1 million or more
- $10 million or more, or a death
- $100 million or more, or 10 deaths
- a year's colour: its recorded damage or deaths
- a year with a death
- 1955: wind and hail recorded from 1955
- 1996: all 48 event types from 1996
- Storm records
- 403on 293 days, 1950 to June 30, 2026
- Deaths recorded
- 07 injuries
- Damage, 2025 dollars
- $6.1Mas filed (scale steps before 1993)
- Tornadoes
- 16strongest EF3
- FEMA declarations
- 17latest 2025
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records through June 30, 2026 (file revision 20260918); damage converted to 2025 dollars with the BLS CPI-U. Search the record at NCEI. BLS consumer price index.
What hazards hit Coke County most?
The most frequent records are hail reports: 173 since 1957. 65% of its hail reports since 1957 fell in April and May. The rank column places the county among Texas's counties by days with a record per 1,000 square miles of land over each hazard's complete period.
| Hazard | Records | Days | First, last | Killed | Injured | Damage | Rank in state |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 173 | 106 | 1957-2026 | 0 | 5 | $553K | 140 of 254 |
| Severe thunderstorm wind | 66 | 58 | 1958-2026 | 0 | 2 | $1.6M | 184 of 254 |
| Drought | 63 | 63 | 1998-2025 | 0 | 0 | $3.6M | 151 of 254 |
| Winter storms | 44 | 44 | 1996-2026 | 0 | 0 | $4K | 66 of 254 |
| Floods | 17 | 17 | 1998-2018 | 0 | 0 | $16K | 200 of 254 |
| Tornadoes | 16 | 15 | 1953-2024 | 0 | 0 | $229K | 196 of 254 |
| Extreme cold | 10 | 9 | 2007-2026 | 0 | 0 | – | 63 of 254 |
| High wind and dust storms | 6 | 6 | 2007-2025 | 0 | 0 | $1K | 98 of 254 |
| Wildfires | 5 | 5 | 1999-2011 | 0 | 0 | $4K | 87 of 254 |
| Hurricanes and tropical storms | 1 | 1 | 2007-2007 | 0 | 0 | – | 101 of 254 |
| Lightning | 1 | 1 | 2011-2011 | 0 | 0 | $7K | 134 of 254 |
| Fog, smoke and funnel clouds | 1 | 1 | 2007-2007 | 0 | 0 | – | 153 of 254 |
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database (county and forecast-zone records attributed to the county; a zone record shows its own totals on each county it covers). Days: dates with at least one record of the hazard in the county. Ranks: days with a record per 1,000 square miles of land (Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer), since 1950 for tornadoes, 1955 for hail and thunderstorm wind, 1996 for the rest.
How many tornadoes has Coke County had?
NOAA records 16 tornadoes in Coke County from 1953 to 2024, the strongest rated EF3, with 0 deaths and 0 injuries recorded in the county. A tornado that crossed a county line is counted in each county it touched, with the length of its path inside the county.
Counted as whole tornadoes rather than county records, the Storm Prediction Center's database holds 16 tornadoes whose track touched Coke County since 1950 (NOAA's county records number 16, the same count); along their whole tracks they killed 0 people.
| Date | Tornado | Rating | Path | Killed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-03 15:35, as SPC files it | Robert Lee | EF3 | 3.53 mi | 0 |
Map of the strongest tornado tracks in Texas.
Every tornado record filed for Coke County (16)
| Date | Place | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-03 | Robert Lee Airport, Coke County | EF3 3.53 mi x 350 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2024-05-03 | Silver, Coke County | EF2 4.54 mi x 125 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2015-05-05 | Silver, Coke County | EF0 1.09 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2007-05-06 | Robert Lee, Coke County | EF0 1.89 mi x 30 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2007-05-02 | Tennyson, Coke County | EF0 4.04 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2003-04-29 | Blackwell, Coke County | F0 0.5 mi x 20 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2002-05-27 | Robert Lee, Coke County | F0 1 mi x 75 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1998-05-25 | Robert Lee, Coke County | F0 10 mi x 0 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1997-03-25 | Tennyson, Coke County | F0 0.1 mi x 20 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1995-05-31 | Bronte To, Coke County | F1 8 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1989-05-15 | Coke County | F1 6 mi x 100 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1985-05-19 | Coke County | F0 5 mi x 80 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1978-04-09 | Coke County | F0 0.1 mi x 33 yd | 0 | 0 | $30 step |
| 1969-06-12 | Coke County | F2 0.5 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | $25K step |
| 1955-08-18 | Coke County | F1 2 mi x 167 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1953-07-15 | Coke County | F2 1 mi x 33 yd | 0 | 0 | $3K step |
A damage figure marked "step" is a record from before 1993: NOAA then filed damage by category, and the figure is the category as entered, in the dollars of that year, not an estimate of the loss.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, tornado records by county (path length in the county, maximum width); ratings as published: F scale before February 1, 2007, EF scale after. Whole-track figures: NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database (1950-2025). SPC severe weather database.
When was the last damaging storm in Coke County?
The most recent record with damage, injuries or deaths is the July 9, 2005 thunderstorm wind ($35,000 in damage in 2025 dollars).
Mobile home had the roof blown off, power lines were downed, and tree limbs downed.
National Weather Service event narrative, NOAA Storm Events Database (search the full record, event 5467332)
| Date | Record | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-22 | HailTennyson, Coke County | 1.00 in hail | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-05-10 | Thunderstorm WindRobert Lee, Coke County | 52 kt wind | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-05-10 | HailRobert Lee, Coke County | 1.00 in hail | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-05-10 | HailRobert Lee Airport, Coke County | 1.50 in hail | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-01-26 | Extreme Cold/Wind ChillCoke County · forecast zone Coke | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2026-01-23 | Winter StormCoke County · forecast zone Coke | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2025-10-01 | DroughtCoke County · forecast zone Coke | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2025-09-01 | DroughtCoke County · forecast zone Coke | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2025-05-18 | HailRobert Lee, Coke County | 1.00 in hail | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2025-04-19 | HailTennyson, Coke County | 1.75 in hail | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2025-04-19 | HailTennyson, Coke County | 1.00 in hail | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2025-04-19 | HailRobert Lee Airport, Coke County | 2.25 in hail | 0 | 0 | – |
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database; every record of 2025-2026 is listed, earlier ones when they caused deaths, injuries or $250,000 of damage (2025 dollars), and every tornado.
The deadliest and costliest records
| Date | Record | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-09-01 | HailCoke County | 1.75 in hail | 0 | 5 | – |
| 1995-07-02 | Thunderstorm WindBronte, Coke County | 0 | 2 | $19K |
| Date | Record | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-08-01 | DroughtCoke County · forecast zone Coke | 0 | 0 | $3.6M | |
| 1994-05-10 | Thunderstorm WindOak Creek Reservoir, Coke County | 0 | 0 | $995K | |
| 2002-05-27 | Thunderstorm WindRobert Lee, Coke County | 70 kt wind | 0 | 0 | $410K |
| 1997-06-16 | HailTennyson, Coke County | 2.75 in hail | 0 | 0 | $368K |
| 2005-07-09 | Thunderstorm WindRobert Lee, Coke County | 70 kt wind | 0 | 0 | $35K |
| 1995-07-02 | Thunderstorm WindBronte, Coke County | 0 | 2 | $19K | |
| 2004-06-11 | Thunderstorm WindSilver, Coke County | 70 kt wind | 0 | 0 | $16K |
| 2005-05-31 | HailRobert Lee, Coke County | 2.50 in hail | 0 | 0 | $15K |
Before 1993 NOAA filed damage by category, not amount, so the list above starts in 1993. The highest category filed here before then (entered as $25K, in the dollars of the day) holds: June 12, 1969 (tornado, Coke County).
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: deaths and injuries direct and indirect; damage is property plus crops as estimated by the National Weather Service, converted to 2025 dollars.
Is it getting more frequent?
Records per decade for Coke County's most frequent hazards. Counts rose everywhere after 1996, when NOAA began recording every event type, so compare decades within a hazard's complete period only (the shaded cells come before it).
| Hazard | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020-26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 39 | 52 | 35 | 28 |
| Severe thunderstorm wind | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 6 |
| Drought | – | – | – | – | 2 | 8 | 30 z | 23 |
| Winter storms | – | – | – | – | 3 | 12 | 21 | 8 |
| Floods | – | – | – | – | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| Tornadoes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Drought in the 2010s: 30 records against 8 in the decade before, 30 of them forecast-zone records. Cells marked z rose mostly through zone records. The local National Weather Service office files these once per forecast zone, so a change in how it draws its zones or splits a storm into records moves this count as much as the weather does; read it beside the Coke County days with a record above.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records per calendar decade; zone records from the CZ_TYPE field (Z).
What time of year?
65% of its hail reports since 1957 fell in April and May. The two busiest months are in violet.
The values, month by month
Jan 22 · Feb 29 · Mar 25 · Apr 55 · May 125 · Jun 51 · Jul 16 · Aug 19 · Sep 13 · Oct 18 · Nov 10 · Dec 20 (records).
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records by the month they began.
Federal disaster declarations for Coke County
FEMA's register lists 17 declarations that include Coke County: 8 major disasters, 7 emergencies and 2 fire management assistance declarations. Most were for fire (6) and hurricane (3).
| Declared | Number | Type | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-06 | DR-4879 | Flood | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding |
| 2024-05-17 | DR-4781 | Flood | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding |
| 2021-02-19 | DR-4586 | Severe Ice Storm | Severe Winter Storms |
| 2021-02-14 | EM-3554 | Severe Ice Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| 2020-03-25 | DR-4485 | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| 2020-03-13 | EM-3458 | Biological | Covid-19 |
| 2011-07-01 | DR-1999 | Fire | Wildfires |
| 2011-04-15 | FM-2892 | Fire | Wildcat Fire |
| 2008-03-14 | EM-3284 | Fire | Wildfires |
| 2008-02-25 | FM-2747 | Fire | Silver Fire |
| 2006-01-11 | DR-1624 | Fire | Extreme Wildfire Threat |
| 2005-09-24 | DR-1606 | Hurricane | Hurricane Rita |
| 2005-09-21 | EM-3261 | Hurricane | Hurricane Rita |
| 2005-09-02 | EM-3216 | Hurricane | Hurricane Katrina Evacuation |
| 1999-09-01 | EM-3142 | Fire | Extreme Fire Hazards |
| 1998-08-26 | DR-1239 | Severe Storm | Tropical Storm Charley |
| 1993-09-10 | EM-3113 | Drought | Extreme Fire Hazard |
Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2), declarations through October 2, 2026; one declaration is counted once however many areas it names. OpenFEMA dataset page.
FEMA's modeled risk for Coke County
FEMA's National Risk Index rates Coke County Very Low overall, with an expected annual loss of $2.3 million. These are FEMA's model estimates of future loss from 18 hazards, not a count of what happened; they can differ from the record above.
| Hazard | Risk rating | Expected annual loss | Modeled frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfire | Relatively Low | $508K | once in about 125 years (modeled) |
| Drought | Relatively Low | $223K | 46 modeled event-days a year |
| Hail | Relatively Low | $232K | 4.8 a year (modeled) |
| Strong Wind | Relatively Low | $206K | 1.9 a year (modeled) |
| Tornado | Very Low | $262K | once in about 2 years (modeled) |
| Heat Wave | Very Low | $61K | 10 modeled event-days a year |
| Winter Weather | Very Low | $16K | 5.1 a year (modeled) |
| Hurricane | Very Low | $3K | once in about 174 years (modeled) |
Source: FEMA National Risk Index, county table, December 2025 release. FEMA's National Risk Index map.
Counties that share a border with Coke County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau county adjacency file; NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records since 1950. The Census Bureau's adjacency file.
Next
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- Download Coke County's FEMA declarations (CSV)17 rows: every declaration that named the county, for your own analysis