Crane County, Texas
County storm and disaster record · FIPS 48103 · population 4,675 · 785 sq mi
NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 223 records for Crane County, Texas from 1950 through June 30, 2026, on 165 days; the most frequent are hail reports (114 records). The most damaging was the March 22, 2000 flash flood ($857,000 in 2025 dollars). FEMA has issued 12 declarations naming the county since 1998, 10 of them for natural hazards; the latest for a natural hazard was “Severe Winter Storms” on February 19, 2021.
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
- 223on 165 days, 1950 to June 30, 2026
- Deaths recorded
- 02 injuries
- Damage, 2025 dollars
- $2.5Mas filed (scale steps before 1993)
- Tornadoes
- 20strongest F2
- FEMA declarations
- 12latest 2021
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 Crane County most?
The most frequent records are hail reports: 114 since 1956. 57% of its hail reports since 1956 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 | 114 | 78 | 1956-2025 | 0 | 0 | $672K | 154 of 254 |
| Severe thunderstorm wind | 40 | 39 | 1957-2025 | 0 | 0 | $145K | 202 of 254 |
| Tornadoes | 20 | 18 | 1954-2008 | 0 | 2 | $5K | 174 of 254 |
| Drought | 16 | 16 | 1996-2006 | 0 | 0 | $828K | 211 of 254 |
| Floods | 16 | 16 | 1996-2017 | 0 | 0 | $857K | 195 of 254 |
| Winter storms | 10 | 10 | 1998-2021 | 0 | 0 | – | 200 of 254 |
| High wind and dust storms | 5 | 5 | 2013-2025 | 0 | 0 | – | 101 of 254 |
| Heat | 1 | 1 | 2019-2019 | 0 | 0 | – | 172 of 254 |
| Wildfires | 1 | 1 | 2011-2011 | 0 | 0 | – | 178 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 Crane County had?
NOAA records 20 tornadoes in Crane County from 1954 to 2008, the strongest rated F2, with 0 deaths and 2 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 19 tornadoes whose track touched Crane County since 1950 (NOAA's county records number 20: they file a crossing tornado once per county segment, and the two databases differ on some tracks); along their whole tracks they killed 0 people.
Map of the strongest tornado tracks in Texas.
Every tornado record filed for Crane County (20)
| Date | Place | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-05-05 | Crane County | EF0 2.68 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2004-06-05 | Crane County | F0 0.7 mi x 20 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1995-05-15 | Crane County | F0 0.2 mi x 40 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1994-08-30 | Silsbee, Crane County | F0 0.1 mi x 100 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1994-05-12 | Imperial, Crane County | F0 0.1 mi x 10 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1992-06-08 | Crane County | F1 2 mi x 60 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1992-05-24 | Crane County | F1 4 mi x 150 yd | 0 | 0 | $3K step |
| 1992-04-15 | Crane County | F0 0.2 mi x 20 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1990-06-01 | Crane County | F1 1.2 mi x 100 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1990-06-01 | Crane County | F1 1.3 mi x 100 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1989-06-03 | Crane County | F0 1.5 mi x 100 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1989-06-03 | Crane County | F1 5 mi x 150 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1988-06-29 | Crane County | F0 0.5 mi x 60 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1986-10-03 | Crane County | F0 0.2 mi x 30 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1981-04-22 | Crane County | F1 1 mi x 30 yd | 0 | 0 | $30 step |
| 1978-05-02 | Crane County | F0 2 mi x 30 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1968-10-08 | Crane County | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 1965-05-13 | Crane County | F0 1 mi x 17 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1962-07-10 | Crane County | F2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1954-05-29 | Crane County | F2 | 0 | 2 | – |
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 Crane County?
The most recent record with damage, injuries or deaths is the May 6, 2015 hail ($125,000 in damage in 2025 dollars).
A thunderstorm moved across Crane County and produced baseball sized hail in Crane. A damage survey was conducted the next day. Many vehicles had hail damage ranging from broken windshields to numerous dents. The majority of the damage was to vehicles, however there was damage noted at several homes. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
National Weather Service event narrative, NOAA Storm Events Database (search the full record, event 569627)
| Date | Record | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-18 | Thunderstorm WindCrane Co Airport, Crane County | 56 kt wind | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2025-07-21 | Thunderstorm WindCrane Co Airport, Crane County | 56 kt wind | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2025-05-06 | HailCrane County | 2.50 in hail | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2025-03-18 | High WindCrane County · forecast zone Crane | 56 kt wind | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2021-05-31 | HailCrane County | 2.00 in hail | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2021-05-28 | HailCrane County | 2.00 in hail | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2021-05-28 | HailCrane County | 3.00 in hail | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2021-05-28 | HailJuan Cordona Lake, Crane County | 2.00 in hail | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2021-05-28 | HailCrane County | 2.00 in hail | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2021-04-27 | HailCrane County | 2.00 in hail | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2020-04-10 | HailCrane County | 2.75 in hail | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2015-05-06 | HailCrane County | 2.75 in hail | 0 | 0 | $125K |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954-05-29 | TornadoCrane County | F2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Date | Record | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-03-22 | Flash FloodCountywide, Crane County | 0 | 0 | $857K | |
| 1996-08-01 | DroughtCrane County and Upton County · forecast zone Crane | 0 | 0 | $828K | |
| 1995-10-31 | HailCrane County | 1.75 in hail | 0 | 0 | $329K |
| 1995-06-08 | HailCrane County | 4.50 in hail | 0 | 0 | $145K |
| 2015-05-06 | HailCrane County | 2.75 in hail | 0 | 0 | $125K |
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 $3K, in the dollars of the day) holds: May 24, 1992 (tornado, Crane 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 Crane 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 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 38 | 26 | 18 | 13 |
| Severe thunderstorm wind | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 6 |
| Tornadoes | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Drought | – | – | – | – | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Floods | – | – | – | – | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| Winter storms | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records per calendar decade; zone records from the CZ_TYPE field (Z).
What time of year?
57% of its hail reports since 1956 fell in April and May. The two busiest months are in violet.
The values, month by month
Jan 5 · Feb 5 · Mar 19 · Apr 37 · May 60 · Jun 35 · Jul 12 · Aug 23 · Sep 3 · Oct 17 · Nov 3 · Dec 4 (records).
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records by the month they began.
Federal disaster declarations for Crane County
FEMA's register lists 12 declarations that include Crane County: 6 major disasters, 6 emergencies and 0 fire management assistance declarations. Most were for fire (4) and hurricane (3).
| Declared | Number | Type | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2008-03-14 | EM-3284 | Fire | Wildfires |
| 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 |
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 Crane County
FEMA's National Risk Index rates Crane County Very Low overall, with an expected annual loss of $971,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | Relatively Low | $156K | 3.4 a year (modeled) |
| Winter Weather | Relatively Low | $19K | 4.8 a year (modeled) |
| Strong Wind | Relatively Low | $111K | 1.2 a year (modeled) |
| Wildfire | Very Low | $41K | once in about 604 years (modeled) |
| Heat Wave | Very Low | $69K | 6.3 modeled event-days a year |
| Ice Storm | Very Low | $9K | once in about 3 years (modeled) |
| Lightning | Very Low | $34K | 43 a year (modeled) |
| Tornado | Very Low | $84K | once in about 4 years (modeled) |
Source: FEMA National Risk Index, county table, December 2025 release. FEMA's National Risk Index map.
Counties that share a border with Crane County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau county adjacency file; NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records since 1950. The Census Bureau's adjacency file.
Next
- Tornadoes in TexasEvery Texas tornado since 1950 and the counties with the most per square mile
- Hail in TexasThe state's hail reports, by county, year and month
- The Texas recordEvery hazard in the state, its deadliest events and its federal declarations
- FEMA's risk rating for each hazard in Crane CountyThe hazard risk calculator: 18 hazards beside the county's record
- Download Crane County's FEMA declarations (CSV)12 rows: every declaration that named the county, for your own analysis