Hardeman County, Texas

What hazards hit Hardeman County most?

The most frequent records are hail reports: 284 since 1961. 66% of its hail reports since 1961 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.

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 Hardeman County had?

NOAA records 42 tornadoes in Hardeman County from 1954 to 2021, the strongest rated F2, with 0 deaths and 2 injuries recorded in the county. That is 94th of 254 Texas counties by days with tornadoes per 1,000 square miles since 1950. 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 42 tornadoes whose track touched Hardeman County since 1950 (NOAA's county records number 42, the same count); along their whole tracks they killed 0 people.

Map of the strongest tornado tracks in Texas.

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 Hardeman County?

The most recent record with damage, injuries or deaths is the April 3, 2026 thunderstorm wind ($25,000 in damage in 2025 dollars).

A center irrigation pivot was blown over and a 30x30 foot metal carport was overturned in/near Quanah. The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated based on radar observations.
National Weather Service event narrative, NOAA Storm Events Database (search the full record, event 1329613)

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

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: 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 Hardeman 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).

Drought in the 2010s: 68 records against 14 in the decade before, 68 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 Hardeman 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?

66% of its hail reports since 1961 fell in April and May. The two busiest months are in violet.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records by the month they began.

Federal disaster declarations for Hardeman County

FEMA's register lists 16 declarations that include Hardeman County: 7 major disasters, 8 emergencies and one fire management assistance declaration. Most were for fire (6) and hurricane (3).

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 Hardeman County

FEMA's National Risk Index rates Hardeman County Very Low overall, with an expected annual loss of $2.5 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.

Source: FEMA National Risk Index, county table, December 2025 release. FEMA's National Risk Index map.

Counties that share a border with Hardeman County

1. Jackson County, OK 1,457
2. Wilbarger County 847
3. Harmon County, OK 798
4. Childress County 687
5. Hardeman County 686
6. Cottle County 586
7. Foard County 485

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 Hardeman CountyThe hazard risk calculator: 18 hazards beside the county's record
• Download Hardeman County's FEMA declarations (CSV)16 rows: every declaration that named the county, for your own analysis