Kinney County, Texas
County storm and disaster record · FIPS 48271 · population 3,126 · 1,361 sq mi
NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 338 records for Kinney County, Texas from 1950 through June 30, 2026, on 277 days; the most frequent are drought records (108 records). The most damaging was the April 3, 1993 hail ($10.2 million in 2025 dollars). FEMA has issued 16 declarations naming the county since 1990, 14 of them for natural hazards; the latest for a natural hazard was “Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding” on September 1, 2026.
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
- 338on 277 days, 1950 to June 30, 2026
- Deaths recorded
- 02 injuries
- Damage, 2025 dollars
- $23Mas filed (scale steps before 1993)
- Tornadoes
- 14strongest F4
- FEMA declarations
- 16latest 2026
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 Kinney County most?
The most frequent records are drought records: 108 since 1996. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drought | 108 | 108 | 1996-2026 | 0 | 0 | – | 124 of 254 |
| Hail | 91 | 70 | 1964-2026 | 0 | 2 | $11M | 221 of 254 |
| Floods | 63 | 49 | 1996-2025 | 0 | 0 | $2.3M | 136 of 254 |
| Severe thunderstorm wind | 45 | 40 | 1956-2023 | 0 | 0 | $1.0M | 233 of 254 |
| Tornadoes | 14 | 13 | 1964-2026 | 0 | 0 | $8.6M | 223 of 254 |
| Winter storms | 7 | 7 | 1997-2021 | 0 | 0 | – | 235 of 254 |
| Wildfires | 4 | 3 | 2022-2022 | 0 | 0 | – | 163 of 254 |
| Extreme cold | 2 | 2 | 2021-2022 | 0 | 0 | – | 206 of 254 |
| High wind and dust storms | 2 | 2 | 1999-2009 | 0 | 0 | $432K | 176 of 254 |
| Heat | 1 | 1 | 2023-2023 | 0 | 0 | – | 200 of 254 |
| Hurricanes and tropical storms | 1 | 1 | 2003-2003 | 0 | 0 | $112K | 126 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 Kinney County had?
NOAA records 14 tornadoes in Kinney County from 1964 to 2026, the strongest rated F4, 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 13 tornadoes whose track touched Kinney County since 1950 (NOAA's county records number 14: 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.
| Date | Tornado | Rating | Path | Killed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989-05-16 23:08, as SPC files it | Brackettville | F4 | 17 mi | 0 |
| 1970-06-26 17:06, as SPC files it | Unnamed | F3 | 3.8 mi | 0 |
Map of the strongest tornado tracks in Texas.
Every tornado record filed for Kinney County (14)
| Date | Place | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | Standart, Kinney County | EFU 0.01 mi x 10 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2004-05-27 | Brackettville, Kinney County | F0 1.2 mi x 40 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2004-05-27 | Brackettville, Kinney County | F0 1 mi x 30 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2004-04-28 | Brackettville, Kinney County | F0 1 mi x 20 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2002-04-07 | Brackettville, Kinney County | F0 3 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2002-03-19 | Spofford, Kinney County | F0 0.2 mi x 100 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1994-04-29 | Ft Clark Springs, Kinney County | F0 0.1 mi x 10 yd | 0 | 0 | $199 |
| 1989-05-16 | Kinney County | F4 17 mi x 300 yd | 0 | 0 | $2.5M step |
| 1982-05-11 | Kinney County | F1 16 mi x 60 yd | 0 | 0 | $250K step |
| 1980-05-15 | Kinney County | F1 33.7 mi x 33 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1973-03-23 | Kinney County | F0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1970-06-26 | Kinney County | F3 3.8 mi x 880 yd | 0 | 0 | $250K step |
| 1965-05-05 | Kinney County | F0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1964-05-29 | Kinney County | F0 2.5 mi x 17 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
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 Kinney County?
The most recent record with damage, injuries or deaths is the May 4, 2022 thunderstorm wind ($101,000 in damage in 2025 dollars).
A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 to 80 mph that knocked down 10 power poles in Brackettville.
National Weather Service event narrative, NOAA Storm Events Database (search the full record, event 1027292)
| Date | Record | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | DroughtKinney County · forecast zone Kinney | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2026-03-10 | HailBrackettville, Kinney County | 1.00 in hail | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-03-10 | TornadoStandart, Kinney County | EFU 0.01 mi x 10 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-03-01 | DroughtKinney County · forecast zone Kinney | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2026-02-01 | DroughtKinney County · forecast zone Kinney | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2026-01-01 | DroughtKinney County · forecast zone Kinney | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2025-12-23 | DroughtKinney County · forecast zone Kinney | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2025-10-01 | DroughtKinney County · forecast zone Kinney | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2025-09-01 | DroughtKinney County · forecast zone Kinney | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2025-08-01 | DroughtKinney County · forecast zone Kinney | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2025-07-15 | Flash FloodSpofford, Kinney County | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2025-07-01 | DroughtKinney County · forecast zone Kinney | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-04-07 | HailCountywide, Kinney County As the supercell thunderstorm moved eastward from Val Verde County into Kinney County, hail continued to be reported. However, it was initially less widespread than it had been in Val Verde County. Stones at times were reported to be as large as tennis balls and were propelled by winds near 50 mph. Widespread damage ... | 2.50 in hail | 0 | 2 | $164K |
| Date | Record | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-04-03 | HailBrackettville, Kinney County | 2.75 in hail | 0 | 0 | $10M |
| 1998-08-24 | FloodKinney County · forecast zone Kinney | 0 | 0 | $1.8M | |
| 2001-05-26 | Thunderstorm WindBrackettville, Kinney County | 84 kt wind | 0 | 0 | $450K |
| 2009-02-10 | Strong WindKinney County · forecast zone Kinney | 43 kt wind | 0 | 0 | $344K |
| 2001-05-26 | HailBrackettville, Kinney County | 4.00 in hail | 0 | 0 | $117K |
| 2022-05-04 | Thunderstorm WindBrackettville, Kinney County | 65 kt wind | 0 | 0 | $101K |
| 1994-05-27 | HailCountywide, Kinney County | 4.50 in hail | 0 | 0 | $20K |
| 2011-04-20 | HailBrackettville, Kinney County | 2.00 in hail | 0 | 0 | $13K |
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 $2.5M, in the dollars of the day) holds: May 16, 1989 (tornado, Kinney 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 Kinney 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drought | – | – | – | – | 15 | 8 | 38 z | 47 |
| Hail | 0 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 16 |
| Floods | – | – | – | – | 11 | 31 | 18 | 3 |
| Severe thunderstorm wind | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| Tornadoes | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Drought in the 2010s: 38 records against 8 in the decade before, 38 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 Kinney 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?
Records by month in Kinney County. The two busiest months are in violet.
The values, month by month
Jan 14 · Feb 18 · Mar 33 · Apr 58 · May 65 · Jun 31 · Jul 24 · Aug 30 · Sep 18 · Oct 23 · Nov 11 · Dec 13 (records).
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records by the month they began.
Federal disaster declarations for Kinney County
FEMA's register lists 16 declarations that include Kinney County: 8 major disasters, 8 emergencies and 0 fire management assistance declarations. Most were for flood (3) and fire (3).
| Declared | Number | Type | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | DR-4935 | Flood | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding |
| 2026-07-18 | EM-3649 | Flood | 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 |
| 2019-02-25 | DR-4416 | Flood | Severe Storms and Flooding |
| 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 |
| 1993-09-10 | EM-3113 | Drought | Extreme Fire Hazard |
| 1990-01-09 | DR-850 | Freezing | Severe Freeze |
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.
How many floods has Kinney County had?
NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 63 flood or flash flood records for Kinney County from 1996 to 2025, on 49 days, with 0 deaths. By flood insurance claims since 1978 (OpenFEMA, as of September 8, 2026), Kinney County ranks 2477th of 2,942 U.S. counties.
| Storm | Began | Records | Deaths in the county |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Storm Charley | 1998-08-24 | 1 | 0 |
The National Flood Insurance Program has paid $159,000 on 7 claims filed in Kinney County; the most in one year was 3 in 2014. Claims count insured losses only: uninsured flood damage is not in this file.
The values, year by year
1998: 1 · 2013: 1 · 2014: 3 · 2015: 1 · 2026: 1; the other years: 0.
Source: FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims, as of September 8, 2026; claims by year of loss, payments in the dollars of the year paid. OpenFEMA dataset page.
FEMA's modeled risk for Kinney County
FEMA's National Risk Index rates Kinney County Very Low overall, with an expected annual loss of $1.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drought | Relatively Moderate | $374K | 134 modeled event-days a year |
| Hail | Relatively Low | $119K | 1.1 a year (modeled) |
| Hurricane | Very Low | $19K | once in about 35 years (modeled) |
| Heat Wave | Very Low | $58K | 5.7 modeled event-days a year |
| Lightning | Very Low | $33K | 40 a year (modeled) |
| Wildfire | Very Low | $3K | once in about 980 years (modeled) |
| Cold Wave | Very Low | $89K | once in about 2 years (modeled) |
| Tornado | Very Low | $55K | once in about 7 years (modeled) |
Source: FEMA National Risk Index, county table, December 2025 release. FEMA's National Risk Index map.
Counties that share a border with Kinney 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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