Tom Green County, Texas

What hazards hit Tom Green County most?

The most frequent records are hail reports: 663 since 1957. 67% of its hail reports since 1957 fell in May and June. 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 Tom Green County had?

NOAA records 56 tornadoes in Tom Green County from 1952 to 2025, the strongest rated F4, with 15 deaths and 179 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 57 tornadoes whose track touched Tom Green County since 1950 (NOAA's county records number 56: they file a crossing tornado once per county segment, and the two databases differ on some tracks); along their whole tracks they killed 15 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 Tom Green County?

The most recent record with damage, injuries or deaths is the July 4, 2025 flash flood (1 death).

Law enforcement reported flash flooding at the intersection of Coke Street and Schroeder Street which resulted in one fatality when a vehicle was swept away by the flood waters.
National Weather Service event narrative, NOAA Storm Events Database (search the full record, event 1288511)

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 Tom Green 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).

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records per calendar decade; zone records from the CZ_TYPE field (Z).

What time of year?

67% of its hail reports since 1957 fell in May and June. The two busiest months are in violet.

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

Federal disaster declarations for Tom Green County

FEMA's register lists 21 declarations that include Tom Green County: 10 major disasters, 10 emergencies and one fire management assistance declaration. Most were for fire (6) and hurricane (5).

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 Tom Green County had?

NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 158 flood or flash flood records for Tom Green County from 1996 to 2025, on 92 days, with 1 death. By flood insurance claims since 1978 (OpenFEMA, as of September 8, 2026), Tom Green County ranks 928th of 2,942 U.S. counties.

The National Flood Insurance Program has paid $6.5 million on 206 claims filed in Tom Green County; the most in one year was 66 in 2025. Claims count insured losses only: uninsured flood damage is not in this file.

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 Tom Green County

FEMA's National Risk Index rates Tom Green County Relatively Low overall, with an expected annual loss of $30.9 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 Tom Green County

1. Tom Green County 1,451
2. Runnels County 641
3. Coke County 403
4. Concho County 373
5. Sterling County 327
6. Menard County 321
7. Irion County 308
8. Reagan County 268
9. Schleicher County 259

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 Tom Green CountyThe hazard risk calculator: 18 hazards beside the county's record
• Download Tom Green County's FEMA declarations (CSV)21 rows: every declaration that named the county, for your own analysis