Uvalde County, Texas
County storm and disaster record · FIPS 48463 · population 24,512 · 1,552 sq mi
NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 573 records for Uvalde County, Texas from 1950 through June 30, 2026, on 379 days; the most frequent are hail reports (170 records). The deadliest single record is the August 1, 1999 heat, filed for the forecast zone Uvalde, which covers the county: 2 deaths. FEMA has issued 21 declarations naming the county since 1990, 19 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
- 573on 379 days, 1950 to June 30, 2026
- Deaths recorded
- 791 injuries
- Damage, 2025 dollars
- $42Mas filed (scale steps before 1993)
- Tornadoes
- 14strongest F2
- FEMA declarations
- 21latest 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 Uvalde County most?
The most frequent records are hail reports: 170 since 1964. 64% of its hail reports since 1964 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 | 170 | 105 | 1964-2026 | 0 | 1 | $743K | 194 of 254 |
| Floods | 166 | 104 | 1996-2025 | 4 | 89 | $34M | 65 of 254 |
| Drought | 104 | 104 | 1996-2025 | 0 | 0 | – | 159 of 254 |
| Severe thunderstorm wind | 85 | 64 | 1964-2026 | 0 | 0 | $5.0M | 213 of 254 |
| Winter storms | 18 | 17 | 1997-2026 | 0 | 0 | – | 210 of 254 |
| Tornadoes | 14 | 13 | 1959-2013 | 0 | 1 | $2.4M | 226 of 254 |
| Heat | 6 | 6 | 1999-2024 | 2 | 0 | – | 151 of 254 |
| Fog, smoke and funnel clouds | 5 | 5 | 1997-2016 | 0 | 0 | – | 93 of 254 |
| Extreme cold | 3 | 3 | 2021-2024 | 1 | 0 | – | 196 of 254 |
| High wind and dust storms | 1 | 1 | 2013-2013 | 0 | 0 | – | 211 of 254 |
| Wildfires | 1 | 1 | 2022-2022 | 0 | 0 | – | 198 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 Uvalde County had?
NOAA records 14 tornadoes in Uvalde County from 1959 to 2013, the strongest rated F2, with 0 deaths and 1 injury 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 14 tornadoes whose track touched Uvalde County since 1950 (NOAA's county records number 14, the same count); along their whole tracks they killed 0 people.
Map of the strongest tornado tracks in Texas.
Every tornado record filed for Uvalde County (14)
| Date | Place | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-06-14 | Knippa, Uvalde County | EF0 1.9 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | $32K |
| 2006-03-19 | Uvalde County | F2 2 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | $2.2M |
| 2002-04-07 | Uvalde County | F0 0.2 mi x 20 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2002-03-19 | Sabinal, Uvalde County | F0 2 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2001-10-12 | Sabinal, Uvalde County | F0 0.5 mi x 100 yd | 0 | 0 | $50K |
| 2000-02-22 | Uvalde County | F0 0.1 mi x 20 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1999-03-27 | Concan, Uvalde County | F1 1.5 mi x 300 yd | 0 | 0 | $53K |
| 1997-05-27 | Utopia, Uvalde County | F0 0.2 mi x 20 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1996-09-15 | Utopia, Uvalde County | F2 4 mi x 700 yd | 0 | 1 | $38K |
| 1996-09-15 | Blewitt, Uvalde County | F1 0.5 mi x 100 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1975-05-19 | Uvalde County | F2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1971-06-28 | Uvalde County | F1 0.1 mi x 33 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1966-02-08 | Uvalde County | F1 0.5 mi x 300 yd | 0 | 0 | $3K step |
| 1959-05-01 | Uvalde County | F2 5.7 mi x 33 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 Uvalde County?
The most recent record with damage, injuries or deaths is the May 26, 2026 thunderstorm wind ($2,000 in damage in 2025 dollars).
| Date | Record | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-26 | Thunderstorm WindSabinal, Uvalde County | 61 kt wind | 0 | 0 | $2K |
| 2026-05-26 | Thunderstorm WindUvalde County | 56 kt wind | 0 | 0 | $1K |
| 2026-05-26 | Thunderstorm WindUvalde County | 52 kt wind | 0 | 0 | $500 |
| 2026-05-26 | HailLaguna, Uvalde County | 1.25 in hail | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-05-19 | Thunderstorm WindUvalde County | 65 kt wind | 0 | 0 | $25K |
| 2026-04-29 | HailConcan, Uvalde County | 1.00 in hail | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-04-29 | HailMontell, Uvalde County | 3.00 in hail | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-04-29 | HailMontell, Uvalde County | 3.50 in hail | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-04-29 | HailMontell, Uvalde County | 2.75 in hail | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-03-10 | Thunderstorm WindMontell, Uvalde County | 57 kt wind | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-01-24 | Winter WeatherUvalde County · forecast zone Uvalde | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2025-09-07 | FloodMontell, Uvalde County | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-08-01 | HeatUvalde County · forecast zone Uvalde The body of a 27-year old male Mexican citizen was recovered near Garner Park early on the morning of the 1st. He had died of heat exhaustion near midnight. The body of a second man, a 45-year old male Mexican citizen, was found about the same time near Sabinal. He had also died of heat exhaustion shortly after ... | 2 | 0 | – | |
| 2021-02-14 | Extreme Cold/Wind ChillUvalde County · forecast zone Uvalde Extreme cold temperatures and breezy winds combined to produce wind chill values of -5 to -10 degrees F. | 1 | 0 | – | |
| 2018-10-09 | FloodSabinal, Uvalde County Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flooding of the Sabinal River. At Sabinal the river crested at 15.34 feet late on 10/9/18. Flood stage is 12 feet. It dropped below flood stage early on the 10th. A truck was washed away on RR 187 at a low water crossing that remained flooded south of Sabinal at 1:50 am ... | 1 | 0 | – | |
| 2015-05-23 | Flash FloodConcan, Uvalde County A tuber drown due to strong undertow along the swollen Frio River. | 1 | 0 | – | |
| 2002-07-02 | FloodUvalde County · forecast zone Uvalde The Sabinal River crested at Sabinal at 38.28 feet on July 5 at 1345CST, where flood stage is 12.0 feet. The body of a man was recovered late on the afternoon of July 2. He had been trying to remove objects from the flood waters of the Sabinal River with his tractor when he was swept off the tractor and drowned. | 1 | 0 | – | |
| 1998-10-17 | Flash FloodCountywide, Uvalde County The Great October FloodIn advance of a very slow-moving upper level trough of low pressure over West Texas, a cold front drifted slowly southeastward into West Central Texas during the evening of Friday, October 16th. Deep moisture was in place across South Central Texas as the two systems approached, being fed at the ... | 1 | 0 | $36K | |
| 1997-06-22 | Flash FloodCountywide, Uvalde County The heavy rain Friday night into Saturday afternoon had left South Central Texas soils saturated. The situation worsened Saturday evening into Sunday as heavy rain associated with the upper low pressure system redeveloped over the western Texas Hill Country. Very heavy rains over the Texas Hill Country Saturday night ... | 0 | 50 | $2.0M | |
| 1998-08-23 | FloodUvalde County · forecast zone Uvalde Flooding along the headwaters of the Frio River was devastating, but campers had been removed in advance from the camps, preventing the need for dangerous last-minute rescues. Still, the flooding covered the entire camping area of Garner State Park in northeast Uvalde County. Water was reported to be five to six feet ... | 0 | 20 | $1.5M |
| Date | Record | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-10-28 | FloodUvalde County · forecast zone Uvalde | 0 | 0 | $28M | |
| 2006-03-19 | Thunderstorm WindUvalde County | 75 kt wind | 0 | 0 | $2.9M |
| 2006-03-19 | TornadoUvalde County | F2 2 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | $2.2M |
| 1998-08-23 | FloodUvalde County · forecast zone Uvalde | 0 | 20 | $1.5M | |
| 2002-03-19 | Thunderstorm WindCountywide, Uvalde County | 0 | 0 | $574K | |
| 1998-08-23 | Flash FloodCountywide, Uvalde County | 0 | 0 | $435K | |
| 2002-03-19 | HailUvalde County | 4.50 in hail | 0 | 0 | $410K |
| 2001-08-26 | Thunderstorm WindCountywide, Uvalde County | 0 | 0 | $283K |
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: February 8, 1966 (tornado, Uvalde 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 Uvalde 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 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 20 | 37 | 46 | 26 |
| Floods | – | – | – | – | 20 | 73 | 57 | 16 |
| Drought | – | – | – | – | 14 | 8 | 37 z | 45 |
| Severe thunderstorm wind | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 19 | 18 |
| Winter storms | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| Tornadoes | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Drought in the 2010s: 37 records against 8 in the decade before, 37 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 Uvalde 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?
64% of its hail reports since 1964 fell in April and May. The two busiest months are in violet.
The values, month by month
Jan 16 · Feb 25 · Mar 71 · Apr 81 · May 147 · Jun 54 · Jul 50 · Aug 35 · Sep 29 · Oct 32 · Nov 23 · Dec 10 (records).
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records by the month they began.
Federal disaster declarations for Uvalde County
FEMA's register lists 21 declarations that include Uvalde County: 13 major disasters, 8 emergencies and 0 fire management assistance declarations. Most were for flood (6) and severe storm (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 |
| 2025-07-06 | DR-4879 | Flood | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, 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 |
| 2019-02-25 | DR-4416 | Flood | Severe Storms and Flooding |
| 2015-05-29 | DR-4223 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding |
| 2008-03-14 | EM-3284 | Fire | Wildfires |
| 2007-06-29 | DR-1709 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding |
| 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 |
| 2002-07-04 | DR-1425 | Flood | Severe Storms and Flooding |
| 1999-09-01 | EM-3142 | Fire | Extreme Fire Hazards |
| 1998-08-26 | DR-1239 | Severe Storm | Tropical Storm Charley |
| 1997-07-07 | DR-1179 | Flood | Severe Storms and Flooding |
| 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 Uvalde County had?
NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 166 flood or flash flood records for Uvalde County from 1996 to 2025, on 104 days, with 4 deaths. By flood insurance claims since 1978 (OpenFEMA, as of September 8, 2026), Uvalde County ranks 1169th of 2,942 U.S. counties.
| Storm | Began | Records | Deaths in the county |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Storm Charley | 1998-08-23 | 2 | 0 |
The National Flood Insurance Program has paid $6.7 million on 130 claims filed in Uvalde County; the most in one year was 54 in 2002. Claims count insured losses only: uninsured flood damage is not in this file.
The values, year by year
1978: 7 · 1979: 2 · 1983: 1 · 1985: 1 · 1987: 1 · 1991: 1 · 1996: 1 · 1997: 5 · 1998: 8 · 2000: 1 · 2001: 1 · 2002: 54 · 2004: 1 · 2007: 1 · 2011: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2026: 37; 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 Uvalde County
FEMA's National Risk Index rates Uvalde County Relatively Low overall, with an expected annual loss of $20.4 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 | $1.2M | 145 modeled event-days a year |
| Riverine Flooding | Relatively Moderate | $16M | 3.6 a year (modeled) |
| Heat Wave | Relatively Moderate | $1.2M | 7.1 modeled event-days a year |
| Lightning | Relatively Moderate | $278K | 41 a year (modeled) |
| Wildfire | Relatively Low | $159K | once in about 933 years (modeled) |
| Hail | Relatively Low | $392K | 1.8 a year (modeled) |
| Hurricane | Relatively Low | $189K | once in about 36 years (modeled) |
| Winter Weather | Relatively Low | $58K | 2 a year (modeled) |
Source: FEMA National Risk Index, county table, December 2025 release. FEMA's National Risk Index map.
Counties that share a border with Uvalde County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau county adjacency file; NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records since 1950. The Census Bureau's adjacency file.
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