Bowie County, Texas
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1950 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
59
Tornado reports
324
Hail reports
91
Floods since 1996
1,046
All events
3
Deaths
$274.0M
Property damage
Tornado paths in Bowie County
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 59 in all. Zoom in and the paths widen to their surveyed width.
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NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
The supercell thunderstorm which produced a second tornado ending in northwestern Cass County continued on to the northeast and produced another tornado just north of the Sulphur River in southwestern Bowie County. This tornado was determined to be the strongest one produced by t…
This tornado moved directly through the downtown district of De Kalb and across a high school. Numerous homes and businesses were severely damaged or destroyed. The high school suffered severe damage. Sirens sounded 15 minutes prior to arrival of the storm. The damage resulted in…
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Tornado F3 Tornado
An EF-2 tornado with maximum estimated winds around 125 mph touched down along Highway 259 just southwest of Dekalb and tracked northeast across the intersection of County Road 4231 and Farm to Market Road 44. Here, it caused significant damage to a well constructed two-story hom…
Excessive heavy rainfall during the month of May resulted in very high water on the Red River bordering McCurtain County in Southeast Oklahoma and Red River and Bowie Counties in Northeast Texas during the entire month of June. Rainfall amounts during the month of May across the …
Fire department reported that car windows and sky lights and the roofs of many homes throughout the city were damaged from this devastating hail storm. Preliminary monetary estimate at the time of this publication was near 90 million dollars with local emergency management offici…
Straight line winds over a 6 mile stretch and up to 2 miles wide caused major damage in and around the Old Boston, Texas community 5 miles south of New Boston, Texas. Several hundred large trees were snapped or uprooted and some of these fell on homes and businesses. Numerous pow…
Excessive rain over a short period of time caused numerous flooding problems across the city. Cars were stranded and stalled with several underpasses flooded. A 21 year old woman was critically injured when her car was swept off a road into a drainage ditch. A 20 year old man rid…
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Multiple trees downed across Bowie County.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Highway 82 and other nearby roads flooded in De Kalb.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Several roads were covered in high water north of De Kalb, with vehicles stranded in the flood waters. Report from mPING.
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Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A large hardwood tree was uprooted onto a home in the Spring Hill community northwest of DeKalb.
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Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Trees and power lines were blown down near the Hooks and Leary communities.
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Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A power line was blown down in Maud.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A power line was blown down in Redwater.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Interstate 30 was shut down from Mile Marker 220 to the Arkansas state line due to flooding.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Trees down on Arnold Lane near the Red Lick community.
Hail Hail
Golfball size hail fell just east of Maud near Lake Wright Patman.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Flash flooding throughout the Texas side of Texarkana. High water covered Exit 220 on I-30 West.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
High water covered portions of I-30 on the Texas side of Texarkana. Stateline Avenue was also flooded.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Several roofs severely damaged with partial removal in De Kalb.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Several structures damaged in New Boston.
Tornado EF1 Tornado
This QLCS-embedded EF1 tornado began along U.S. Highway 259 in southwest Bowie County and moved east northeast across County Road 4307, Interstate 30, County Road 4210, County Road 4230, and Farm-to-Market Road 561, damaging numerous trees. Most of the trees were either uprooted …
Tornado EF1 Tornado
This EF1 tornado was the continuation of a tornado that began in Red River County. Upon exiting Red River County, the tornado continued east toward the town of New Hope, continuing to produce extensive tree damage in the form of snapped trunks and uproots. After moving east of Ne…
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Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 0 |
| 2025 | 23 | 2 |
| 2024 | 29 | 2 |
| 2023 | 37 | 0 |
| 2022 | 28 | 1 |
| 2021 | 35 | 0 |
| 2020 | 20 | 2 |
| 2019 | 16 | 0 |
| 2018 | 17 | 2 |
| 2017 | 8 | 0 |
| 2016 | 60 | 2 |
| 2015 | 32 | 1 |
| 2014 | 23 | 0 |
| 2013 | 22 | 0 |
| 2012 | 34 | 1 |
| 2011 | 50 | 0 |
| 2010 | 27 | 0 |
| 2009 | 60 | 4 |
| 2008 | 30 | 2 |
| 2007 | 17 | 1 |
| 2006 | 12 | 0 |
| 2005 | 25 | 0 |
| 2004 | 10 | 0 |
| 2003 | 19 | 1 |
| 2002 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 0 |
| 2000 | 18 | 2 |
| 1999 | 16 | 3 |
| 1998 | 25 | 0 |
| 1997 | 21 | 0 |
| 1996 | 12 | 0 |
| 1995 | 15 | 0 |
| 1994 | 24 | 0 |
| 1993 | 22 | 1 |
| 1992 | 20 | 1 |
| 1991 | 23 | 0 |
| 1990 | 15 | 3 |
| 1989 | 14 | 0 |
| 1988 | 18 | 0 |
| 1987 | 10 | 1 |
| 1986 | 19 | 4 |
| 1985 | 13 | 0 |
| 1984 | 27 | 3 |
| 1983 | 10 | 1 |
| 1982 | 17 | 4 |
| 1981 | 7 | 1 |
| 1979 | 5 | 3 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 1 |
| 1975 | 5 | 2 |
| 1974 | 2 | 0 |
| 1973 | 4 | 1 |
| 1972 | 2 | 0 |
| 1971 | 4 | 2 |
| 1970 | 2 | 1 |
| 1967 | 1 | 1 |
| 1962 | 1 | 1 |
| 1954 | 1 | 1 |
| 1950 | 1 | 1 |
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