Hemphill storm history
Storm events recorded in Hemphill, Texas between 1950 and 2025.
629
Total events
53
Tornadoes
235
Hail
10
Floods
5
Deaths
$307.7M
Property damage
Most significant events
Strongest tornadoes, deadliest events, and biggest damage in this county. Up to 50 shown.
Tornado F4 Tornado
After the first violent tornado dissipated in Wheeler County and a second larger tornado developed and continued to the north northeast. This one tracked just west of Allison destroying four homes and damaging several others. Total livestock killed in Wheeler County was over 800 …
The tornado developed in southwestern Hemphill County approximately sixteen miles south southwest of Canadian. The tornado moved north northwest at twenty miles an hour and encountered an area of active oil drilling rigs. The tornado hit two drilling rigs. An employee of the firs…
Tornado F3 Tornado
During the morning of Monday, February 26th, a decayed power pole broke at ground level and caused the three-wire power line atop it to fall and make contact with fine grassy fuels, igniting what would become the Smokehouse Creek Fire. At approximately 2:20 pm on February 26, 202…
Reports state two female horseback riders (one 24 years old the other 6 years old) traveling along the banks went missing prior to noon on Monday June 23rd. By 7 PM that day, search and rescue crews located the still saddled horse the females were last seen riding downstream of t…
The number of residents affected were 1088. There were 250 business that also reported economic injuries. Damages and economic impact also resulted from: debris cleanup (downed trees, etc), numerous downed power lines and broken power poles, and damaged to roads and bridges.
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The walls of a farm storage building were blown down and the metal roofing blown off. Nearby tree branches were broken off. About three power poles were broken as well.
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Miami mesonet began having severe level wind gusts at 119 AM CDT with a peak gust of 90 mph. Severe gusts ended at 130 AM.
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Hail Hail
Hail Hail
Baseball size hail occurred around 12 miles south of Higgins.
Tornado EF1 Tornado
The tornado started near County Road 30 on the very eastern edge of Hemphill County and quickly intensified as it crossed onto property where it produced damage to several buildings and a home. The home sustained some roofing damage and the back corner of the house had a partial …
Hail Hail
Hail fell across Canadian with penny size hail in town and ping pong ball size hail about two miles southeast of Canadian.
High Wind High Wind
The 6 E Canadian mesonet measured a wind gust of 63mph at 2332 CST and the AWOS at the Canadian airport observed a 60mph wind gust at 2335 CST.
High Wind High Wind
Numerous wind gusts exceeded 58 mph between 0141CDT and 0431CDT with the arrival of a sting jet. Winds peaked out at 87 mph around 0258CDT with sustained winds above 45 mph. Wind gusts continued to occasionally gusts between 58 and 64 mph between 0937CDT and 1330CDT.
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Each observation site had dozens of high wind gusts from 58 mph to 78 mph, with the highest concentration of high wind gusts between 1030CDT to 1430CDT.
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Multiple ground stations measured high wind gusts, up to 69 mph, intermittently for approximately 6 hours.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
Hemphill County saw a swath of 4 to 6 with some higher amounts up to 8 from the southwest corner up to the northeastern corner of the county. the far northwestern and far southeastern corner received less than 4.
Flood Flood
Marshall Drive (County Road P) was closed due to part of the road being washed out one mile east of where the pavement section of the road ends. Road P was washed out at Elk Creek. The flood was likely 200 feet wide where the road crosses Elk Creek.
Drought Drought
November 2nd brought in quite the prolonged rain event to the combined OK/TX Panhandles, especially the southeastern half where 2 to 3 fell. This was 2 to 3 times the normal monthly rainfall for the area and allowed parts of Hemphill and Lipscomb counties that were in Severe Drou…
Drought Drought
With no precipitation over the course of October, areas of Moderate Drought (D1) spread west across Lipscomb and Hemphill counties. The small areas of Severe Drought (D2) that showed up in September had grown over the course of October as well. By months end almost the whole sout…
Drought Drought
Much of the eastern to southern TX Panhandle were already in moderate drought (D1) by the end of August. Conditions continued to remain dry going through the month of September with a small area between Higgins and Canadian, TX developing Severe Drought (D2) conditions which pers…
Hail Hail
Hail Hail
Hail of 3 inches in diameter was measured with a ruler and verified via a photo.
High Wind High Wind
Mesonets across the county measured multiple wind gusts between 58 and 64 mph during this time period.
Wildfire Wildfire
Estimated containment via incident update reports. Estimated Acres burned with the use of GIS mapping data is 404,722.
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Two mesonet sites located in the county measured multiple gusts exceeding 58 mph with a peak gust of 70 mph during this time. Sustained winds also surpassed 40 mph.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Less than an inch of snow fell in the northern parts of the county and around Canadian. Amounts of one to three inches fell in the southern half of the county.
High Wind High Wind
Two mesonet stations located in the county measured several wind gusts in excess of 58 mph with both measuring a peak gust of 67 mph. The site 10 miles east of Miami observed the peak gust at 1729 CST, while the site six miles east of Canadian measured the gust at 1809 CST.
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Two mesonet stations located in the county measured sustained winds between 40 and 50 mph for 5 to 6 hours during the late afternoon and evening hours.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Up to 1.5 of snow was measured by an observer near Glazier. This snow fell during periods of high winds on the 8th, which created poor visibility and blizzard like conditions. The high winds also made accurate snow measurements extremely difficult.
Wildfire Wildfire
Wildfire caused by lawn equipment managed to spread to 1957 acres in about 6 hours.
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Hail Hail
Hail Hail
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Tornado EF1 Tornado
This tornado developed near County Road 17 and produced some minor tree damage, with limbs and branches being blown down. The tornado then continued across open field before impacting a residence just off Highway 277, where it brought down trees and some power lines along that ro…
Hail Hail
Hail Hail
Drought Drought
Several rain events continued through much of June improving conditions to Moderate Drought (D3) by the third week. The county received around 4 to 8 of rain over the course of the month leaving the county in Abnormally Dry (D0) conditions at months end.
Drought Drought
Hemphill County started the month of May with Extreme Drought (D3). Western and southern portions of the county that received 5 to 6 of rain improved to Severe Drought (D2) by months end while central to northeastern portions of the county that received 3 to 5 stayed in Extreme D…
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Events by year
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | 1 |
| 2024 | 14 | 0 |
| 2023 | 23 | 1 |
| 2022 | 29 | 0 |
| 2021 | 22 | 0 |
| 2020 | 21 | 0 |
| 2019 | 22 | 2 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1 |
| 2017 | 19 | 0 |
| 2016 | 14 | 4 |
| 2015 | 26 | 7 |
| 2014 | 49 | 1 |
| 2013 | 34 | 0 |
| 2012 | 16 | 1 |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 |
| 2010 | 15 | 0 |
| 2009 | 27 | 0 |
| 2008 | 35 | 0 |
| 2007 | 27 | 1 |
| 2006 | 16 | 0 |
| 2005 | 9 | 1 |
| 2004 | 10 | 0 |
| 2003 | 7 | 0 |
| 2002 | 19 | 2 |
| 2001 | 18 | 0 |
| 2000 | 18 | 1 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1995 | 12 | 3 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 1 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 11 | 5 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 5 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 1 |
| 1982 | 1 | 1 |
| 1981 | 1 | 1 |
| 1980 | 2 | 1 |
| 1979 | 3 | 3 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1968 | 2 | 1 |
| 1967 | 1 | 1 |
| 1965 | 1 | 1 |
| 1964 | 1 | 1 |
| 1962 | 1 | 1 |
| 1961 | 1 | 1 |
| 1955 | 2 | 2 |
| 1954 | 1 | 1 |