Inland Kenedy County, Texas
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 2018 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
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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.
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The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
Heat Heat
The final day of a trifecta of dangerous heat afternoons saw the Automated Weather Observing System sensor at Kingsville NAS (17 miles north of the county line in Kleberg), as well as proxy observations with Brooks Co. Airport, suggested that heat index values ranged from 111 to …
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
One of the hottest feels-like days in modern history occurred on June 18th across inland Kenedy County, as searing heat combined with remnant high humidity from early week's rain to produce extreme heat of 116F or higher for an estimated 8 to 10 hours. Peak values exceeded 120 fo…
Heat Heat
By proxy with the Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) at Brooks County Airport near Falfurrias, about 10 miles west of the County line, and historical interpolation with Sarita, it was likely that heat index values reached between 111 and 114F during the early to mid aftern…
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) Drought persisted in southwest Kenedy County through May 25th. Two locally heavy rain events on the 20th and 21st would bring an end to D2, replaced by Moderate (D1) conditions to close out the month.
Drought Drought
Southwestern Inland Kenedy County remained under Severe (D2) Drought conditions during the April 21-30 timeframe.
Drought Drought
All of Inland Kenedy County was in Severe (D2) Drought during the April 14-20 timeframe, thanks to recent beneficial rainfall.
Drought Drought
D3 (Extreme Drought) conditions were present across much of Inland Kenedy County from April 7-13. Finally, D2 (Severe Drought) conditions were present over north-central and northeastern Inland Kenedy County from April 7-13 thanks to recent beneficial rains.
Drought Drought
D4 (Exceptional Drought) conditions persisted from April 1 to April 6 across western Inland Kenedy County. D3(Extreme Drought) conditions persisted across central and eastern Inland Kenedy County. D2 (Severe Drought) conditions persisted across extreme northeastern and extreme so…
Drought Drought
The March 31, 2026 Drought Monitor removed the last of Severe (D2) Drought in central Kenedy County and replaced it with Extreme (level 3 of 4, D3) conditions. Unknown as of this writing were impacts on cattle ranches, including the King, Kenedy, and Yturria ranch, in the county.…
Drought Drought
Exceptional (level 4 of 4, D4) Drought expanded into western Kenedy, with a stripe of Extreme (D3) remaining in central inland Kenedy and a continued, for one more week, sliver of D2 (Severe) in the eastern third of inland Kenedy between the 24th and 30th of March.
Drought Drought
Exceptional (level 4 of 4, D4) Drought expanded into western Kenedy, with a stripe of Extreme (D3) remaining in central inland Kenedy and a continued, for one more week, sliver of D2 (Severe) in the eastern third of inland Kenedy between the 24th and 30th of March.
Wildfire Wildfire
The National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) and other state/federal agencies reported a 2,245 acre wildfire that rapidly grew in western Kenedy County on March 19, 2026. The wildfire, named Armstrong Oaks, would gradually be contained over the next couple of days, and be consider…
Drought Drought
Through March 23, the western half of Inland Kenedy County was under D3 (Extreme Drought) conditions with the eastern half of the county under D2 (Severe Drought) conditions.
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) Drought expanded to cover most of northern inland Kenedy County on the 10th, with Extreme (D3) conditions persisting across the northwest corner, including Sarita, through the end of February. On the 17th, Severe conditions reached all but the southeast corner of inla…
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) Drought covered inland Kenedy County from about 10 miles west of Baffin Bay southwest through just north/east of the Willacy/Hidalgo County line through February 9th.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
Extreme Cold Warning Criteria (Wind chills at or below 15F) was reached Baffin Bay (Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network, TCOON) at around 5 AM, continuing through 9 AM. Values bottomed out at 13F around 9 AM at the site, on the Kenedy/Kleberg County line. Slightly lower durat…
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
Observations from the Sarita mesonet site, the Yturria Ranch near the Willacy/Kenedy line, Falfurrias (northeast Brooks), and the minimum temperature in Armstrong indicated nearly 12 hours of freezing (32F or lower) temperatures in inland Willacy, with a hard freeze (27F or lower…
Cold/Wind Chill Cold/Wind Chill
Falfurrias (northeast Brooks County) recorded minimum wind chill values at or below 25F degrees (Cold Weather Advisory Criteria) for 8.5 hours from 3:15-11:35am CST on Sunday January 25th. Proxy observations from southern Kleberg County suggest that the Sarita-Armstrong area, at …
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
Sarita mesonet recorded freezing temperatures (32F degrees or lower) for 14.5 hours from 9 PM January 25th through 1130 AM CST on Monday January 26th. A Hard Freeze (temperatures at or below 27F degrees) occurred for 8 hours from 2 until 10 AM CST January 26th. Minimum temperatur…
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
Sarita recorded freezing temperatures (32F degrees or lower) for 6 hours from 2:39-8:39am CST on January 19th.
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
Sarita recorded freezing temperatures (32F degrees or lower) for 2 hours from 5:39-7:39am CST on January 18th.
Drought Drought
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, D2 Severe Drought to D3 Extreme Drought was observed over Northwestern Kenedy County at the start of the month of January, with D3 Drought encompassing the extreme northwestern part of the county. By mid month, D2 to D3 Drought expanded acro…
Drought Drought
The US Drought Monitor indicated Severe (D2) Drought across the northern two-thirds of Inland Kenedy County through December 22nd. Just enough rain fell soon after to improve conditions to D1 (Moderate) across the eastern portion of the Severe area after December 16th, with Sever…
Drought Drought
Extreme (D3) Drought developed across the northwest tier of Kenedy County, including Sarita and ranches just south of State Highway 285, on November 18th and continued through and beyond month's end. The combination of dryness, warm to hot temperatures, and very low soil moisture…
Drought Drought
Due to prolonged dryness and near-record late summer through mid autumn heat, Severe (D2) Drought conditions spread across inland northwestern Kenedy County on November 11th, and prevailed until month's end.
Drought Drought
The combination of the lack of rainfall and near-record heat from late summer into mid-autumn led to the onset of Severe (D2) level drought in northwest Kenedy County, beginning on November 4, 2025.
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) level drought expanded to most of inland Kenedy County on March 18th, and would further expand to all but a sliver of (southeast) inland Kenedy County on March 25. These conditions continuing until March 26th before heavy rains put a dent into the drought - with the c…
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) Drought would spread into northwestern through southwestern Kenedy County on March 11th, and continue through March 17th before marching across most of the county during the next ten days. Note that heavy rainfall on March 27-28, which would improve conditions, was no…
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
Sarita Texas Water Development Board mesonet station recorded 12 hours, from 11:15pm on February 19 to 11:15am on February 20, of freezing temperatures (temperatures at or below 32F degrees).
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
Sarita (northern Kenedy) recorded freezing temperatures (32F degrees of below) for 26 hours (from 2:11am to 2:11pm on January 21, and from 7:11pm January 21 to 9:11am January 22). Hard Freezing temperatures (28F degrees or below) occurred from 8:11am to 9:11am on January 21 and f…
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
The Texas Mesonet site at Sarita recorded heat index values between 116 and 121F between 210 PM and 320 PM CST. Kleberg County Airport (KIKG) in Kingsville recorded peak heat indices between 111-117F for 3 hours (from 12:55-2:55 PM) but reached 116F or higher from 130 PM CDT unti…
Heat Heat
The Texas Mesonet station at Sarita recorded heat index values between 111 and 118F between 1210 and 7 PM CDT, with excessive heat only lasting a total of an hour (250 to 330 and again at 505 PM). Kleberg County Airport (KIKG) in Kingsville recorded peak heat indices between 111-…
Heat Heat
Kleberg County Airport (KIKG) in Kingsville recorded peak heat indices between 111-113F for 2 hours (from 2:55-4:55 PM). Edinburg International Airport (KMFE) recorded max heat indices between 111-112F for 2 hours, from 1:55-3:55 PM CDT on June 3, 2024. By proxy, it's conceivable…
Heat Heat
The Texas Mesonet site at Sarita reported peak heat index values between 111F and 114F between 1 PM and 430 PM on May 28th. Proxy values from the Texas AgriScience center near the eastern Hidalgo/northwest Willacy line just southwest of the Kenedy line) indicated heat index value…
Heat Heat
The Texas Mesonet site at Sarita recorded heat index values between 111 and 114F+ from 120 through 330 PM CDT on May 27th. By proxy with the Mesonet site at the Texas AgriScience Center near the northeast Hidalgo/northwest Willacy line, which had more than four hours of 111F+ but…
Heat Heat
The Texas Mesonet site at Sarita recorded nearly four hours with heat index values betwee 111 and 115, with a single peak at 116 at 420 PM CDT. By proxy with the Texas Agriscience Center Mesonet along the western Willacy County line, which had less than an hour of excessive heat …
Heat Heat
The Mesonet site at Sarita in northern Kenedy County observed heat index values between 111 and 114 from 1230 until 530 PM.
Heat Heat
The Texas Mesonet site in Sarita recorded heat index values between 111F and 113F for a few hours, between 150 and 320 PM CDT.
Heat Heat
The Texas Mesonet site at Sarita recorded heat index values between 111 and 114 from 115 through 530 PM. Similar values likely occurred farther south in the county.
Heat Heat
The Texas Mesonet site at Sarita recorded two and a half hours of heat index between 111 and 115F, peaking at 115F at around 230 PM CST.
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
A few sites in Inland Kenedy County including Yturria, Sarita, and Armstrong recorded temperatures at or below freezing for roughly 12-13 hours (between 7:17 PM on the 16th and 9:45 AM on the 17th). A Hard Freeze (temperatures below 28 degrees for 2 or more hours) at these sites …
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
A combination of mesonet stations between the Yturria Ranch (southern Kenedy) and Sarita (northern Kenedy) reported up to 31 hours of temperatures at or below 32 degrees from the pre-dawn hours of January 15th through the late morning of January 16th, 2024. Hard freezes (temperat…
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
A Minimum Wind Chill value of 10F degrees was recorded in Baffin Bay at 8:24 AM. The duration of temperatures within the wind chill criteria was for about 12 hours.
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) Drought persisted into early November across a portion of western and north-central Kenedy County encompassing an area from Armstrong to the county line north of Sarita but not the northwestern sliver of the County. Rainfall of 3 to more than 7 inches between the 10th…
Drought Drought
The combination of soil moisture increases from afternoon rainfall on October 5th, with another round of 0.75 to more than 1 inch or more from late October 10th through early October 11th across southern Kenedy County continued drought improvement. By the 17th, Severe (D2) was li…
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) Drought covered all but a very small sliver of northwest Kenedy County from through October 9th, with the area shrinking to cover most of inland Kenedy County except the southeast corner (and the remaining northwest corner, each at Moderate, D1, levels) due to a thin …
Drought Drought
Beneficial rainfall from Tropical Storm Harold, which tracked through Kenedy County on August 22 and dropped between 1 and 3 inches of rainfall, was all dried up by the end of September. By the 26th, Severe (D2) Drought had covered all but the northwest sliver of the county, cour…
Heat Heat
The Kingsville Naval Air Station Observation recorded more than five hours of heat index in excess of 111 degrees, peaking at 119 degrees just before 3 PM CDT. Though the Kingsville site is typically notably higher with heat index values than others, using proxy and extrapolated …
Heat Heat
The Brooks County Airport AWOS reported a heat index of 111 by 2:35 PM CDT, with 111 or higher values persisting until approximately 4:35 PM CDT on September 6th. At the typically higher recording location at Kingsville Naval Air Station (which peaked just below 117 at 3:56 PM CD…
Heat Heat
The Brooks County Airport AWOS reported a heat index of 111 by 4:15 PM CDT, with 111 or higher values persisting until approximately 6:15 PM CDT on September 5th. Extrapolating from the typically high values at Kingsville Naval Air Station (Kleberg County) and accounting for east…
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 |
| 2024 | 13 | 0 |
| 2023 | 46 | 0 |
| 2022 | 14 | 0 |
| 2021 | 20 | 0 |
| 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 |
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