Jim Hogg storm history
Storm events recorded in Jim Hogg, Texas between 1950 and 2025.
413
Total events
4
Tornadoes
28
Hail
16
Floods
0
Deaths
$1.9M
Property damage
Most significant events
Strongest tornadoes, deadliest events, and biggest damage in this county. Up to 50 shown.
A tornado was reported in the Hebbronville area by the border patrol and public. A tornado touched down in the Hebbronville area just after 5 pm, flipping a tractor trailer, uprooting trees, snapping large limbs, and causing a gas leak. The tornado knocked out power to at least 1…
Drought Drought
Extreme Drought in Jim Hogg County expanded markedly by December 23, with approximately 75% of the County under this condition, up from around 25% beforehand in December. Far western and the southeast corner of the county remained at Severe (D2), based on small pockets of rain du…
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) Drought would prevail across the western and southern portions of Jim Hogg County, with an area of Extreme (D3) Drought across northeastern portions of the County, to the edge of Hebbronville, through the 22nd.
Drought Drought
Extreme (D3) Drought developed across the eastern third of Jim Hogg County, including Hebbronville and ranches along and 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 s…
Drought Drought
Due to prolonged dryness, Severe (D2) Drought conditions developed across all of Jim Hogg County that included Hebbronville. Drought conditions persisted through the remainder of the month for all but the northeast corner, where Extreme (D3) conditions would develop on the 18th.
Drought Drought
Following locally heavy rainfall before daybreak on May 7th, and again during the afternoon no May 8th, which dropped pockets of 2-4+ inches of rain across much of Zapata and western/southern Jim Hogg County, Drought Improved to Moderate (D1) and Abnormally Dry (D0) across all bu…
Hail Hail
There was a report from a trained spotter of baseball size hail at the intersection of FM2687 and FM649.
Drought Drought
Due to the continued combination of dry and hot conditions with a strong sun angle and evaporation rates, Severe (D2) Drought continued across northern and western Jim Hogg County to begin May. A band of thunderstorms with 1 to 2 inches (estimated) of rain on May 2nd covered extr…
Drought Drought
Due to the continued combination of dry and hot conditions with a strong sun angle and evaporation rates, Severe (D2) Drought continued across either a large portion of Jim Hogg County, including the city of Hebbronville through the month of April, from April 1st to April 30th.
Drought Drought
The combination of humidity averaging 10-15 percent each afternoon for a week (March 9-17), occasional heat spikes, and gusty winds moved conditions into flash drought territory, and the drought monitor was adjusted to Extreme (D3) on the 18th for all but the eastern one-fifth of…
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) Drought was designated for all but southeastern Jim Hogg County on March 4, which continued through March 17, 2025, as a combination of very dry air, repeated dry fronts that produced northerly winds, and warmer than average temperatures created a flash drought condit…
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
Hebbronville AWOS recorded 6 hours, from 3:46pm to 9:46am on February 20, of freezing temperatures (temperatures at or below 32F degrees).
Cold/Wind Chill Cold/Wind Chill
Hebbronville AWOS recorded 15 hours (from 11:46pm on February 19 to 10:46am on February 20 and from 6:46am to 10:46am on February 21) of wind chill values at or below 25F degrees. Minimum wind chill values of 21F degrees occurred from 5:46am to 8:46am on February 20.
Ice Storm Ice Storm
Law enforcement reported power outages in Hebbronville due to a power line being down from the combination of wind and 0.25 of ice. With temperatures at or below 32F degrees, it's likely that freezing rain was falling between 12:35am-7:35am on January 21.
Cold/Wind Chill Cold/Wind Chill
Hebbronville recorded 31 hours (from 11:46pm on January 19 to 10:46am on January 20, from 3:36pm January 20 to 12:46am January 21, and from 8:46pm January 21 to 7:46am January 22) of wind chill values at or below 25F degrees. Within the time period from 11:46pm on January 21 to 7…
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
Hebbronville recorded freezing temperatures (32F degrees or lower) for 22 hours (from 9:46pm on January 19 to 3:46am on January 20, 9:46am, on January 20 to 12:46am on January 21, and from 7:46pm January 21 to 8:46am on January 22). Hard Freezing temperatures (28F degrees or belo…
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
The Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) platform in Hebbronville recorded 5 hours of freezing temperatures (32 degrees or lower) from 246 AM to 746 AM CST on January 7, 2025. Winds chills ranged between 21F and 26F degrees during this timeframe. A minimum temperature of 28F…
Cold/Wind Chill Cold/Wind Chill
The Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) platform in Hebbronville recorded 5 hours of wind chills at or below 25F degrees from 246 AM to 746 AM CST on January 7, 2025. Winds chills were as low as 21F at 6:46am or during this timeframe.
Heat Heat
Hebbronville recorded max heat indices between 111-114F from 1:55-5:55 PM CDT on June 4, 2024.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Emergency Management reported a tree on a car in Hebbronville. Wind speed estimated.
Heat Heat
Hebbronville recorded max heat indices between 112-114F for 4 hours, from 1:50-5:50 PM CDT on May 27, 2024.
Heat Heat
Hebbronville recorded max heat indices between 111-116F for 3 hours, from 4:00-7:00 PM CDT on May 26, 2024.
Heat Heat
Hebbronville recorded max heat indices between 111-113F from 2:50-6:50 PM CDT on May 24, 2024.
Heat Heat
Rancho Los Comitos (Texas Mesonet) recorded max heat indices of 111F for a couple of hours from 2:55-4:55 PM CDT on May 21, 2024. By proxy, it can be interpolated to southern Jim Hogg County to have similar values at a similar time. Hebbronville, in northern Jim Hogg County, touc…
Heat Heat
Ranchos Los Comitos (Texas Mesonet) recorded peak heat indices between 111-115F for 3 hours, from 1:55-4:55 PM CDT. By proxy, southern Jim Hogg County likely observed the same values around the same time. Farther north, the Hebbronville Automated Weather Observing System recorded…
Heat Heat
Rancho Los Comitos (Texas Mesonet) recorded max heat indices between 111-115F for 3 hours, from 3:00-6:00 PM CDT (2 to 5 PM CST) on May 8, 2024. By proxy, southern Jim Hogg County (less than 10 miles north of this location) can be assumed to have observed similar values during th…
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
Hebbronville recorded temperatures at or below freezing between 14-15 hours (between 735 PM on the 16th and 945 AM on the 17th). A Hard Freeze (temperatures below 28 degrees for 2 or more hours) was observed at the site between 1135 PM on the 16th and 845 AM on the 17th. A minimu…
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
A Minimum Wind Chill value of 11F degrees was recorded in Hebbronville at 2:55 AM. The duration of temperatures within the wind chill criteria was between 8-9 hours.
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
Multiple weather stations at Hebbronville including an Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) and a Remote Automatic Weather Station (RAWS) recorded 12 hours of freezing temperatures (32F degrees or lower) from 115AM to 115PM January 15, 2024. Additionally, a Hard Freeze (temp…
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
Hebbronville recorded temperatures at or below freezing for almost 18 hours (between 135 PM on the 15th and 1225 PM on the 16th. A Hard Freeze (temperatures below 28 degrees for 2 or more hours) was observed at Hebbronville between 1255 AM and 945 AM. Minimum temperatures fell to…
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
A Minimum Wind Chill of 14F degrees was recorded in Hebbronville at 6:15 AM. The duration of the wind chill was for about a half an hour.
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) Drought persisted into early November across the southeastern corner of Jim Hogg County, from east of Agua Nueva to the Brooks County line. Rainfall of 4 to more than 6 inches inches between November 10th and 13th in this area would improve conditions to Abnormally Dr…
Drought Drought
The combination of soil moisture increases from late afternoon/early evening rainfall on October 5th, with another round of 0.75 to locally 1 inch or more from late October 10th through early October 11th continued drought improvement. By the 17th, just a sliver of Severe (D2) re…
Drought Drought
Late afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms associated with the season's first notable cold front dropped measured and estimated 1 to 2 of rain across western Jim Hogg County on October 5th, improving Extreme (D3) Drought to Severe (D2) Drought in these areas. Severe Dro…
Drought Drought
Extreme Drought (D3) prevailed across most of the western half of Jim Hogg County until October 9th, with Severe (D2) drought across east-central Jim Hogg south of Hebbronville and the SR 285/359 area. An estimated 0.5 to 1.5 inches of rain fell during the late afternoon and even…
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A complex of showers and storms moved through Jim Hogg County the evening of September 15th into the very early morning hours of September 16th. According to utility companies, over half of their customers lost power during the event. Unfortunately, this led to the AWOS in Hebbro…
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) to Extreme (D3) Drought conditions dominated Jim Hogg County through September, as searing, record to near record heat continued and rainfall was limited to local heavy rain in thunderstorms, mainly in northern portions of the county, during the middle of the month (S…
Tropical Storm Tropical Storm
The AWOS station at Jim Hogg County Airport in northern Jim Hogg County experienced Tropical Storm-force wind gusts for a period of nearly 2 hours with a measured maximum wind gust of 43 mph at 3:10PM CDT. Pictures from the County Judge of Jim Hogg County shows several downed tre…
Drought Drought
Lack of persistent rain and hot to very hot temperatures allowed Extreme (D3) Drought to develop across western Jim Hogg County on August 22nd. While Tropical Storm Harold brought some much needed rain August 22nd, it wasn't enough to keep it from persisting the rest of the month…
Drought Drought
Lack of persistent rain combined with dry to very dry conditions and hot temperatures allowed Severe (D2) Drought to persist across western Jim Hogg County. The drought extended from approximately 7 miles west of the Jim Hogg/Webb/Zapata County lines southeast to approximately 11…
Drought Drought
Lack of persistent rain combined with dry to very dry conditions and hot temperatures allowed Severe (D2) Drought to develop across western Jim Hogg County. The drought extended from approximately 7 miles west of the Jim Hogg/Webb/Zapata County lines southeast to approximately 11…
Wildfire Wildfire
The Florida Fire in northeastern Jim Hogg County burned a total of 1,576 acres. A Spot Request was received at 3:14PM CDT and satellite data was used to estimate the start time of the fire at 2:00PM CDT. It was contained at 4:46PM CDT.
Heat Heat
The Jim Hogg County Airport AWOS reported a heat index of 111 by 2:55 PM CDT, with 111 or higher values persisting until approximately 8:35 PM CDT on June 18th.
Heat Heat
The Jim Hogg County AWOS reported approximately 3 hours of heat index reaching or exceeding 111 degrees during the afternoon of June 16, 2023, peaking just below 114 degrees at 535 PM CDT. The Texas Mesonet site at Rancho Los Comitas (extreme northern Starr County near the Jim Ho…
Heat Heat
The Jim Hogg County AWOS reported approximately 6 hours of heat index reaching or exceeding 111 degrees during the afternoon of June 16, 2023, peaking at 115 degrees at 735 PM CDT. The Texas Mesonet site at Rancho Los Comitas (extreme northern Starr County near the Jim Hogg Count…
Heat Heat
Though Jim Hogg County AWOS reported no hours of heat index reaching or exceeding 111 degrees during the afternoon of June 15, 2023, the Texas Mesonet site at Rancho Los Comitas (extreme northern Starr County near the Jim Hogg County line) recorded values of 111 to 115 between 3 …
Heat Heat
Though Jim Hogg County AWOS reported no hours of heat index reaching or exceeding 111 degrees and 113 during the afternoon of June 14, 2023, the Texas Mesonet site at Rancho Los Comitas (extreme northern Starr County near the Jim Hogg County line) recorded values of 111 to 113 be…
Heat Heat
The Jim Hogg County AWOS reported several hours of heat index between 111 and 113 during the afternoon of June 13, 2023. Dangerous heat began at around 315 PM CDT and continued through 630 PM CDT. Peak values of 113 occurred at 415 PM CDT. The Texas Mesonet site at Rancho Los Com…
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) Drought conditions continued for the southwestern portion of Jim Hogg County to start the month of May. Rainfall on the order of 0.2 to 0.6 in late April allowed for Severe (D2) Drought to exit the county.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
The Hebbronville RAWS site recorded a wind gust of 54 knots at 9:46PM CDT.
Events by year
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | 0 |
| 2024 | 13 | 0 |
| 2023 | 29 | 0 |
| 2022 | 27 | 0 |
| 2021 | 22 | 0 |
| 2020 | 17 | 0 |
| 2019 | 12 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8 | 0 |
| 2017 | 11 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014 | 16 | 0 |
| 2013 | 28 | 0 |
| 2012 | 28 | 1 |
| 2011 | 31 | 0 |
| 2010 | 14 | 1 |
| 2009 | 26 | 0 |
| 2008 | 23 | 0 |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 8 | 0 |
| 2003 | 5 | 0 |
| 2002 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 19 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 1 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |