Karnes County, Texas
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1955 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
22
Tornado reports
44
Hail reports
93
Floods since 1996
290
All events
0
Deaths
$6.8M
Property damage
Tornado paths in Karnes County
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 21 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.
Former Hurricane Claudette, now Tropical Storm Claudette, produced widespread damage in Karnes County, knocking over hundreds of trees and power poles. Major damage was reported to14 homes, along with minor damage to another 237. Nearly every home in Kenedy reported some type of …
Drought Drought
The I-35 Corridor, Coastal Plains, and southern Rio Grande Plains received greater than normal rainfall in June leading to improvement in drought conditions. Fayette County improved from Extreme (D3) Drought to Moderate (D1) drought. Medina County went from Severe (D2) Drought to…
Drought Drought
Rainfall was above normal across the area in May. The Hill Country, Coastal Plains, and Winter Garden areas received up to three times normal rain. This resulted in improvement or maintenance of the drought. Dimmit, Medina, and Travis Counties all improved from Extreme (D3) Droug…
Hail Hail
A thunderstorm produced pea to quarter size hail in Kenedy.
Flood Flood
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flooding. Several roads around Karnes City were flooded including CR 344, Hwy 123, and Hwy 181.
Drought Drought
Nearly all of South-Central Texas had above normal rainfall during the month. More than half of the area had two to three times normal. This led to improvement in the ongoing drought. Dimmit County improved from Exceptional (D4) Drought to Extreme (D3) Drought. Atascosa, Bastrop,…
Drought Drought
While nearly all of South-Central Texas had less than 50% of normal precipitation this month, drought conditions were mostly unchanged. Only in Val Verde County did drought conditions worsen. They went from Moderate (D1) Drought to Severe (D2) Drought. All of the other counties r…
Drought Drought
Nearly all of South-Central Texas received less than 50% of normal precipitation during the month, and most counties stayed in the same drought category. The one change was Dimmit County which went from Extreme (D3) Drought to Exceptional (D4) Drought. Atascosa, Bastrop, Bexar, C…
Drought Drought
The I-35 Corridor, Rio Grande and Coastal Plains received less than normal precipitation during the month, and the drought worsened or remained unchanged. Caldwell, Fayette, Guadalupe, Hays, Lavaca, Maverick, Travis, and Zavala Counties went from Severe (D2) Drought category to E…
Drought Drought
Most of South-Central Texas outside of the Hill Country received less than 50% of normal precipitation during the month. This led to worsening drought conditions in 13 counties and unchanged conditions in 11. De Witt and Lee Counties had the largest changes from Moderate (D1) Dro…
Drought Drought
Nearly all of South-Central Texas received less than normal precipitation during November. Most of the area saw less than 25% of normal. This worsened the drought in some locations and maintained it most other places. However, Fayette and Gonzales Counties received enough rain to…
Drought Drought
October rainfall was less than 50% of normal across most of South-Central Texas and drought conditions worsened in four counties. Fayette and Gonzales Counties changed from Severe (D2) Drought category to Extreme (D3) Drought while Dimmit and Lavaca went from Moderate (D1) Drough…
Drought Drought
September rainfall was less than 50% of normal across most of South-Central Texas and drought conditions worsened in most counties. De Witt and Fayette Counties saw the worst change from no drought to Severe (D2) Drought category. Bastrop, Gonzales, Hays, and Travis Counties went…
Drought Drought
A large portion of the eastern half of South-Central Texas received above normal rainfall in June. This led to drought improvement in a number of counties. Burnet, Gonzales, Karnes, Llano, and Williamson all improved from Severe (D2) drought category to Moderate (D1) drought.
Drought Drought
Most of South-Central Texas received above normal precipitation during the month. Some places had two to three times their normal. As a result, drought conditions improved in most of our counties and remained the same everywhere else. Blanco, Frio, Gillespie, Kinney, Maverick, Re…
Drought Drought
Most of South-Central Texas had near to below normal precipitation in April, and the drought mostly was unchanged or worsened. Only Burnet, Lavaca, and Williamson Counties improved from Extreme (D3) Drought category to Severe (D2) Drought. Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Val Verde, and…
Drought Drought
Most of South-Central Texas had another month of near to below normal precipitation, and the drought worsened or remained the same. Wilson County saw the biggest change from Severe (D2) Drought category to Exceptional (D4) Drought. Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Frio, Gillespi…
Winter Storm Winter Storm
Snow and freezing rain started falling during the evening on the 20th. The freezing rain caused some patchy ice on FM 627 north of Karnes City that caused only minor impacts. Precipitation turned over to all snow, and the CoCoRaHS observer reported total accumulation of 0.3 in Ka…
Hail Hail
A thunderstorm produced 2.5 inch diameter hail in Falls City.
Drought Drought
Above normal rainfall during the last week of the month over the Coastal Plains helped Fayette and Karnes Counties improve from Severe (D2) Drought category to Moderate (D1) Drought category.
Drought Drought
Most of South-Central Texas received less than normal rainfall during the month, and the drought worsened or was unchanged. Fayette, Karnes, and Zavala Counties worsened from Moderate (D1) drought category to Severe (D2) drought. Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Hays, Kendall, Medina, and …
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
A strong upper-level ridge settled over Texas allowing temperatures to soar above 105 degrees on the 20th. These excessive temperatures continued on the 21st and 22nd. High temperatures reached 107 degrees at Burnet, Pleasanton, New Braunfels, and Horseshoe Bay on the 20th. On th…
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
High pressure built over the southern part of the country allowing temperatures to climb above normal. In combination with high relative humidity heat indices rose to 115 degrees and higher. The heat index in New Braunfels reached 120, LaGrange hit 119, and the Randolph AFB Auxil…
Hail Hail
A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail near Runge.
Cold/Wind Chill Cold/Wind Chill
Cold temperatures and breezy winds combined to produce wind chill temperatures between 10 and 0 degrees during the night of the 16th and morning of the 17th.
Cold/Wind Chill Cold/Wind Chill
Cold temperatures and breezy winds combined to produce wind chill temperatures between 10 and 0 degrees during the night of the 15th and morning of the 16th.
Cold/Wind Chill Cold/Wind Chill
Cold temperatures and breezy winds combined to produce wind chill temperatures between 10 and 0 degrees during the night of the 14th and morning of the 15th.
Drought Drought
Nearly all of the eastern half of South Central Texas had above normal precipitation in January with large swaths of the I-35 corridor and Coastal Plains seeing three and four times normal rainfall. Drought conditions improved. Bexar, Comal, Hays, and Travis Counties all improved…
Drought Drought
Nearly all of South Central Texas had below normal precipitation in December and the drought worsened in two counties and was unchanged everywhere else. Bandera and Medina Counties worsened from Severe (D2) drought to Extreme (D3) drought. Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Gillespie, Guadalu…
Drought Drought
While most of South Central Texas had another month of less than normal rainfall, there was enough in some places to bring some drought improvement. Burnet and Caldwell Counties improved from Extreme (D3) drought to Severe (D2) drought. In Williamson County the drought worsened f…
Drought Drought
Much of South Central Texas received above normal rainfall in October, and there was improvement in the drought. The most improvement was in Bastrop, Fayette, Lee, and Williamson Counties all of which went from Exceptional (D4) category to Severe (D2). Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Cald…
Drought Drought
September was generally dry across South Central Texas and most of the area had no change in drought status. However, a few counties had enough rain to improve one category. Bandera, Llano, and Kerr went from Exceptional (D4) to Extreme (D3). Real went from D3 to Severe (D2). Bas…
Drought Drought
The hot, dry summer continued this month. Nearly all of South Central Texas had less than normal rainfall. Most of the area northeast of a line from Kerrville to Karnes City received less than 25% of normal, and for most of our counties the drought worsened. Frio and Edwards went…
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Excessive heat was observed nearly every day of August across parts of South Central Texas. The heat wave started on the 1st in Blanco, Caldwell, De Witt, Lavaca, Llano, Gonzales, Guadalupe, and Travis Counties when temperatures reached 105 to 107. The heat spread to most of the …
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that knocked down a fence and tore some metal roofing off a house in Gillett.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Strong high pressure settled over South Central Texas, and temperatures soared. The heat wave started on the 10th when temperatures in Blanco, Caldwell, De Witt, Hays, Llano and Travis Counties reached 105 degrees, and the heat index in Maverick County reached 114. The heat sprea…
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Strong high pressure settled over South Central Texas, and temperatures and heat indices soared. High temperatures reached 105-107 at Pleasanton, San Antonio Stinson, Kenedy, Llano, Hondo, Castroville, and Austin Camp Mabry. Heat index was 113-115 at La Grange, Gonzales, San Marc…
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Strong high pressure settled over South Central Texas, and temperatures and heat indices soared. The heat wave started on the 14th in Atascosa County where the heat index reached 113. The excessive heat expanded over the next several days until it reached its peak on the 21st whe…
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. TXDoT reported FM 1353 was flooded south of Karnes City.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. TXDoT reported water over the road on FM 887 west of Gillett.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. TXDoT reported water over the road on FM 627 south of Gillett.
Flood Flood
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flooding. Drive Texas reported that FM 1353 was closed in both directions between Hwy 181 and FM 2102 southwest of Karnes City due to flooding.
Hail Hail
A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail southwest of Coy City.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A thunderstorm produced wind gust measured at 50 kts by the AWOS at Kenedy Regional Airport.
Cold/Wind Chill Cold/Wind Chill
Temperatures dropped to 18 degrees with wind speeds 12-30 mph producing wind chill temperatures as low as 2 degrees.
Drought Drought
Several heavy rain episodes during August led to above normal precipitation across South Central Texas. Much of the western half of the area received three to four times their normal. The result was improvement on the drought in all but two counties. Atascosa, Karnes, and Zavala …
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 |
| 2024 | 10 | 0 |
| 2023 | 16 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 |
| 2014 | 7 | 0 |
| 2013 | 8 | 0 |
| 2012 | 12 | 1 |
| 2011 | 10 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 14 | 0 |
| 2006 | 7 | 0 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 |
| 2004 | 19 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 15 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 2 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 14 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 1 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 1 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 1 |
| 1980 | 2 | 1 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1975 | 2 | 1 |
| 1972 | 1 | 0 |
| 1969 | 1 | 0 |
| 1968 | 3 | 0 |
| 1967 | 5 | 4 |
| 1966 | 1 | 1 |
| 1965 | 3 | 3 |
| 1963 | 1 | 0 |
| 1960 | 2 | 1 |
| 1959 | 1 | 1 |
| 1958 | 1 | 1 |
| 1957 | 1 | 1 |
| 1955 | 2 | 1 |
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