Lipscomb 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.
43
Tornado reports
381
Hail reports
16
Floods since 1996
773
All events
0
Deaths
$5.7M
Property damage
Tornado paths in Lipscomb County
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 43 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.
Tornado F3 Tornado
Tornado F3 Tornado
Resident count of 701 affected. There were 12 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.
Hail Hail
Flash Flood Flash Flood
High water made the intersection of FM2741 and County Road D impassible.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Downed tree limbs were blown across FM 213.
High Wind High Wind
Several wind gusts greater than 58mph occurred with a peak wind gust of 62mph at the mesonet site located eight miles west of Lipscomb. These were associated with anvils from decaying thunderstorms in the area.
Hail Hail
Hail Hail
Quarter sized hail fell in north Lipscomb off of Highway 305.
Hail Hail
Mostly pea to dime size hail fell, but a few larger stones occurred and dented a truck parked outside.
Strong Wind Strong Wind
LANDSPOUT. Location: 36.300. -100.430. This landspout lasted about ten minutes and no damage occurred from it.
Drought Drought
Most of this region was in Extreme (D3) to Exceptional (D4) drought to begin June. Normal to well above normal precipitation was observed through most of the June except for a dry middle of the month. Well above normal precipitation was observed for the month across eastern porti…
Flood Flood
A creek had water outside of its banks and an estimated one to two feet of water was over a dirt road. The water appears to be up to a maintained road. This flooding occurred about four hours after the rain ended.
Hail Hail
Drought Drought
Much of Hutchinson, Roberts, and Hemphill counties were in Exceptional Drought (D3) at the start of the month. Conversely much of Hansford, Ochiltree, and Lipscomb counties started the month in Severe Drought (D2). With a continually growing deficit in rainfall, the cluster of co…
Drought Drought
The bulk of Lipscomb County was in Moderate Drought (D1) to start April with the exception of the far southeast portion of the county which was in Severe Drought (D2). By the middle of the month, the entire county was in Severe Drought, and Extreme Drought (D3) moved in quickly a…
Drought Drought
Drought conditions worsened in the northeast Texas Panhandle during March, escalating from Moderate Drought (D1) to Severe Drought (D2) in counties including Hansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts, and Hemphill. This deterioration was attributed to a growing rainfall deficit, w…
High Wind High Wind
The peak wind gust in Lipscomb County was 70 mph, which was observed at the mesonet site located eight miles west of Lipscomb at 1242CST. Gusts greater than 58 mph were observed in the county from about 1220CST through 1600CST.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
Much of the central to eastern part of the county received 4 to 5 of snow. However, the storm set up a heavier band of 6 to 7 of snow along and north of the Highway 60 corridor. The lowest snowfall measured was around 1.5 inches in Booker.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Hail Hail
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Hail Hail
Large hail fell northwest of Higgins. Hail sizes were mostly dime size to quarter size, but a few hailstones were slightly larger than a golf ball. This resulted in damage to a fire engine that was en route to a wildfire caused by lightning.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Hail Hail
A supercell thunderstorm moved across the eastern part of Lipscomb County. It produced hail up to the size of golfballs from roughly seven miles southeast of Lipscomb to Higgins. Quarter size hail fell about seven miles to the northeast of Glazier.
Hail Hail
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Lipscomb 8W mesonet station measured a 68 mph wind gust from a collapsing thunderstorm.
Hail Hail
A swath of large hail fell from two miles west of Darrouzett to four miles southeast of Darrouzett. Hail ranged from half dollar size to two inches in diameter.
Hail Hail
Baseball size hail fell west of Follett. This resulted in broken windshields o some vehicles in the area.
Hail Hail
A supercell thunderstorm that moved through the area roughly eight miles south of Follett produced very large hail. Ping pong ball size hail fell along FM1454 between Follett and Higgins. Additionally, several spotters observed and measured hailstones of 3.24 inches to 3.4 inches…
Hail Hail
Hail up to quarter size fell along County Road X.
Hail Hail
High Wind High Wind
Frequent and numerous gusts between 59 and 81 mph occurred between 0144CDT and 0417CDT with the arrival of a sting jet. Winds continued to stay breezy and gusty falling below high wind criteria between 0418CDT and 0932CDT. Then, winds picked back up with multiple separate wind gu…
High Wind High Wind
High Wind High Wind
The observation site had dozens of high wind gusts from 58 mph to 72 mph, with the highest concentration between 1130CDT to 1550CDT.
High Wind High Wind
Multiple high wind gusts occurred at one ground station in the county. Wind gusts up to 66 mph were recorded. The event lasted for about 3 1/2 hour.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
The eastern half of Lipscomb County received 4 to 7 of snow with the western half receiving 1 to 3 of snow.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Light snow fell across the county and accumulations were between one half of an inch and 0.9 inches.
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 was 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 persi…
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
This mesonet first measured a wind gust of 59 mph at 2352CDT, with another gust of 65 mph at 2353CDT.
High Wind High Wind
The mesonet 8 miles west of Lipscomb reported downburst wind of 58 mph.
Hail Hail
Drought Drought
A small portion of the northeastern corner of Lipscomb County entered the month of June in Severe Drought (D2) with a small area in the southwest corner in Abnormally Dry (D0) status, and Moderate Drought (D1) across the majority of the county in between. The are of D2 in the nor…
Hail Hail
Drought Drought
For several months Lipscomb County had below normal precipitation. By the first of the month the county fell into Moderate Drought (D1) with the northeastern corner of the county in Severe Drought (D2). With May rains being below normal the county stayed in these drought categori…
High Wind High Wind
The Lipscomb mesonet measured multiple wind gusts between 58 and 65 mph during this time period.
High Wind High Wind
A mesonet station located 8 miles west of Lipscomb measured multiple wind gusts in excess of 58 mph. The peak gust measured was 68 mph at 1125CST.
High Wind High Wind
The mesonet station located eight miles west of Lipscomb measured multiple wind gusts in excess of 58 mph during the late afternoon and evening hours with a peak gust of 62 mph that occurred at 1649CST.
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 0 |
| 2025 | 19 | 0 |
| 2024 | 12 | 0 |
| 2023 | 20 | 1 |
| 2022 | 21 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9 | 0 |
| 2020 | 16 | 0 |
| 2019 | 27 | 6 |
| 2018 | 33 | 1 |
| 2017 | 9 | 0 |
| 2016 | 15 | 0 |
| 2015 | 24 | 2 |
| 2014 | 48 | 2 |
| 2013 | 45 | 0 |
| 2012 | 25 | 0 |
| 2011 | 28 | 2 |
| 2010 | 24 | 1 |
| 2009 | 24 | 0 |
| 2008 | 28 | 0 |
| 2007 | 47 | 6 |
| 2006 | 16 | 0 |
| 2005 | 22 | 0 |
| 2004 | 13 | 0 |
| 2003 | 11 | 0 |
| 2002 | 25 | 1 |
| 2001 | 20 | 0 |
| 2000 | 16 | 1 |
| 1999 | 22 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1996 | 17 | 0 |
| 1995 | 15 | 1 |
| 1994 | 13 | 1 |
| 1993 | 12 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 10 | 1 |
| 1989 | 4 | 2 |
| 1987 | 4 | 3 |
| 1986 | 1 | 1 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 1 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 2 |
| 1977 | 1 | 1 |
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1975 | 1 | 1 |
| 1974 | 1 | 0 |
| 1970 | 3 | 0 |
| 1969 | 2 | 1 |
| 1967 | 1 | 1 |
| 1966 | 2 | 2 |
| 1965 | 1 | 0 |
| 1962 | 2 | 2 |
| 1961 | 1 | 0 |
| 1955 | 1 | 0 |
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