Salt Basin County, Texas
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 2012 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
0
Tornado reports
0
Hail reports
0
Floods since 1996
68
All events
0
Deaths
$50K
Property damage
Year by year
All storm eventsTornadoes
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.
High Wind High Wind
A peak wind gust of 65 mph was recorded at the PX Well RAWS site.
Ice Storm Ice Storm
The Rio Grande Electric Cooperative reported power outages around Dell City related to the ice storm. Reports of up to 1 inch radius ice was on powerlines causing these outages.
Drought Drought
The month started out with the eastern portion of the zone in Severe(D2) drought with Moderate(D1) drought over the far west. On Jan 27th, the entire zone was in Moderate(D1) drought.
Drought Drought
The eastern portion of the zone remained in Severe(D2) drought while the far west remained in Moderate(D1) drought.
Drought Drought
The eastern half of the zone remained in Severe(D2) drought while the west remained in Moderate(D1) drought.
Drought Drought
The month started out with Extreme(D3) drought east and Severe(D2) drought west. By the end of the month, the east was in Severe(D2) drought and Moderate(D1) drought over the far west.
Drought Drought
The far eastern portion of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought with Severe(D2) drought over the west.
Drought Drought
The zone started out with Extreme(D3) drought over all but the far northern areas which were in Severe(D2) drought. By the end of the month, the west was in Extreme(D3) drought and the east was in Severe(D2) drought.
Drought Drought
The month started with Exceptional(D4) drought across the entire zone except the far north where it was in Extreme(D3) drought. By the end of July, the entire area improved one category with the far north placed in Severe(D2) drought while the remainder of the zone improved to Ex…
Drought Drought
Exceptional(D4) drought covered the entire zone except for the far north where Extreme(D3) continued.
Drought Drought
Exceptional(D4) drought continued for all but the far northern areas where Extreme(D3) drought continued.
Dust Storm Dust Storm
Reports of near zero visibility on social media along US62/180 near Salt Flat.
Drought Drought
Exceptional(D4) drought continued across all of the zone except the far north where Extreme(D3) drought remained.
Drought Drought
Extreme(D3) drought covered the entire zone to start March and by the end of the month, Exceptional(D4) drought covered all but the far northern areas.
Drought Drought
The entire zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought throughout the month.
Drought Drought
The entire zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought.
Drought Drought
Extreme(D3) drought continued throughout December for the entire zone.
Drought Drought
Extreme(D3) drought continued throughout the month for the entire zone.
Drought Drought
The eastern half of the zone started the month in Extreme(D3) drought and Severe(D2) drought over the west. By the end of October, the entire zone was in Extreme(D3) drought.
Drought Drought
The eastern half of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought while the west was in Severe(D2) drought.
Drought Drought
The month started in Severe(D2) drought across the entire zone, then by the end of the month, the eastern half was placed in Extreme(D3) drought.
Drought Drought
The northern half of the zone continued in Extreme(D3) drought while the south remained in Severe(D2) drought.
Drought Drought
The northern half of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought while the south remained in Severe(D2) drought.
Drought Drought
The northern half of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought while the south remained in Severe(D2) drought.
Drought Drought
The northern half of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought while the south remained in Severe(D2) drought.
High Wind High Wind
Several large trees uprooted across the roadways. No injuries or damage to homes.
Drought Drought
The northern half of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought while the south remained in Severe(D2) drought.
High Wind High Wind
A West Texas Mesonet site in Dell City recorded a peak gust of 58 mph.
Drought Drought
The northern half of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought while the south remained in Severe(D2) drought.
High Wind High Wind
A peak gust of 59 mph was recorded at the Dell City - Texas Tech Mesonet site in Dell City.
Drought Drought
Extreme(D3) drought continued through the month for the northern half of the zone while the south remained in Severe(D2) drought.
Drought Drought
The northern half of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought with the southern half stayed in Severe(D2) drought.
Drought Drought
The northern half of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought while the south remained in Severe(D2) drought.
Drought Drought
The northern half of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought while the south remained in Severe(D2) drought.
Drought Drought
The entire zone started September in Severe(D2) drought. By the end of the month, the northern half of the zone was in Extreme(D3) drought.
Drought Drought
The entire zone went from Moderate(D1) drought to Severe(D2) drought.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
The average temperature at the El Paso Airport was 91.6 degrees which was 2.7 degrees warmer than the previous record set in 2020. The high temperature topped 100 degrees 30 of 31 days during the month with only 0.30 inches of precipitation.
High Wind High Wind
A Texas Tech Mesonet site in Dell City reported a peak wind gust of 59 mph. The PX Well RAWS reported a peak gust of 58 mph.
Drought Drought
The far east portion of the zone started the month in Exceptional(D4) drought and improved to Severe(D2) drought over the southwest. By the end of the month, the far east was in Severe(D2) drought and Moderate(D1) drought elsewhere.
Drought Drought
The eastern areas started in Exceptional(D4) drought with Extreme(D3) drought over the west. By the end of the month, only the far east was in Exceptional(D4) drought with Severe(D2) drought over the southwest.
Drought Drought
The eastern half of the zone remained in Exceptional(D4) drought while the western half remained in Extreme(D3) drought.
Drought Drought
The eastern half of the zone remained in Exceptional(D4) drought while the western half remained in Extreme(D3) drought.
Drought Drought
Exceptional(D4) drought continued over the eastern half of the zone while the west remained in Extreme(D3) drought.
Drought Drought
Exceptional(D4) drought continued over the east while Extreme(D3) drought remained over the western half of the zone.
Drought Drought
The month started with Extreme(D3) drought over the east and Severe(D2) over the west. By the end of the month, the eastern half of the zone was put into Exceptional(D4) drought and Extreme(D3) drought over the west.
Drought Drought
The month started with the entire zone in Severe(D2) drought and by the end of the month, the eastern half of the area was placed in Extreme(D3) drought.
Drought Drought
Severe(D2) drought conditions remained in place through the month of October.
Drought Drought
The month started out with Severe(D2) drought over the far southeast portion of the zone but spread across the entire area by the end of the month.
High Wind High Wind
A peak gust of 62 mph was recorded 2 miles east of Montana Vista.
High Wind High Wind
A mesonet site 2 miles east of Montana Vista recorded a peak gust of 62 mph.
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 13 | 0 |
| 2024 | 15 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 7 | 0 |
| 2012 | 7 | 0 |
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