Shelby County, Texas
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1950 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
45
Tornado reports
167
Hail reports
55
Floods since 1996
665
All events
4
Deaths
$14.9M
Property damage
Tornado paths in Shelby County
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 45 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.
James Ezra Moore of Timpson, Texas was swept off FM 947 after his truck ran off the road. His body was later found in a flooded creek along FM 947.
Numerous reports of downed trees and power lines throughout the area. Every customer in the area lost power for several days. Property damage in the region resulted climbed to over 1 million dollars while over 6 million dollars damaged occurred in private timber loss.
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Tornado EF1 Tornado
This brief EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 95 mph began along County Road 3156, where a few trees were downed, and then it traveled southeast to cross Highway 7 where it intersected with County Road 3153. Most of the damage here was also to trees with a consolidate…
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Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Tree downed along County Road 1090.
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A tree was blown down several miles northeast of Center.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Flooding reported with high water covering the roadway in Joaquin near the intersection of Highway 7 and FM Road 139. Flooding was also reported just west of this location along Highway 84 in Joaquin.
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Hail Hail
Golf ball size hail reported near Highway 7 just southwest of Center.
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First Baptist Church of Timpson sustained exterior damage, reported via broadcast media source and later confirmed via NWS damage survey. Severe wind gusts here knocked the brick veneer off of the front of the church with that veneer falling onto the church awning and destroying …
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Structural straight-line wind damage was observed in the community of Jericho where a clustering of chicken houses was mostly to completely destroyed by northerly wind gusts estimated to be up to 100 mph.
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Golf ball size hail reported in Timpson.
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Quarter size hail reported at a convenience store in Tenaha.
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Quarter size hail reported between Garrison and Timpson.
Tornado EF1 Tornado
An EF1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 95 mph developed during the early afternoon on March 28th, 2025, associated with a mini-supercell and initially began southwest of Shelbyville near the Hurstown community at the intersection of Highway 87 and County Road 2130. At t…
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Numerous trees downed across Huxley.
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Flash Flood Flash Flood
Flash flooding reported with high watering covering Highway 2026 in Center.
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Tornado EF1 Tornado
An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 105 mph touched down in the northern sections of the Sabine National Forest along FM 417 several miles east-southeast of the Campti community and tracked north-northwest, causing mainly timber damage before dissipating just before…
Tornado EF1 Tornado
An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 110 mph touched down in the town of Timpson, where a business lost nearly half of its roof, and a nearby recreational vehicle was also destroyed. City Hall also sustained damage, and two cars were thrown near the intersection of H…
Tornado EF1 Tornado
An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 110 mph touched down on County Road 2625 about 1.5 miles southeast of Shelbyville, and tracked northwest across CR 2100 and FM 417 where it snapped and uprooted numerous hardwood and softwood trees. The significant damage to trees…
Tornado EF1 Tornado
This is a continuation of the extreme Northeast Sabine County tornado. This tornado, with estimated maximum winds near 110 mph, moved over the western shoreline of Toledo Bend Reservoir near the East Hamilton community, where a boat ramp and a home were damaged along FM 2261 and …
Tornado EF1 Tornado
An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 100 mph touched down along Highway 84 about 1.5 miles east of the Paxton community, and tracked northwest, snapping and uprooting multiple trees before crossing CR 3717 into Southern Panola County.
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Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 1 |
| 2025 | 20 | 1 |
| 2024 | 36 | 5 |
| 2023 | 41 | 0 |
| 2022 | 26 | 0 |
| 2021 | 13 | 0 |
| 2020 | 18 | 2 |
| 2019 | 15 | 2 |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 |
| 2017 | 25 | 1 |
| 2016 | 11 | 0 |
| 2015 | 16 | 0 |
| 2014 | 11 | 0 |
| 2013 | 10 | 1 |
| 2012 | 13 | 0 |
| 2011 | 22 | 2 |
| 2010 | 8 | 0 |
| 2009 | 12 | 1 |
| 2008 | 17 | 0 |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 |
| 2006 | 6 | 0 |
| 2005 | 17 | 0 |
| 2004 | 8 | 0 |
| 2003 | 14 | 0 |
| 2002 | 14 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 1 |
| 1999 | 15 | 2 |
| 1998 | 14 | 0 |
| 1997 | 18 | 0 |
| 1996 | 21 | 1 |
| 1995 | 11 | 0 |
| 1994 | 14 | 0 |
| 1993 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | 11 | 1 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 17 | 1 |
| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
| 1988 | 8 | 0 |
| 1987 | 7 | 1 |
| 1986 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 13 | 0 |
| 1984 | 19 | 2 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 1 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 4 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1976 | 7 | 1 |
| 1975 | 3 | 0 |
| 1974 | 3 | 1 |
| 1973 | 4 | 3 |
| 1972 | 1 | 1 |
| 1971 | 1 | 0 |
| 1965 | 1 | 1 |
| 1964 | 3 | 3 |
| 1963 | 1 | 1 |
| 1962 | 2 | 0 |
| 1959 | 1 | 1 |
| 1957 | 2 | 1 |
| 1950 | 2 | 2 |
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