Swisher storm history
Storm events recorded in Swisher, Texas between 1950 and 2025.
740
Total events
72
Tornadoes
225
Hail
19
Floods
6
Deaths
$41.2M
Property damage
Most significant events
Strongest tornadoes, deadliest events, and biggest damage in this county. Up to 50 shown.
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Tornado F3 Tornado
Storm chaser video indicated that shortly after the large tornado dissipated, another tornado developed just west of town. This tornado tore a 150-yard wide path across the southern part of town. Fifteen homes were destroyed, including at least ten mobile homes, another seventeen…
A slow-moving high precipitation supercell produced copious amounts of damaging hail across northern Swisher County with some hailstones as large as baseball size in Happy. A 12-mile stretch of Interstate 27 from Happy to north of Tulia was covered in hail up to six inches deep. …
A strong tornado delivered a crippling impact on the local economy of Tulia, Texas, when it devastated industrial and residential sections of the small community of 5,000 residents around 19:00 CST on the 21st. A two block wide swath of damage paralleled U.S. Highway 87 in west T…
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Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Tulia measured severe wind gusts from 1533 CST through 1535 CST. A peak wind gust of 62 mph was measured at 1534 CST.
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A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Happy measured intermittent severe wind gusts from 2106 CST through 2113 CST. A peak wind gust of 61 mph was measured at 2106 CST.
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A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Vigo Park measured severe wind gusts from 2143 CST through 2148 CST with a peak gust of 64 mph.
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A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site in Vigo Park measured a wind gust of 58 mph.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Additional thunderstorms slowly moved eastward across the extreme southern Texas Panhandle from late on the fifth into the early morning hours of the sixth. An emergency manager reported water over several roads in and around Tulia including along rural roadways in Swisher County…
Hail Hail
Local broadcast media relayed a report of golf ball size hail in the city of Tulia. Numerous windows to residences and businesses were blown out due to wind driven hail.
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A swath of severe winds occurred from approximately seven miles west of Tulia to the town of Tulia. A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Tulia measured severe wind gusts from 2322 CST through 2324 CST. A peak gust of 81 mph was measured at 2323 CST. Additionally, …
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A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Tulia measured severe wind gusts from 1416 CST through 1420 CST. A peak gust of 58 mph was measured at 1416 and 1420 CST. The strong winds picked up a shed and dropped into a nearby home.
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A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Happy measured a wind gust of 59 mph.
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A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Tulia measured severe wind gusts from 1920 CST through 1940 CST. A peak wind gust of 76 mph was measured at 1940 CST.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Intense rainfall from a slow moving storm occurred in and around Happy. A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Happy measured 1.62 inches of rainfall in less than one hour. An mPing report was received of flooded roads in Happy.
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Dust Storm Dust Storm
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Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Vigo Park measured severe wind gusts from 0133 CST through 0142 CST. A peak wind gust of 78 mph was measured at 0133 CST. Additionally, an NWS cooperative weather observer reported several irrigation center pivots that were ove…
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A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Tulia measured severe wind gusts from 1832 CST through 1834 CST. A peak wind gust of 73 mph was measured at 1833 CST.
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A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Happy measured severe wind gusts from 1737 CST through 1739 CST. A peak wind gust of 65 mph was measured at 1737 CST.
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A farmer located northeast of Tulia reported damage to a metal barn with an awning torn off the building. Additionally, numerous tree branches of unknown size were broken off.
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Local broadcast media relayed pictures of damage to homes to the north and northwest of Tulia associated with a strong downburst. Additionally, numerous large tree branches were broken off.
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A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Happy measured a severe wind gust of 59 mph. Additionally, tree limbs one inch in diameter were reportedly broken off.
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A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Tulia measured severe wind gusts from 1943 CST through 1944 CST. A peak wind gust of 64 mph was measured at 1943 CST.
Hail Hail
Multiple public reports were received of hail ranging in size from pennies to quarters.
Hail Hail
Employees from the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) conducted measurements of a giant hailstone. The stone fell approximately 3.90 miles west-northwest of Vigo Park along Farm to Market Road 2301 during a supercell thunderstorm on the evening of the second.…
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Hail Hail
Local broadcast media relayed a report of quarter size hail approximately 13 miles east of Tulia.
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A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Tulia measured severe wind gusts from 0455 CST through 0457 CST. A peak wind gust of 64 mph was measured at 0456 CST.
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A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Happy measured severe wind gusts from 2330 CST through 2331 CST. A peak wind gust of 61 mph was measured at 2331 CST.
Events by year
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | 0 |
| 2024 | 15 | 0 |
| 2023 | 26 | 1 |
| 2022 | 27 | 0 |
| 2021 | 21 | 2 |
| 2020 | 16 | 0 |
| 2019 | 22 | 2 |
| 2018 | 19 | 0 |
| 2017 | 16 | 1 |
| 2016 | 8 | 0 |
| 2015 | 18 | 0 |
| 2014 | 20 | 0 |
| 2013 | 26 | 0 |
| 2012 | 31 | 0 |
| 2011 | 27 | 0 |
| 2010 | 13 | 0 |
| 2009 | 25 | 1 |
| 2008 | 13 | 0 |
| 2007 | 31 | 7 |
| 2006 | 25 | 1 |
| 2005 | 19 | 3 |
| 2004 | 12 | 1 |
| 2003 | 24 | 2 |
| 2002 | 16 | 3 |
| 2001 | 24 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 1999 | 17 | 1 |
| 1998 | 16 | 1 |
| 1997 | 8 | 1 |
| 1996 | 20 | 0 |
| 1995 | 19 | 1 |
| 1994 | 18 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 20 | 1 |
| 1991 | 13 | 5 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 11 | 2 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 2 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 4 |
| 1979 | 3 | 2 |
| 1978 | 4 | 1 |
| 1977 | 2 | 1 |
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1975 | 2 | 0 |
| 1973 | 4 | 1 |
| 1972 | 1 | 1 |
| 1971 | 7 | 4 |
| 1970 | 5 | 2 |
| 1968 | 2 | 1 |
| 1967 | 2 | 2 |
| 1966 | 4 | 3 |
| 1965 | 2 | 2 |
| 1964 | 2 | 1 |
| 1963 | 1 | 1 |
| 1962 | 3 | 2 |
| 1959 | 3 | 2 |
| 1958 | 1 | 1 |
| 1957 | 1 | 1 |
| 1956 | 1 | 1 |
| 1953 | 1 | 1 |