Severe Weather History


The Most Tornado-Struck Counties

RankCountyEventsDeathsDamage
#1Weld County, Colorado2921$151.3M
#2Harris County, Texas25413$528.5M
#3Washington County, Colorado2100$676K
#4Palm Beach County, Florida1971$181.3M
#5Adams County, Colorado1920$26.9M
#6Polk County, Florida1659$79.8M
#7Miami-Dade County, Florida1501$202.7M
#8Pinellas County, Florida14711$95.6M
#9Hillsborough County, Florida1471$23.5M
#10Broward County, Florida1461$81.6M
#11Oklahoma County, Oklahoma13916$772.6M
#12Brevard County, Florida1371$110.0M
#13Hale County, Texas1338$37.1M
#14Caddo County, Oklahoma1300$64.4M
#15Laramie County, Wyoming1281$25.4M
#16Mobile County, Alabama1271$7.1M
#17Elbert County, Colorado1270$586K
#18Galveston County, Texas1269$36.2M
#19Lee County, Florida1261$44.8M
#20Hinds County, Mississippi12558$96.3M
#21McLean County, Illinois1210$20.3M
#22Kit Carson County, Colorado1190$469K
#23Osage County, Oklahoma1184$44.1M
#24Baldwin County, Alabama1160$9.8M
#25Lincoln County, Colorado1150$29.5M
#26Ford County, Kansas1150$3.4M
#27Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana1140$23.6M
#28Rankin County, Mississippi11412$147.5M
#29Cleveland County, Oklahoma11342$2.8B
#30Jefferson County, Texas1103$57.2M
#31Johnson County, Texas1100$235.2M
#32Tarrant County, Texas1103$236.7M
#33Jefferson County, Alabama110110$1.0B
#34Caddo Parish, Louisiana10911$151.7M
#35Canadian County, Oklahoma10919$22.7M
#36Cass County, North Dakota10913$36.7M
#37Sherman County, Kansas1090$6.3M
#38Dallas County, Texas10923$2.6B
#39Custer County, Nebraska1080$12.1M
#40Nueces County, Texas1072$97.4M
#41Volusia County, Florida1052$109.9M
#42Yuma County, Colorado1040$5.0M
#43Barton County, Kansas1042$50.3M
#44Kay County, Oklahoma10320$38.2M
#45Lincoln County, Nebraska1030$7.4M
#46Cherry County, Nebraska1030$4.5M
#47Pulaski County, Arkansas10219$459.4M
#48Logan County, Colorado1010$3.3M
#49Okaloosa County, Florida1004$41.7M
#50Arapahoe County, Colorado1000$9.6M
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · counties ranked by recorded tornado events · top 50