107
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
7
Direct injuries
$1.1M
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Hemphill County, Texas: 107 recorded events between 1977 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 100. That places the county #2,126 nationally and #129 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Hemphill County, Texas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Hemphill County is the 2010s, when 42 of the county's 107 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Hemphill County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 26.4% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,126 for this hazard and #129 within Texas, putting it in the 32.5 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Hemphill County with 41 recorded events, while Jan is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Significant events
Deadliest on record
| Date | Location | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2006 | CANADIAN | 61 | 0 | 4 | $32K |
| May 15, 1998 | CANADIAN | 70 | 0 | 3 | $25K |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2025 | GAGEBY | 74 | $15K |
| Jul 23, 2025 | GAGEBY | 61 | $0 |
| Jun 7, 2025 | GAGEBY | 78 | $0 |
| Jun 2, 2025 | GAGEBY | 50 | $0 |
| Jul 9, 2023 | GAGEBY | 60 | $0 |
| Jul 9, 2023 | CANADIAN | 55 | $0 |
| Jul 8, 2023 | GAGEBY | 57 | $0 |
| Jul 5, 2023 | GAGEBY | 51 | $0 |
| Jul 5, 2023 | CANADIAN | 55 | $0 |
| Jul 5, 2023 | GAGEBY | 55 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Hemphill County
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Barns were destroyed by the high winds and a cattle trailer was blown over. Also…part of an abandoned home had been destroyed along with some metal pipes and horse trough-type things had been twisted and scattered. One had been blown up U.S. Highway 83 about two hundred yards and to the west of the highway. A couple of fairly large trees on the west side of the highway were blown down.
Hurricane-like conditions reported about one mile southeast of Dreyfoos which lasted for nearly thirty minutes. Some of the damage reported included a door blown off a hayshed…a feed bunker damaged…and several windows blown out of a home.
Scattered thunderstorms developed across Hemphill County during the evening hours of the 12th. As a storm approached the town of Canadian (Hemphill County), the AWOS two miles southwest of Canadian recorded a 60 mph downburst. After producing this downburst the storm continued to move eastward across the county.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Hemphill County, Texas?
107 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Hemphill County between 1977 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Hemphill County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Hemphill County measured 100.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Hemphill County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Thunderstorm Wind in Hemphill County, Texas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/texas/hemphill-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.