207
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
10
Direct injuries
$9.6M
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Henderson County, Texas: 207 recorded events between 1957 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 80. That places the county #979 nationally and #50 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Henderson County, Texas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Henderson County is the 1990s, when 70 of the county's 207 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 Henderson County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 40.3% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #979 for this hazard and #50 within Texas, putting it in the 68.9 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Henderson County with 52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 1997 | EUSTACE | 0 | 0 | 5 | $200K |
| Jun 5, 1998 | ATHENS | 0 | 0 | 3 | $50K |
| Nov 19, 1991 | 0 | 0 | 2 | $0 |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 2025 | CEDAR CREEK RES NORT | 61 | $5K |
| Jun 1, 2024 | MALAKOFF | 61 | $5K |
| May 28, 2024 | MURCHISON | 61 | $5K |
| May 28, 2024 | EUSTACE | 52 | $3K |
| May 28, 2024 | PAYNE SPRINGS | 61 | $75K |
| May 25, 2024 | STOCKARD | 65 | $0 |
| Apr 9, 2024 | CRESCENT HGTS | 50 | $50K |
| Oct 25, 2022 | MALAKOFF | 53 | $0 |
| May 16, 2022 | TOOL | 56 | $0 |
| Apr 13, 2022 | MOORE STATION | 61 | $12K |
Other hazards here
More from Henderson County
- Hail 208
- Flash Flood 48
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
The roof of a business in a strip mall in Gun Barrel City collapsed due to thunderstorm winds. Significant sign damage was also reported in the city and large trees were uprooted. In Loon Bay, a boat dock was lifted out of the water and smashed into the porch of a resident. The neighboring house sustained extensive damage to its second story and the wind also moved the back wall.
A member of broadcast media measured a wind gust of 78 mph in Malakoff. The local newspaper reported two light poles were knocked down at the football field. A tin roof of a building was peeled back, and the sign at a church was blown out. Several trees were also knocked over and some trees fell on homes.
In Opelika, two two-hundred year-old oak trees were split in half and another was uprooted. Large limbs from the downed trees were thrown across the yard, on the roof of a house, and on top of a storage building. One resident said that their front door was blown open, and the male owner was not able to pull it shut again until the wind subsided. The cost to haul away the oak trees and repair the roof of the house was estimated at $20,000. Also in the same area, a carport was blown off, the car inside the carport was shifted about four feet, and several trees were leveled. In Cross Roads, the elementary school had limbs strewn across the football field. A nearby house had its roof damaged, tin was blown off of a storage building, and numerous trees were knocked down, including a 100 year-old peach tree. Some of the trees had their tops sheared off.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Henderson County, Texas?
207 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Henderson County between 1957 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Henderson County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Henderson County measured 80.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Henderson 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 Henderson County, Texas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/texas/henderson-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.